The Riverwood Community Centre was conceived in 1974 when a group
of residents who called themselves "the Voices of Riverwood" received
a grant from the Federal Government under the Australian Assistance
Plan. It began its operations in a house in Belmore Road offering
community information, occasional care and a weekly youth drop-in and
was staffed only by volunteer local residents. From that day it has
never stopped growing, continually striving to meet the needs of its
local community and that of the surrounding areas.
Today it resides in a specially built multi-purpose building leased
from the Canterbury City Council and is the auspicing body of 14 services
and programs.
These include:
- The Neighbourhood Centre
- Riverwood Family
Support
- Riverwood Youth Service
- Riverwood Child Sexual Assault
Service funded by the Department of Community Serviced
Services Grant's Program (CSPG)
- The Riverwood Neighbour Aid Program
- Canterbury
Shopping Service funded by Department of Ageing and
Disability's Home
- Community Care Program (HACC)
- The Riverwood Out of
School Care Programs of Before and After School Care
- Vacation
Care Program funded by Department of Community Services, parents
fees and subsidies from CentreLink
- The Links to Learning Programs of Time-Out
- Future Focus and Help for Early School Leavers funded by Department
of Education and Training
- the Housing and Communities Assistance
Program
- the Central Sydney South Regional Tenants Resource
Service funded by the NSW Department of Housing
- the Leisure
Learning Program funded by participants fees and the Board
of Adult Education
We also operate and manage 3 commuter buses, which provide community
transport.
The Centre is used on average by 2000 people a week
