Mid-Year Update 2025

During the first six months of 2025, our community hubs:

  • engaged with 9,459 families
  • ran 3,607 early childhood activities helping children develop social and language skills, resilience, and being ready for kindergarten or school
  • provided 2,677 classes for participants to learn and practise their English
  • made 5,869 referrals to external support services, including family support, emergency aid, and education and training
  • partnered with 458 local organisations who facilitated programs, offered counselling and support, and donated funding or resources
  • provided volunteering opportunities to 1,251 people and,
  • helped participants secure 191 jobs.

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.
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.
Executive summary: Social return on investment evaluation of the National Community Hubs Program, 2023
This report aims to highlight the impact of the National Community Hubs Program on local communities throughout Australia by estimating the social return on investment of the program in 2023.