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Learn new skills, gain confidence and make friends at Community Connections.
Our small group programs for children, teenagers and adults – run at our centres and out in the community – are designed to help you achieve your goals alongside people who share your interests.
Our Life Skills or Job Skills programs are here to help you learn new skills, or build on those you’re already passionate about. Our fun and educational activities are run in a safe and supportive environments, so all you need to do is focus on what you want to achieve – and we’ll help you get there.
To learn more about these programs please call 1300 698 624 or email
Life Skills
Life Skills are small group programs for children, teenagers and over 18s at VMCH centres or in the community in Melbourne, Ararat and Wangaratta.
Activities are tailored around the interests of the group but could include, music making and dancing, cooking, budgeting, travel, going to the gym, the cinema, exercising, painting and creative arts, swimming, gardening, and much more.
Melbourne
Our Life Skill programs are for people aged over 18 and run on weekdays and weekends at VMCH centres in Kew/Balwyn, Mount Waverley and Wantirna.
Wangaratta and Ararat
We have programs for children, teenagers and people aged over 18. We have a wide range of afternoon activities, school holiday and weekends programs.
Pathways 2 Possibilities (P2P)
For older students and school leavers who want to try new things and practice skills needed for the next steps in life (Wangaratta)
“The skills I am learning here will help me to talk to people outside my comfort zone, and help me more in the future, when I am studying and have a full time job.”
Bianca – Where Is My Coffee participant
Job Skills
Job Skills builds real pathways for people with disability to find paid employment.
We know that it can be a struggle for people to get their foot in the door and find work. With recent figures showing working-age people with disability are twice as likely as those without disability to be unemployed. Insufficient work experience is one of the most common reasons people with disability have difficulty finding employment (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2020).
That’s why we created the Job Skills programs. These programs are for young people transitioning from school who are interested in work experience or further education, or for anyone aged over 18 who would like to explore opportunities for work or volunteering.
Coffee Lovers
Learn all about hospitality and working at a café. Participants get real-life experience working at Where Is My Coffee in Wangaratta or at our coffee cart in Wantirna.
Green Team
Learn horticultural and garden skills at VMCH sites across Melbourne. The program also runs at Collingwood Children’s Farm, doing gardening, farm tasks and woodwork activities.
Retail Therapy
Learn retail and customer service skills [coming soon in 2022]
Cre8
Practical and creative workshops where you can try woodwork skills or learn how to fix and repair bikes and other practical skills. This program current runs in Wangaratta.
Cre8 Junior
For young people between seven and 18 years, who would like to try new things, learn practical skills and how to safely use tools while exploring your creative side and making friends.
