Winmalee Neighbourhood Centre Inc.
62 White Cross Road
Winmalee
Phone: 02 4754 4050
Email: admin@winmaleeneighbourhoodcentre.com.au
Opening hours:
Monday to Thursday
8:30am – 4:00pm
Friday
8:30am – 1:30pm
Disaster Recovery
The Centre has a long history with disaster recovery and works towards supporting disaster affected communities through activities that they identify. We also provide financial/practical assistance. Disaster we have been involved in:
Programs that we have initiated over the years have assisted in rebuilding connections and resilience. These include: Art in the Park (Yellow Rock Mosaic project), Business Supporting Community, Plant a Thought, Art of Recovery, Planting the Seeds of Recovery, Weeds After Bushfire, Women Skilled and Ready, Phoenix Wellbeing, Leadlight, Women in Disasters, Beeing One with Your Community, Culinary Communities, Women's Financial workshops, Essential voucher program i.e. Bunnings/Coles/KMart etc, Unfinished Business, Stories of Hope, Bringing Back the Birds, Children's Play Area, Rising from the Ashes, and along with these projects we have auspiced over 15 community grants where community members have applied for a grant and need an incorporated association, (Indigenous Cool Burning, Meeting By the River etc).
A handbook with an NRMA grant Emergency Readiness-Experiences of Pre-Schools During the 2013 Winmalee/Yellow Rock Bushfire. This booklet retold the experiences of Rainbow, Lizzards, and Winmalee Preschools along with Family Day Care, Bunya Child Care, Red Cross, RFS, and Ben Curran.
The NSW government-Education https://education.nsw.gov.au/early-childhood-education/operating-an-early-childhood-education-service/current-service-providers/emergency-Emergency Planning, Management, Response and Recovery contains resources and templates designed and intended for early childhood education and care (ECEC) services, such as long day cares, family day cares, preschools, outside school hours care (OSHC) and occasional care. For primary or high school, please refer to the Emergency Management page for schools.