Services based at the hub will include Northside Community Services, Relationships Australia, and Multicultural Hub Canberra.
01 December 2023
A new youth and community hub has opened to the public on Gribble Street in Gungahlin.
‘Gunners Place’ will welcome the community while planning and design work continues on a larger venue.
The hub will serve as a base for groups to come together, share ideas, and work on initiatives to support their community.
The new meeting place will offer equipment to support shared office spaces. It will also feature a meeting room, small kitchen and smart board.
The ACT Government partnered with Barnardos Australia to set up Gunners Place.
Services based there will include Northside Community Services, Relationships Australia, and Multicultural Hub Canberra.
“We look forward to welcoming the local community into Gunners Place,” Michael Dunne of Barnardos Australia said.
“Young people will have an inviting, safe, non-judgemental and fun space where Youth Workers from the four services will be available to help and support them.
“Gunners Place will also be able to host other programs and school holiday events. The space can be hired out after hours and on weekends by the community,” he said.
Development approval for the new Gungahlin Community Centre is underway. It is expected to open in late 2026.
A community panel worked with the ACT Government to determine the centre’s needs, preferred location, design and ongoing building management model.
Draft designs were developed to create a space to best meet the needs of the entire Gungahlin community.
View the draft designs on the YourSay Conversations website.
Gunners Place joins existing community facilities in Gungahlin.
These include community centres, community halls and the Communites@Work community centre on Ernest Cavanagh Street, which community members can also book for events.
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