Massive Impact By Local Centre

Over $1.3 million has been provided for the Whitsunday community by the Whitsunday Neighbourhood Centre throughout 2023.

Primarily through Neighbourhood Centre programs, social enterprise, projects, and room hire, the Whitsunday Neighbour Centre has provided exactly $1,366,057 in community value.

With only $240,900 in State Government funding, this equates to the generation of $5.67 worth of value for every single $1 of funding received.

Executive Officer of the Whitsunday Neighbourhood Centre, Rebecca Woods, explained that the recently released impact statement quantifies every single project and program the Centre provides to the community.

“The impact statement gives a value to everything we offer, including programs that have a monetary figure.

“It captions the time and effort of our staff and volunteers who provide services for our community,” she explained.

“We receive limited funding from the government, and this demonstrates what we achieve with little funding.”

Services offered from the Whitsunday Neighbourhood Centre include emergency relief, family support program, second bite program, Scallywags Child Care Centre, Be Connected Senior computer program, and the Community Furniture Shed and Op Shop.

“Our main goal is to provide projects and services that improve the health and wellbeing of every member of our community,” said Ms Woods.

“This often means we have to be creative and operate as a social enterprise. But this statement is really good to get a snapshot at the true value of what we provide to the Whitsunday community.”

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Marina McMullen, volunteer, Tamara Noble, Community Development Officer, Rebecca Woods, Executive Officer, and Ashley Christiensen, volunteer. Photo credit: Bronte Hodge