Nau mai haere mai ki te Newtown Community Centre!

About the Centre

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We are a busy and vibrant Community Centre
in the heart of Newtown, Wellington.  We have been an integral part of the Newtown community since our Centre was established in 1977. 

The Centre is just a stone's throw from the Newtown shops, on the corner of Colombo and Rintoul Streets (opposite the Salvation Army Family Store). 

We host a variety of concerts, gigs,
theatrical performances, exercise and language classes, and cultural activities for our diverse Newtown community. 

We run regular school holiday programmes and activities for youth, and are home to a number of community services, including the Wellington Timebank, the Newtown Citizens' Advice Bureau, the Pacific Island Family Budgeting Service, and the Wellington Somali Community. 

We also manage Smart Newtown community computer hub, which is located in our Network Newtown building, and the Newtown Hall on Daniell St. 

We work with community groups to develop and deliver initiatives that benefit the people of Newtown and surrounding suburbs.  Please don't hesitate to talk to us about how we may be able to support your group within the community! 

Our Vision : Enriching community together.

Our Aim : To bring people together to make a great community.

Our Values :
  1. Welcoming, participating and celebrating the diverse vibrant people of our community
  2. Supporting each other to grow and achieve
  3. Have a community where everyone feels safe, involved and belonging

Our people

Anna Porter
Community Centre Coordinator
​(on maternity leave)

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Anna P has absconded off to Petone to be a Mum for a year. We hope she will be back at the NCCC after a year of maternity leave. Anna P is a gardening, painting, netball extraordinaire with an excellent phone manner.  She loves the diverse range of people that she gets to meet working with the Newtown community.

Renee Rushton
Community Centre Coordinator

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Renee is a coffee fiend and one day aspires to join the circus (not very realistically). She is passionate about community development (some would say that she's all things Newtown) and loves being part of the team at the Community Centre.

Eryn Gribble
Community Centre Coordinator

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Eryn is the "new kid on the block" covering Anna's maternity leave, having come to us from the amazing Alpha Art studio/Gallery - a space for adults with intellectual disability to be creative.
Eryn is passionate about: Inclusion, Art, Music, Conversation, Making Stuff and                                      Doing things!

Chris Silvester
Youth Worker​

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Chris is our warm, friendly, borderline-cheeky, coffee-appreciating youth worker.

He loves working with young people of all ages and runs our Newtown Mentors programme among other things.

Phillip Bolton
Financial Officer

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Phil works his financial magic and keeps us entertained behind the scenes at the Community Centre. 

It is generally agreed that the
place would fall to pieces
without him.

Chris Carey-Smith
Wellington Timebank Coordinator

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Chris enjoys his second family with a new partner and the cutest of babies, Sofia. He likes cycling, inclusive spirituality and does a bit of cooking, especially pancakes on Saturdays.
Chris coordinates the Timebank from the office most days, from 10am to 4pm.