Dorrington Child and Family Hub on Dorrington Drive in Mount Waverley is taking shape, with framing in and the roof installed. July sees the start of window installation and brickwork with internal works and solar commencing soon after.

The Kindergarten is due to operate for Term 1 2025.

Dorrington Child and Family Hub will be a hub for the community, home to two light-filled kindergarten rooms, internal and outdoor learning spaces, and Council’s Maternal Child and Health sleep settling service for new parents.

Monash City Council in partnership with the Victorian Government is building a new child and family hub in Mount Waverley. The hub will be constructed on the site of the former Waverley Gymnastics Centre, at 7 Dorrington Drive Mount Waverley.

Dorrington Child and Family hub is part of Council’s commitment to improving the accessibility and quality of early childhood services and facilities in the City of Monash. Providing facilities to meet the future needs of the local community the hub will consist of services that will support the health and wellbeing of children and their families.

Upon project completion the Dorrington Child and Family Hub will offer:

• Two 33 place kindergarten rooms inclusive of outdoor learning environments
• A multi-purpose room / playgroup space with facilities to support sensory and neuro-divergent people
• A new base for Council’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Sleep and Settling program and lactation program (including a parents’ lounge, day stay sleep rooms, office, and courtyard garden)

This new child and family centre is part of Council’s commitment to improving the accessibility and quality of early childhood services in Monash, thereby enabling families to foster relationships with nurses, kindergarten educators, playgroup facilitators and other services all under the one roof.

Consultation with key stakeholders, including service providers and service users has been undertaken to inform the hub design.

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