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Welcome to the Ballarat East Neighbourhood

House

Program of Activities: Term 2, 2022 (updated 2 May 2022)

Latest e-news (5 March 2022)

About Us

The Ballarat East Neighbourhood House was established for the benefit of local residents and the broader community of the Ballarat East area including Ballarat East, Canadian, Eureka, Golden Point, Mount Pleasant, Warrenheip and surrounds.

Read the latest edition of the Ballarat East Community News.

We run activities and classes to offer opportunities to our community to connect with each other and increase social opportunities.

We run classes such as Watercolour, Drawing Group, Tai Chi, Be Connected Digital Literacy (free), Beginner's Auslan, Writing Community Newsletters, Sewing Skills, Financial Literacy and Music as Connection.

Activities run by our House at Barkly Square include: Tuesday Playgroup in Partnership with the Ballarat Toy Library, Chatty Wednesdays, Winter Woollies and the Ballarat East Town Hall Gardens Restoration Group.

We support our community by running free information sessions such as Supporting Your Children's Speech Development at Home, Community Road Safety with VicRoads and Digital Literacy as a Be Connected Network Partner. We also host the Safe Seats Safe Kids program.

Our purpose is to advance social and public welfare by advancing mental health and preventing social isolation and providing a physical location where we support individuals to undertake activities, or work on projects, in the company of others.

Ballarat East Neighbourhood House is unique, as we have established our House across three locations in Ballarat East:

Barkly Square (Wadawurrung Country, 25-39 Barkly Street, Ballarat East). Our small staff office is located here and we run several activities throughout the building. Before visiting, we recommend contacting us to make an appointment.

2. Eureka Hall (Wadawurrung Country, 104 Stawell Street South, Eureka (next to the Eureka Pool). Tai Chi and Drawing Group classes only. There are no staff on site.

3. Eureka Centre (Wadawurrung Country, 102 Stawell Street South, Eureka (near to the Eureka Pool). Yoga and Alexander Technique classes only. There are no staff on site.

We welcome volunteers and students to work with us in delivering opportunities for our community to connect, participate and learn.

If you need to access a Neighbourhood House face-to-face while we are closed on Mondays and/or during school holidays, please contact one of the other three Ballarat Neighbourhood Houses:

Ballarat Neighbourhood Centre in Sebastopol (5329 3273, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Ballarat North Neighbourhood House in Soldier's Hill: (0491 753 307, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Wendouree Neighbourhood Centre (5303 0507, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Ballarat Buddies

Become a Ballarat Buddy and support international students living in Ballarat. Through this volunteer-based program, the Ballarat East Neighbourhood House will connect locals with students from overseas who are currently living in Ballarat.

Chatty Wednesdays

Chatty Wednesdays is a lovely opportunity to come along and meet people in a relaxed, casual environment. Free of charge. You can purchase a hot drink/snack from the cafe or enjoy a free cuppa donated by another member of our community from the Pay it Forward wall.

Playgroup

The Ballarat East Neighbourhood House is partnering with the Ballarat Toy Library to run a casual, drop-in Playgroup for families and carers with babies and pre-school aged children. Playgroup is held on Tuesday mornings during school term between 10.00 am and 12.00 noon at Barkly Square, Ballarat East. Find us near the wonderful A Pot of Courage cafe on the ground floor. In nice weather, we will be in the central courtyard.

The Ballarat East Neighbourhood House acknowledges the traditional owners of the land of Ballaarat, the Wadawurrung people.
We acknowledge their Elders, Past, Present and emerging and also acknowledge those people from other nations who, after being part of the Stolen Generations, chose to make Ballaarat their home.