Salthouse Community Centre

The Salthouse Community Centre in Haig Park.

For booking enquiries, contact Northside Community Service on 02 6171 8000 or venue.hire@northside.asn.au.

The Salthouse Community Centre in Haig Park provides a shared space for creativity, learning and connection.

The centre - which opened in May 2023 - nestles into the beautiful park landscape north of Mort Street in Braddon.

Its facilities include:

a large multi-purpose room for larger gatherings
a large community room for creative workshops
another meeting room
one ambulant and two accessible and gender-sensitive bathrooms
a kitchenette
a wheelchair-compliant barbecue and picnic tables
a public garden for meeting and sitting in

You can book the centre by contacting Northside Community Service on 02 6171 8000 or venue.hire@northside.asn.au.

History

The idea for the centre emerged from the community during one of our public consultations.

We ran activities in the park to test the community appetite for the facility. This included installing a popular temporary events structure.

We then designed and delivered the centre together with the local community. Read more on this in our listening report.

A naming ceremony for the Salthouse Community Centre took place on 27 April 2023.

The name honours the late Sue Salthouse for her advocacy for people - particularly women - with a disability.

Luisa Fearnside standing outside the new community centre, which was named after her mother Sue Salthouse.
^{Image: Daughter of Sue Salthouse, Luisa Fearnside, attending the Salthouse Community Centre naming ceremony on 27 April 2023.}

The single-level centre has an important focus on inclusivity in line in line with Ms Salthouse's legacy. Its features include:

compliant ground levels to support wheelchair access
two all-ability, gender sensitive bathrooms, including accessible taps
an accessible kitchenette with wheelchair-accessible service window and kitchen benches
wheelchair compliant barbecue, and picnic tables in the gardens
three new accessible car spaces located in the area surrounding the park

The large community room available for creative workshops
^{Image: the creative workshop opening out to an accessible outdoor BBQ.}