Newtown Neighbourhood Centre (NNC) is the driving force behind Newtown Festival and is an Incorporated Association which has been providing community services in the Inner West of Sydney for 42 years.

Newtown Neighbourhood Centre;
 
Seeks to create a more inclusive, resilient, vibrant and self-reliant community

Has a vision for “a just community that includes and acts”

Finds purpose in working with the community to fulfil its potential 


NNC does this by:
 

• Providing direct assistance for people who are the most vulnerable, with a particular focus on those at risk of social isolation and homelessness

• Providing direct assistance for people who are impacted by domestic and family violence

 

• Providing support services for those experiencing mental illness, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people on low incomes or facing other tough challenges in their lives.

 

• Building the resilience and capacity of individuals and the community to tackle the issues they care about and are impacted by

 

• Engaging in community projects with the specific purpose of retaining and developing Newtown’s unique character – the “Newtown Vibe”.

 
NNC strives to achieve the following goals:
 

• Peoples human rights and basic needs are met

• People have appropriate affordable places to live 

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• Newtown has a vibrant social and cultural life which reflects its diversity

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• Our community is safe, connected, inclusive and respectful

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• The community is pro-active and creating social change

 
See our website for all the latest information on groups and projects going on at Newtown Neighbourhood Centre. www.newtowncentre.org