CCC History

In 1978, Ulla Bartels, a volunteer with the Fairfield Neighbourhood Centre, started running English classes for refugees from Indo-China. Soon the needs of the community surpassed her capacity and assistance was received from the Carramar Activity Group. Later, a group of volunteers formed a management committee and developed a constitution so that they could apply for government funds. The group called itself the South-East Asian Community Assistance Centre (SEACA).

In 1980, SEACA was awarded its first grant of funds under the Western Sydney Area Assistance Scheme to employ a part time Co-ordinator.

Over the next few years, the organisation grew in size as it became involved in a wide range of services and issues and received funding for a social worker, bilingual welfare workers, a youth development officer and a part-time community worker to continue to work in the Carramar area.

The organisation also changed its name to Cabramatta Community Centre in recognition of the wide variety of cultural backgrounds of the people who accessed the Centre and lived in the area.

Today, Cabramatta Community Centre is a large and diverse organisation which employs over 250 staff in the Neighbourhood Centre (NHC), Cabramatta Youth Team (CYT), Fairfield Migrant Resource Centre (FMRC), The Heights Community Services (The Heights), Multicultural Community Care Services (MCCS) and Fairfield Area Home Modification and Maintenance Outreach Service (FAHMOS).