Youth Empowerment Hub - Lowana

About the Project

The Youth Empowerment Hub (YEH) upgrade project involves the construction of purpose-built facilities for the facilities at Lowana (Penrith). The proposed building will include: community rooms, demonstration kitchen for cooking classes, recreation area, study rooms, craft room, sitting rooms for one-to-one mentoring, library, quiet room, outdoor landscaped area. The Centre will also include a lift, ramps and accessibility amenities. The current premises do not provide all of these facilities and are inadequate for the growing needs of the area.

Project Scope

• Community rooms for workshops, seminars, events, etc
• Demonstration kitchen and dining for multicultural cooking classes
• Arts & craft rumpus for classes
• Meeting rooms for one-to-one mentoring
• Library and study rooms
• Quiet room for mindfulness and reflection activities
• Accessible facilities (amenities, lift, ramps)
• Offices for staff and volunteers
• Outdoor landscaped area
• Parking
• Key personnel accommodation
• Other: Store room, cleaning room, laundry

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