Connect Centres

                 


WorkVentures' Connect Centres are a multi-sector, high impact network of community technology and learning facilities that strive to:

• identify and address local needs,

• develop initiatives that will faciliate social and economic change, and

• create sustainable projects with demonstrated social impact.

The development of WorkVentures Connect Centres provides key communities with access to information technology, primarily to improve their pathways to employment.

The network includes five centres located on in inner and south-west Sydney at Airds, Macquarie Fields, Claymore, Waterloo, and Woolloomooloo. These centres provide over 10,000 residents with the opportunity to access information technology in order to utilise job search facilities, gain new skills through informal and accredited training programs, and get connected to the Internet and computers.

Each Connect Centre has fifteen computer terminals with Internet access, printer and fax facilities and supported assistance from staff and volunteers.

Connect Centres are one part of WorkVentures' strategic response to Australia's digital divide challenge. WorkVentures Connect IT computer reuse program is another complementary initiative, providing refurbished ex-corporate and Government PCs at affordable prices for other not-for-profit organisations, schools and people on low incomes.