Monday, December 8, 2014

Questionnaire on a community house for Harcourt!

Your responses will be used to help build a business case for a Harcourt Community House so please take the time to complete this 2 minute survey. 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FWMG5KT

Some Background Info

The Harcourt Community Plan identified interest in establishing a Community House or similar community services facility. There are 400 neighbourhood / community houses throughout the state, funded by the State Government who pay a coordinator to conduct a variety of services and activities which may then also generate fees and income. For example, the Lancefield Neighbourhood House runs their local op shop and farmers market which have raised in excess of $130,000 over the past 3 years, which goes to support other local community groups.

In Mount Alexander Shire, community houses exist in Castlemaine and Maldon while in Newstead they have a Rural Transaction Centre which operates as a community service hub.