Community Hub

Many private practitioners and service network partners share our vibrant Community Hub. PBNC works with its community partners to provide a substantial community of practice for people to have easy access to specialist services, assessments, assistance and support.

First Stop Child Assessment

If a child or young person is having difficulties at home or at school there is always a reason. All behaviour depends on the brain and every child’s brain is different. We need to understand each child within their family and their culture so that we can support their learning, both academic and social skills.

Dr Meg Perkins is a Registered Psychologist with thirty years experience in psychological assessment and in the management of child behaviour. She is particularly interested in autism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

Text 0417 614 135 or Email mperkinsnsw@gmail.com for appointments.

Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre

The Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre provides free legal advice, information and referral for people in the Northern Rivers. We aim to improve access to legal services for the following groups: women, welfare recipients, people with disabilities, gay and lesbian people, Aboriginal people, those from non-English speaking backgrounds, youth and older people.

A solicitor from the Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre will be available for free legal advice on a range of legal matters each month at the Pottsville Beach Neighbourhood Centre.

To make a booking, please phone the
Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre on 02 6621 1000

Our community hub partners may be contacted directly:

Northern Rivers Financial Counselling

Northern Rivers Financial Counselling Outreach Service (at Pottsville) provides free, confidential financial counselling.

Financial counsellors are based in the local community and provide high quality, professional, confidential and free accredited financial counselling to people experiencing severe financial difficulties due to their personal debt issues.

For more information, visit:
https://www.financialcounselling.org.au/

For appointments call 02 6622 2171

Other Services

  • Bamara – Disability Employment Services. Phone: 1300 012 476
  • Tweed Coast Tutoring – Specialising in maths and english tutoring for students in year 6-12. Call 0481 333 925 for more information.
  • Consortium of Neighbourhood Centres (CONC) Staying Home, Leaving Violence – outreach appointments
  • Good Shepherd Financial Independence Hub – Confidential service supporting people who have experienced financial abuse. Call 1300 050 150
  • CONC Regional Food Recovery Program – Providing nutritious meals from rescued food, distributed via our Assisted Referral and Material Aid (ARMA) service

For further information on any of these services, please call PBNC on 02 6676 4555