HUME Community Centre is a Victoria based not-for-profit organisation working with people from low-income communities in the field of education. Our primary aim is to ensure that every individual of our community is gaining a strong and holistic education, training and advice to become a responsible, compassionate and confident citizen of tomorrow.
Most HUME Community Centre services users are from families where there has been little or no formal education, where education is not a priority and it is a common place for students to drop out of school in order to contribute to the family income. Believing in the power of education to change lives, an individual’s journey at HUME Community Centre starts at their present level, continues through ongoing support until they become employable. The focus is always in making learning a continuous, joyous and voluntary experience that will help the community members discover and achieve their true potential and take on the future with confidence.
Through our work we strive to see the following perceptible changes:
Short term
- Enhanced job opportunities
- Decrease in unemployment
Intermediate term
- Increased enrolment in higher education
- Enhanced employability skills
Long term
- Meaningful employment
- Self-sufficiency
- Responsible citizens