You only need to read the council's excellent "Community Guide" to see that Maroondah is blessed by a plethora of community groups and organisations. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, not all of these groups are equally supported by either the community or by council.
Community Houses perform an invaluable role in developing and supporting our communities. They provide low cost training in a wide variety of subjects and provide facilities for a large variety of special interest and self-help groups which would not be able to function otherwise. In doing so they increase the vibrancy and well being of our communities and provide inclusion to many people and groups who otherwise be isolated.
North Ringwood Community House is an excellent example of this. It runs accredited training courses for people; wishing to care & work with the aged or people with disabilities, or needing to understand dementia and associated conditions. It also runs training courses in languages, computer subjects, health and fitness and a range of special interests from mosaic art to growing organic vegetables.
Community Houses perform an invaluable role in developing and supporting our communities. They provide low cost training in a wide variety of subjects and provide facilities for a large variety of special interest and self-help groups which would not be able to function otherwise. In doing so they increase the vibrancy and well being of our communities and provide inclusion to many people and groups who otherwise be isolated.
North Ringwood Community House is an excellent example of this. It runs accredited training courses for people; wishing to care & work with the aged or people with disabilities, or needing to understand dementia and associated conditions. It also runs training courses in languages, computer subjects, health and fitness and a range of special interests from mosaic art to growing organic vegetables.
However, because it is not on council owned land it is ineligible for capital works funding. In addition, the current programs have outgrown the rapidly aging building which can not be expanded further with the land kindly allocated by Holy Spirit Parish. I strongly support the current search for a new location for the Community House and the moves by Cr Makin to locate a new Community House on council owned land. I agree with him that it is unacceptable that the residents of North Ringwood not have access to the same standard of facilities as are available at the Yarrunga and Arrabri Community Houses.
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