Wingate Avenue Community Centre

06/10/2025

No longer taking donations 🙌 Thanks to everyone for your kind donations during the year 🤩 We are no longer taking donations as we don't have the space or staff to sort through them.

06/08/2025

If you're interested in entering the cleaning industry, this short course is a great introduction to cleaning. Enrol now to start on Monday. This short 5-week course will give you insight and introductory training in cleaning.

12/05/2025

Big thanks to Annette Yarn Strong Sista for such a thoughtful session. Anette's sharing was generous and wise. It really got us thinking about how we can continue to work to bring Aboriginal ways of learning, culture and identity into what we do every day at Wingate.

11/03/2025

Homelessness is not an unsolvable problem—it’s a policy problem. On World Day of Social Justice, Council to Homeless Persons launched their 2025-26 Victorian Budget Submission, laying out the investments needed to end homelessness in Victoria.

Victoria’s housing crisis is at a breaking point:
• Rents have soared by 13.7% in one year, locking more people out of stable housing
• More than 61,000 Victorians are on the public housing waitlist, with 34,000 on the priority list
• Every day, hundreds of people are being turned away from homelessness services due to lack of resources.

This is a crisis—but we have the solutions. CHP's Budget submission calls for:
• 6,000 new social homes per year for the next decade—the scale of investment Victoria needs
• Dedicated support to end youth homelessness—including 5,000 homes for young people
• Stronger protections for renters to stop evictions leading to homelessness
• More funding for Aboriginal-led solutions, women and children, and LGBTIQ+ housing support.

This is the moment for real action. The decisions made in this year’s State Budget will define Victoria’s housing future.

The roadmap is here. Now, it’s time for the Victorian Government to act. Read the full Budget submission here: https://lnkd.in/g3U7U4bt

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07/03/2025

It's International Women's Day! A day to celebrate women's achievements, raise awareness about discrimination, and take action to forge an equal world.

06/03/2025

We'll be wearing purple at the centre today to celebrate International Women's Day!

28/02/2025

Did you know that International Women's Day is only a week away? This year's theme is 💪🌏

13/11/2024

Community survey open to everyone. We'd love to hear your feedback on your local neighbourhood house - us, Wingate Ave Community Centre. Managed by Neighbourhood Houses Victoria, this survey is anonymous. Just scan the QR code below to complete it. Survey closes Sunday 17 November.

13/11/2024

Got odd or worn out socks? It's time to clean out your sock drawer! 🧦

We're collecting clean, old socks for a fun craft project—not for redistribution.

Drop them off at Wingate Avenue Community Centre and receive our heartfelt thanks! 😊

13a Wingate Avenue, Ascot Vale.

11/11/2024

All welcome at our AGM tomorrow 13th November.

We hope to see you there!

16/07/2024

WINTER FOOD APPEAL ... WINTER FOOD APPEAL

Our pantry staples are very low and we need your support to continue providing food relief to community members in need. Please drop any of the following items at the community centre's reception desk.

13a Wingate Avenue, Ascot Vale.
9:00-5:00pm

Canned items - fruit, tuna, salmon, soup, baked beans, spaghetti
Breakfast cereal and oats
Pasta, noodles and rice
Long life milk and juice
Coffee, tea and sugar
Jams and spreads
Cooking oils
Sauces and herbs
Shampoo and conditioner
Soap, deodorant, tissues, toilet paper
Dental floss, toothpaste, toothbrushes
Feminine hygiene products

Donated items are sorted and packed by our staff and volunteers into mixed food parcels for people experiencing food insecurity in our community.

Donations must be unopened, in their original packaging with full ingredient and allergen listing, and within their best before date.
We cannot accept food that has passed its used by date.

Wingate Avenue Community Centre (WACC) was established in 1985 and is a busy, vibrant neighbourhood

11/04/2024

Blast off with science! Our Super Science workshop, in partnership with Moonee Valley Libraries , was a hit with the kids. Led by the brilliant Sam from Learning , the little scientists embarked on a journey through the states of matter -solid, liquid and gas- with some seriously (ice) cool and explosive experiments.

Best of all every budding scientist took home their own batch of slime!