Paul Bibby
Byron Shire Council has handed responsibility for managing the new community services hub, being created at the Old Byron Hospital, to a major not-for-profit organisation based in Lismore, overlooking a bid from the Byron Community Centre.
Following a discussion conducted entirely behind closed doors at last week’s Council meeting, councillors voted unanimously to award the tender to Social Futures. Byron Shire Mayor Simon Richardson hands over $1 for the purchase of the old Byron District Hospital in late 2018. Photo Paul Bibby.
Based in the centre of Lismore, Social Futures is a major provider of services across regional Australia in the areas of homelessness and housing, youth and family, and disability support.