Benalla Community Hub
The Benalla Hub has a strong educational and skill development focus with links to the local community and surrounding areas. Try classes in creative arts, gardening, mindfulness and more!
About the Benalla Community Hub
The Benalla Hub has a strong educational and skill development focus with links to the local community and surrounding areas. Try classes in creative arts, gardening, mindfulness and more!
For people with disability aged 18+ who would like to take part in educational, recreational, creative, social and workplace skills activities.
What's on at the Benalla Community Hub
Literacy and Numeracy skills development
Gardening/Cooking
Creative arts, Drama and Music
“It was a really great opportunity to be asked to participate in such a significant event [the Special Olympics Torch relay] that is occurring across the country; and to witness that joy and excitement on the faces of the participants involved was well worth the organisation that went into it”
Interested in joining Benalla Community Hub?
Suitable for people with disability aged 18+ who would like to take part in educational, recreational, creative, social and workplace skills activities. Your program can be tailored to your interests to enhance your life skills, independence and wellbeing. If there is a something you would like to do but don’t see it on our current list, please tell us so we can work with you to design your program.
Location of the Benalla Community Hub
Address: 58 Mansfield Rd, Benalla VIC 3672
Phone: 03 9666 4500
Getting to Benalla Community Hub
Closest bus station is the 001 Bus route stopping at Lutheran Church/Waller St
30 minute walk from the Benalla Station to 58 Mansfield Road.
How to get started
Step 1 - Learn about our Hubs
Read all about Benalla Community Hub and our other Hubs and community supports, including Frequently Asked Questions, on our website. If you have any questions about the Hub, please contact us. We can work with you to tailor a program to your individual goals, needs and interests to enhance your life skills, independence and wellbeing.
Step 2 – Book a visit
Complete our Request for service form linked on this page to let us know you're interested in the Macey heights Community Hub. Once you submit a request our Yooralla Connect team will get in touch. We can support you to book in a free tour and chat to us to meet our staff and clients, see what activities are on offer, ask about anything else you may want to do, and to get familiar with the location.
Step 3 - Request a service
Like what you see and you’re ready to join the Macey Heights Community Hub crew? You can submit a booking request online and we will get in touch with you soon, or you can call us on 1800 966 725 to lock in your spot at your chosen Community or Learning Hub and discuss what’s next!
Ready to join the Benalla Community Hub?
Chat with our Yooralla Connect team about joining the Benalla Community Hub.
If there is a something you would like to do but don’t see it on our current list, please tell us so we can work with you to design your program.
Frequently asked questions
The Benalla Community Hub in regional Melbourne, is accessible from Melbourne city and Southern Cross Station. Take the V/Line train from Southern Cross Station in Melbourne to Benalla. This is on the North East V/Line route toward Albury or Wangaratta. The journey takes about 2 to 2.5 hours.
Once you arrive at Benalla Station, you’ll need to either:
- Walk: It’s about a 30-minute walk (2.3 km) from the station to 58 Mansfield Rd.
- Taxi: You can take a local taxi from Benalla Station, which will take about 5 minutes.
If you are already located in Benalla, we can put you in touch with a taxi company that many of our clients use to take them to the Hub – please ask us about this when you contact us.
As part of the Community Access Hub’s life skills programs, we offer travel training, road safety and safety in the community programs to support independent travel.
Yes! Please contact us to get a copy of the latest Community Hub program. However, don’t let your imagination be limited by what’s in the program! Let us know what you want to do, and we can work with you to tailor a community program to suit your goals, interests and needs.
Our current Benalla Community Hub program is just an indication of the types of learning, social, active, community access and fun activities you may want to do through our Community Hub. Talk to us about your interests and what you want to do, and we can work with you to tailor a program to suit your goals, interests and needs. We also have other community access opportunities outside of our Hubs.
For every three clients at Benalla Community Hub in our group programs, we generally have one staff member. Our staff are trained in meal-time assistance, epilepsy and diabetes management, mediation administration, asthma, enteral meal support and positive behaviour support/behaviour of concern.
Yooralla also offers 1:1 support for people to participate in our Community Hubs and Recreation services through our Assistance with Daily Life service. This could range from support to get ready for the day, to support for you to attend a Benalla Community Hub program or community activity.