OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Connect and Contribute to Your Community.

OUR VISION STATEMENT

To be a welcoming, friendly, fun filled environment which,by encouraging participation, meets the diverse needs of the community.

OUR CORE VALUES

• Professionalism

• Open and equal access

• Individual growth

• Respect

GOALS

Goal 1:  Maintain a team of highly enthusiastic, well supported volunteers

Goal 2:  Develop continuous Quality Improvement practices.

Goal 3:  Meet the diverse and changing needs of the local community (perceived and real)

Goal 4:  Improve and extend partnership opportunities.

Goal 5:  Develop and maintain a team of highly enthusiastic and well supported staff.

The Centre

After extensive lobbying by families and established playgroups in the Coromandel Valley area for a Community Centre, negotiations commenced with the local council to construct a building at the Weymouth Oval.

The Building was opened in 1991.

The first users of the  Centre were Playgroups, Nursing Mothers and a group called LEGS (Ladies evening get-togethers)

The Centre was administered under section 199 of Local Government with volunteers until 1997 when it became an incorporated body.  With volunteers as office administrators, program co-ordinators and tutors, the Centre has been successful in obtaining grants from numerous sources including Parenting SA, Office of the Aging, the City of Happy Valley, the City of Onkaparinga, the Morialta Trust and the City of Mitcham.

The scope of the programs fostered and delivered by the Centre has been enormous, from  Playgroups to  Bridge, from BBQ cooking to the large scale "Slow Food Sunday".  More recently , annual events in the month of October have seen activities as diverse as a Kids Circus and a Highland Hoot!

The Centre has been an example to others with the development of a Volunteer training manual and ensuring that  volunteers receive the training and recognition to successfully support the Centre as well as to reach their potential.

Being on the fringe of the residential area (for the moment at any rate) and with transport difficulties, the Centre's main focus has been for the immediate Community and the programs run reflect the nature of that Community. 

The initial support of the Cities of Happy Valley and Noarlunga has already been acknowledged and the Centre is currently delighted with the ongoing support and admin direction of the City of Onkaparinga.

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