Ashburton Community Centre

The Ashburton Community Centre is a community owned and managed not-for-profit organisation offering activities and programs developed in response to the needs of the community. Established in the mid 1980s, through the vision and hard work of a group of local community representatives who are still associated with the centre in 2014, the centre has evolved into a robust, engaging activity centre on busy High Street, Ashburton.

The Ashburton Community Centre offers courses, workshops and events that primarily service people from Glen Iris, Ashwood/Ashburton, Camberwell Mount Waverley and Malvern East, but it welcomes people from as far afield as suburbs such as Daylesford, Emerald and Sandringham.

The centre works within a community development framework and is guided by the principles of community ownership, empowerment, community participation, access and equity, life-long learning, inclusion, networking, advocacy, self-help and active citizenship. As a direct outcome of these values it aims to build stronger communities; communities that are active, confident and resilient.