Support Services

Finbar is able to provide help and support for community members to access government agencies. We suggest you give us a call and make a time so our staff are able to dedicate time to ensure we can provide all the assistance that you need.

Several forms of ID are required to set up government accounts so please ensure you bring your ID with you to your appointment.

Our staff can assist you with:

  • Creating and using a 'MY GOV' account

  • Completing a 'Working with Children Check' (WWCC)

  • Completing a 'Police Check'

  • Scanning documents

  • Uploading documents

  • Welfare location support

Community Garden Project

Finbar’s community garden project has just celebrated 10 years and is still going strong. Kath Jones & Jude Sullivan volunteer their time to ensure our project continues to flourish and provide an essential community service.

A collaborative approach utilising Kath’s skills and Jude’s Garden knowledge, the community and a commitment from Finbar will ultimately define our objectives to attain our sustainability success.

Some of the services garden services include:

  • Community Garden Plots

  • Food is Free Project

  • Free ‘Ready to Use’ Compost

  • Seed Share

  • Compost Bucket / Empty Yourself

House Hire

Ideal for: Children's parties, family gatherings, and meetings.

  • Fully equipped kitchen with large fridge, oven, dishwasher, cutlery, plates, serving equipment, and wine glasses

  • Main toilet with nappy change table and disposal bins

  • Lounge area

  • Additional outside toilet located next to the playground

  • Portable classroom in the garden with a small kitchen area, tea/coffee facilities, large fridge, air conditioning/heating, tables/chairs, and a whiteboard for meetings

  • Secured playground with toy shed containing various toys

  • Shade sails, cubby house, slide, and sandpit in the playground

  • BBQ Available (gas bottle not provided)

Recycling Depot

We strive to encourage environmentally friendly practices both at our House and in the community. Our compost exchange program is well utilized by members of the community, and we have now renovated our recycling area for your convenience.

Access is available 24/7 for you to drop of your large glass jars with lids and newspapers. All small jars should go into your purple bin. More details can be found on the brochure

Macey’s Nook

Macey’s Nook is open and serving all your favorite coffees + hot chocolates. Run by our volunteer baristas who volunteer their time to keep our coffee servery open 5 days a week.

During the winter, hot homemade soup will be available on Wednesdays.

Check out the brochure for opening times.

External Community Services

Dyslexia Support Group

Contact Heidi for more information and bookings on 0419672046.

Australian Breastfeeding Association

Our group covers the suburbs of Northcote, Richmond, Abbotsford, Fitzroy, North Fitzroy, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Melbourne University and parts of East Melbourne and the Melbourne CBD.

We provide mother-to-mother support for breastfeeding and parenting. You can come along to group meetings and meet new friends, chat, and get hints and tips from other mothers who've 'been there'.  You can also talk to a trained volunteer breastfeeding counsellor if needed. We welcome non-members to attend a few meetings before joining the Australian Breastfeeding Association.

You can find out when and where our meetings are held by emailing abainnerurbangroup@gmail.com or by checking the calendar on the Inner Urban group page of the ABA website: www.breastfeeding.asn.au/local/vic/inner-urban-vic.

Our meetings generally have an advertised topic, but if it doesn’t fit with where you are on your breastfeeding journey please come along anyway – all sorts of breastfeeding and parenting related discussions are welcome!
Inner Urban Group offers a breast pump hire service, and we have milk collection kits available for purchase.

Contact Kaye for more info on 94270281