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Funding boost for three-year-old kinder
Hobsons Bay City Council will receive $600,000 from a state government Building Blocks Infrastructure grant to expand the Newport Gardens Early Years Centre to accommodate an extra 33 places for three-year-old kindergarten in 2022.
The Newport Gardens Early Years Centre, managed by ECMS, is an integrated, inclusive and collaborative early years’ service that provides access to high quality early learning programs and children’s and family services on the Newport Gardens Primary School site.
Services include education and care programs, early intervention Yooralla services, maternal and child health, toy library, supported playgroups, family support programs as well as supporting a seamless transition for children from preschool to primary school.
Goya Dmytryshchak
A virtual counselling group workshop on ‘Surviving Christmas 2020’ will be hosted by Joseph’s Corner next week.
The free workshop, funded by Hobsons Bay council, is among several local events this month to support those who may have difficulty during the “festive” season.
Joseph’s Corner senior counsellor Heather Bunting said the Zoom workshop would allow people to express their concerns, such as having mixed feelings about socialising again, worries about addressing potential conflicts, or experiencing feelings of exclusion and loneliness.
“A lot of people experience family issues at this time of the year,” she said.
“In families where there’s been a bit of a break in communication or relationship, it can mean that people can’t do their previous family thing.