Neighbourhood House Week 2023
Neighbourhood House Week, happening across Australia from 8 to 14 May 2023, is a nationwide initiative to celebrate the role of over 1,000 Neighbourhood and Community Houses and Centres. This year’s theme is ‘Locals connecting Locals’. We are hosting a range of FREE activities throughout the week!
Schedule of activities
Monday 8 May: Learn to Knit
Tuesday 9 May: Free coffees in the Café, Learn to Crochet
Wednesday 10 May: Sewing, Youth Group
Thursday 11 May: Tea & Tech, Let’s Talk Money
Friday 12 May: Free Creative Open Studio all day
Saturday 13 May: Afghan Cooking Workshop
Bookings are essential for all activities!
Key Stats
- Around 200,000 Victorians visit a Neighbourhood House in an average week
- 10 million visits occur in a year
- $162 million of value in creating community connections
- $4.27 of value produced for every $1 of income received
- 3,600+ active partnerships in any given month to deliver on community needs
- 4,090 community groups supported by Neighbourhood Houses
- 5,460 staff working to support their communities
- 6,940 volunteers each week
- 2,500 years of total neighbourhood house management/coordination/community development experience
- Over .5 million of group activities delivered during over 1 million hours of neighbourhood house use