The video highlights how Australian schools and community centres help refugee families connect and feel included by using tailored communication methods.
Fairfield Public School, NSW, discusses engaging families from diverse language backgrounds, using technology like WhatsApp, text messaging and QR codes with audio in home languages.
Hume, Victoria, shares an IT program that gives refugee parents and children the digital skills needed for school, leading to increased confidence and engagement.
Bateau Bay, NSW, shows how parent groups build inclusion through sharing cultural traditions, using the most familiar communication apps for each community.
The Hub Census 2025 highlights the significant role community hubs play in building belonging, strengthening early learning, and supporting pathways to participation and employment.
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.
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.
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.
