Centre Manager: Bob Dieckmann
Phone: 4130 4630
Gin Gin Neighbourhood Centre is jointly funded by Bundaberg Regional Council and the Department of Communities, and offers a wide range of support services. The Centre is located at 39 Mulgrave Street, Gin Gin, and opens 5 days a week from 9.00am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday.
Our vision
- To be recognised as a central hub within the Gin Gin district
- To provide support for staff, volunteers and the local community
- To optimise partnerships, community involvement and access
Our Mission
- To empower the community to reach their goals
- To provide support, information and services in a caring and friendly environment for the Gin Gin district
Fundamental values
The Gin Gin Neighbourhood Centre holds the following values:
- Equity and acceptance of differences
- Honesty
- Confidentiality
- Credibility
- Compassion for diverse needs
- Equal opportunity in a safe and listening environment
- Consistency, fairness and reliability
Objectives
- The Gin Gin Neighbourhood Centre is a hub where various community groups are able to meet and participate. Visiting services providers also use the Neighbourhood Centre as a place to deliver their services
- To provide quality, relevant and current information, referral and guidance.
- To assist communities in discovering better links between the range of existing community and government services
- To provide quality, consistent support for community members within the Gin Gin district and to provide and to promote strong family and community relationships and;
- To provide services to people regardless of cultural, social, religious or economic background.
Visiting Agencies
- Centacare Family Counsellor
- HACC
- Skill Centred Job Network
- Sarina Russo
- Jobfind
- Impact
- Steps
- Probation and Parole
- Finemore, Walters and Story
- Taylor Street Legal Services
- Coral Coast Psychology
- Youth Justice
- Commonwealth Rehabilitation Services
- Centrelink
- Centrelink Business Integrity
- Youth Justice
- Others as community need arises
Current Services (but not limited to):
The Centre provides services to individuals, families, organisations and communities. It offers a vast variety of activities based on local circumstances, local needs and availability of funding. Some of the services facilitated at the Centre include:
- Legal aid
- Highway sign management
- Shade and sun protection marque hire management
- Subsidised Interview room management
- Community (no cost) room availability
- Confidential letter writing
- Resumes
- Job seeker support
- Subsidised photocopy service
- Clerical services
- Email services
- Fax service
- Laminating documents
- Document binding
- Document printing
- Completion of forms
- Tax help for low income families and individuals
- Budget maintenance guidance
- Administration support for job seekers
- Centacare family support
- Men's support group
- Referrals and information (aged care, youth, children, women's issues, health, mental health, community housing, legal aid, community new resident, directions, community groups, disability, medical, domestic violence, dispute resolution)
- General information
- Advertising (community events)
- Ladder of learning (one on one individual need computer use/training)
- Referral to emergency relief and assistance
- Volunteer management and training
Please contact our friendly staff they will only to pleased to assist you
