Acacia Ridge Community Centre has provided essential services and support to the local communities of Acacia Ridge and surrounding districts for over 30 years.
In 2022, Communify merged with former managers belong, a community services organisation based on Brisbane’s southside, for ongoing management of the centre. Acacia Ridge Community Centre continues to support community members with food relief and emergency relief, accredited training programs, English language and citizenship classes, free community lunches and community events.
Buses 110, 115 and 117 stop within 5 minutes’ walk of the community centre.
We have on-site parking and street parking available around the community centre.
Our food relief initiatives provide low-income earners on Brisbane’s southside a variety of general groceries every week.
The groceries available at our Food Co-Op range from general groceries to personal care items at a much lower cost than big chain supermarkets charge. Our food co-op helps ease the pressure by providing low cost and high-quality food to people struggling with rising costs and low incomes.
Simply pay an annual membership fee to have access all year round.
Our emergency relief program aims to help individuals and families who are experiencing acute financial crisis due to unexpected circumstances.
We can support eligible people with emergency relief by providing fixed value vouchers for groceries and fuel.
Emergency relief is provided by appointment only on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am-1pm. Please contact us to make an appointment.
Our community worker can help you access supports that address specific issues affecting your life.
Connect with your community worker by appointment, or by dropping in to the Acacia Ridge Community Centre from 9am – 2pm, Monday to Friday.
Our community worker can:
We are proud to deliver a range of community-based training programs each year, funded through the Queensland Government’s Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative.
Our training participants often overcome barriers to employment, including long-term employment; recent migration status; being a young or mature-aged learner; and welfare-related issues (e.g. homelessness).
Our training projects engage with numerous industry partners who provide expertise and networks to prepare our participants for employment success.
Acacia Ridge Community Centre offers English language classes and Australian citizenship test tutoring.
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Learners of all ages can practice their English in a relaxed, friendly, conversational setting. Our classes support people with levels of English ranging from beginner through to intermediate level.
Our English language classes run on Tuesdays from 9:30am – 11:30am. Please register with these classes before attending by emailing [email protected] to register your interest.
We also provide citizenship classes on Wednesdays from 9am – 11:30am to support community members with their preparations to apply for Australian Citizenship. The program assists migrant settlers to develop their understanding of Australian history, culture, civics, rights, responsibilities and the democratic process.
You can call our team on (07) 3277 4893 or email [email protected] for any enquiries during our opening hours of Monday-Thursday 9am – 1pm or 1pm until 4:30pm by appointment.
We are always looking for more people, businesses and organisations to get involved in the community in whatever capacity they can:
Our volunteers provide essential support to our centre across various areas. They are an invaluable part of the Communify family. The centre holds insurance covering people signed on as volunteers.
If you’re interested to learn more about how you can volunteer at our centre, click here to browse our volunteering opportunities.
If you’d like to support our work through monetary donations, you can make these in person at the centre or via our online donation link.
We are always looking for opportunities to receive ongoing support from local businesses and corporate partners. Please contact [email protected] to express your interest in sponsoring our work.
The Heritage Hut can be hired for group activities, workshops and events when the venue is not already in use for centre programs. To discuss whether your activity will suit this space, please email [email protected].
Click here for more information about the venue or to book.
We are committed to supporting reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australian people. In keeping with the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands where Communify works, the Turrbal and Jagera peoples. We wish to pay respect to the Elders – past and present – and acknowledge the important role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to play within our community.
