MPS Community Hub
Melissa Kosteas
Welcome
We are already midway through the term. The hub has offered a welcoming space for learning support, collaborative activities, and meaningful conversations. It’s been wonderful to see our school community strengthening relationships and supporting one another as we move through the term. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to making the Community Hub such a positive and engaging experience!
Our Term 1, 2026 timetable is below.
In home learning activity ideas
International Women's Day celebration 12 March 2026
The official UN Women Australia theme for International Women's Day 2026 is "Balance the Scales". This theme focuses on driving justice, equity, and the dismantling of systemic barriers that prevent women and girls from being safe, heard, and able to shape their own futures. Hope you can join us!
Women's Wellness and Empowerment Conference 2026
The Women’s Wellness & Empowerment Conference 2026 is a high-impact, one-day forum bringing together women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), migrant, and refugee communities with policymakers, mental health leaders, service providers, researchers, and advocates.
The conference provides a culturally safe, evidence-informed, and action-oriented platform to strengthen women’s mental health, wellbeing, leadership, and access to services—translating dialogue into practical, community-led solutions.
Women's Wellness and Empowerment Conference 2026
Playgroup Week
Computerbank
Computerbank is an independent not for profit organisation based in Melbourne. We started recycling and refurbishing computers in 1998. Our low cost computers are refurbished by skilled volunteers for Australian Concession Card holders and other eligible customers.
We install Linux on all our computers with useful software that suits most people. Not only is Linux software free, but it is a genuine alternative to the proprietary software Microsoft Windows. We may be able to assist with installing other systems, if our customers require.
What do we do?
- Refurbished Desktops and Laptops
- Our donated computers are tested and refurbished
- We install a customised version of the Linux operating system on our computers
- Computerbank is an independent not for profit organisation run by volunteers
- Our computers and laptops are offered to disadvantaged individuals and community groups
- We have distributed over 10,000 computers to individuals, families, and community groups
Long Term Savings
- One of our customers has been with us for 12 years. He has spent $250 total in buying three refurbished computers from Computerbank over that time. He has saved a few thousand dollars by not buying new computers each time.
- Using Linux keeps the costs of computing much lower, instead of paying money every few years for the latest, paid applications, not to mention the annual cost of anti virus software.
- By using a refurbished computer you are helping the environment by giving a highly manufactured piece of equipment a second life.
Donations and Recycling
Computer bank receives donated computers, laptops and tablets and refurbishes them with quality free software. Computers are donated to us by businesses, education institutions, not for profits and individuals. Our computers are offered to disadvantaged individuals and community groups.
We Recycle Responsibly
Any computer parts that are found to be broken or have reached the end of its useful life, do not end up in landfill. The metals are sent to scrap recyclers here in Melbourne or sometimes sold through our eBay page. Computerbank will not allow our obsolete equipment to be sent to unsafe dismantling plants in third world countries.
Find us
Opening Times
Tuesday and Thursday10:00am to 3:30pm
Friday10:00am to 4:00pm
Address
60 Belfast Street, Broadmeadows, VIC 3047
Phone:
(03) 9600 9161
Email:
Certificate 111 in School Based Education Support
Money Minded is a six-week program designed to support individuals and families to learn and build confidence in managing finances and navigating financial challenges.
join us in the Community Hub!
Dallas Neighbourhood House
Hume Dads survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/73K2PGR
Community programs
Support Services
We’re excited to welcome you to our Hub—a space designed to connect families with each other, with the school and kindergarten, and with local support services and community networks.
You're invited to drop in for a coffee or tea and a friendly chat. Melissa is available Monday to Friday, and Gonul, who also speaks Arabic and Turkish, is available on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
We’d love to hear from you. If you have any suggestions, ideas for future programs, or events you'd like to participate in at the Hub, please don’t hesitate to share.
At Meadows Primary School Community Hub, we encourage and support community engagement through a range of programs and services open to both the school and the wider community.
We hope to see you soon!
