About the centre

To continue to meet the evolving needs of our community we are building a new Early Learning and Care Centre on our spacious grounds at Ashfield.

An artist's impression of the new centre, with historic Gorton House on the right.

An integrated hub

The new centre will be an integrated, state-of-the-art hub of excellence that offers – under one roof – all the services we know to be important in early childhood development.

Today, our teams wrap around a child and provide seamless care to more than 1300 children and families, and our early intervention programs reach more than 400 families each year.

It is our goal to extend these programs through our new centre so we can help more families build more positive futures.

The purpose-built Early Learning and Care Centre will be a place:

• where children gain the best opportunities early in life
• designed to meet the complex needs of our community’s most vulnerable families
• where each child’s unique potential is nurtured

The next century of care and education

The centre will comprise many support services for vulnerable children and their families, or for those with special or complex needs. It will include:

• a clinic specialising in paediatric health
• therapy and counseling rooms
• play and sleep areas
• research and training facilities for early childhood educators
• a family information area
• meeting spaces for the general community

Our new hub of integrated early childhood services will make it more cost-effective to deliver specialist programs and ensure that each child receives the care and attention they need to flourish.

This new centre will have the potential to train new educators from universities and colleges around the country; and house a facility for research and education, complete with viewing areas and training spaces.