Fawkner Community Hub
Exciting things are happening at Fawkner! Clients are currently trialling new programs at our Digital learning Hub so we can design flexible activities for you to learn new digital skills and use assisted technology.
About Fawkner Community Hub
Book your place at Fawkner now to be a part of our new programs!
Suitable for people with disability aged 18+ who would like to take part in educational, recreational, creative, social and workplace skills activities.
Whats on at Fawkner Community Hub?
Creative arts
Digital Hub and computer skills
Horticulture
“One of our clients, Mark who has only started accessing the space as of last week came in to demonstrate how he can now play games and draw on the computer using the Assistive Technology which was amazing”
Location of Fawkner Community Hub
Address: 79, Jukes Road, Fawkner, Melbourne, 3060, Victoria, Australia
Phone: 03 9666 4500
Getting to Fawkner Community Hub
Wheelchair accessible carpark and parking bays
Bus: Closest bus route is the 530 Bus with the Minona St/Jukes Rd stop located 80 metres from the Hub
Train: Gowrie train station is located 1km from the Fawkner Hub on the Upfield line
Interested in joining the Fawkner 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.
Read more about what our clients have been up to at Fawkner!
Meet new friends, learn new skills, build your confidence and get out.
How to get started
Step 1 - Find a Hub
Read all about Fawkner 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 in a visit
Complete our Request for service form linked on this page to let us know you're interested in the Fawkner 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 Fawkner 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 Fawkner Community Hub?
Chat with our Yooralla Connect team about joining the Fawkner 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
We understand you might have questions about joining a Yooralla Community Hub - below are some answers for the most common questions we hear about our Hubs. If your question isn't answered here, please get in touch with us and we can help to provide you with all the information you will need to get started
The Fawkner Community Hub in Northern Melbourne, is accessible from Melbourne city and Flinders street station or Melbourne Central Station.
Take a Craigieburn Line train toward Craigieburn. Get off at Fawkner Station. This trip takes about 30 minutes from the city.
From Fawkner Station, you can take Bus Route 530 (Coburg to Campbellfield) and get off the bus at the intersection of Jukes Road and Bain Avenue or Walk from the station to the Fawkner Community Hub (15 minutes).
If you are already located in Fawkner or nearby suburbs, 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 Fawkner 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 Fawkner 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 Fawkner Community Hub program or community activity.