2022 Year in Review

very year brings its own unique challenges and 2022 has certainly been no different. After the exhaustion of restrictions and COVID lockdowns, floods impacting communities across our network, worker shortages across many industries, and rising cost-of-living pressures, it would be easy to paint a bleak picture of the year that was.

Yet, every challenge brings opportunity and in 2022, there’s been a real resurgence in our community hubs as families – new and existing – return. We saw the resilience of our hub model with its ability to flex and respond to the changing needs of local communities and we’ve seen joy as people from diverse backgrounds, circumstances and cultures came together at their local hubs to make real, human connections.

Previous Reports

Hub Census 2025 – Key findings

The Hub Census 2025 highlights the significant role community hubs play in building belonging, strengthening early learning, and supporting pathways to participation and employment.

2025 in Review

This report highlights key outcomes, participation and impact from across the national community hubs network in 2025, reflecting progress at a national level and the ongoing support hubs provide to families through schools and local communities.

Mid-Year Update 2025

At the six-month mark of 2025, we look back on some of the stories of impact from our hubs network. The first half of 2025 has brought encouraging momentum – from sustaining a strong national footprint of 98 hubs to continuing the vital support hubs provide to families throughout the school year.

Independent evaluation: Deloitte Access Economics

The National Community Hubs Program (NCHP) was established in 2013 to engage newly arrived communities at risk of limited access to education, health and social services, and opportunities for economic independence.

Scanlon Foundation Research Institute Narrative 10 – Community in the Classroom

The purpose of this, our 10th Narrative, is to highlight the success of the work of Community Hubs Australia in primary schools and to consider whether the premise behind them could be applied in a secondary school context.

Knowledge Translation to Support Early Learning of Refugee Children and their Families

The research presented in this report is based on a three-year study that focussed on developing understandings and resources to support current and future community hubs and centres with the settlement and early learning of refugee children and their families.