Reynard Street Neighbourhood House

What Reynard Street Neighbourhood House does

Reynard Street Neighbourhood House (RSNH) is an incorporated not-for-profit community organisation founded in 1988 and located on a 1.02-hectare site within Robinson Reserve at 104a Reynard Street, Coburg, Victoria, Australia. The organisation delivers an integrated portfolio of educational, social, health, hospitality, and horticultural programs from a single physical campus that includes two function rooms (80-adult capacity), a commercial kitchen, a community cafe, sensory and community gardens, and outdoor spaces. Core offerings span community playgroups and new-parent groups for families with children aged 0–5; adult learning including sewing, visual art, English, computer, and permaculture classes; hospitality pathways (Creative Cooking, Introduction to Cafe Skills) and the volunteer-operated Reynard Street Cafe; health and wellbeing programs such as Pilates, circuit training, and the Deep Ecology group; the Reynard Street Community Garden and Growing Together Gardening Group; and the Skills Program providing free employment-pathway training for women-identifying and non-binary people aged 30+ from CALD backgrounds. Programs are facilitated by paid staff (approximately 10) supported by volunteers and contracted facilitators such as Sheena Mathieson (Art) and Meri (Playgroup Coordinator).

Name

Reynard Street Neighbourhood House

Legal name

Reynard Street Neighbourhood House Inc.

Website

https://rsnh.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Reynard Street Neighbourhood House is an incorporated not-for-profit community centre in Coburg, Victoria, delivering educational, health, hospitality, horticulture, and family programs to local residents, migrants and CALD communities, families with young children, and women and non-binary job seekers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Education and Social Services

akta.pro primary industry

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

Keywords

• Community education programs
• Neighbourhood house services
• Volunteer community programs
• Social enterprise venue hire
• Community skills training

Headquarters

HQ city

Coburg

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Program Fees: Fees charged for educational and skill-building programs such as sewing classes, art classes, cooking classes, gardening programs, exercise classes, and hospitality training. Fees vary by program with ACFE subsidies available for eligible individuals.
2. Venue Hire: Revenue from hiring out meeting rooms, function spaces, commercial kitchen, and weekend venues to community groups, organizations, and individuals for events, workshops, meetings, and parties.
3. Community Cafe Operations: Revenue from the social enterprise cafe that serves coffee, food, and sweet treats. The cafe also provides hands-on hospitality training for volunteers.
4. Donations and Grants: Charitable donations from the public (via MyCause platform), with tax-deductible options through ANHCA. Also receives funding support from various charitable foundations and government programs.
5. Membership Fees: Gold coin donation for annual membership, providing members with voting rights at AGM and access to member-only forums.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Reynard Street Neighbourhood House is a not-for-profit community organisation that delivers educational classes (sewing, art, cooking, English, computers), social and health programs (playgroups, exercise classes, gardening), hospitality training, and a social enterprise café at its Coburg location. It also operates venue hire services for its meeting rooms, function spaces, and commercial kitchen, and runs community events including weekly community lunches.

Product overview

Reynard Street Neighbourhood House (RSNH) is a community-focused not-for-profit organization offering a diverse portfolio of educational, social, health, and hospitality programs. The organization operates as a single unified community center with interconnected programs rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Core offerings include childcare programs (Community Playgroups, New Parents Groups), food and hospitality services (Community Café, Community Lunch, Creative Cooking, Café Skills), creative arts (Sewing Classes, Visual Art), health and fitness (Exercise Classes, Pilates), horticulture (Community Garden, Gardening Groups, Food Swaps), skills development (Skills Program for women/non-binary people, English Classes, Computer Classes), and venue hire facilities (Weekend Venue, Meeting Rooms, Commercial Kitchen). Programs are supported by membership, volunteer, and donation programs, with bookings managed through Social Planet and donations through MyCause.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Playgroups Facilitated playgroups for children aged 0-5 years held on Wednesdays and Thursdays during school terms, featuring indoor/outdoor activities, sensory garden access, and creative crafts.
• New Parents Groups Support groups for new parents aligned with school terms, offering opportunities to connect with other families and access parenting resources.
• Reynard Street Community Café A social enterprise café operated by volunteers that serves coffee and food, providing hospitality training while supporting community connection. Open Wednesday and Thursday during school terms.
• Community Lunch Weekly community lunch held every Wednesday during term time, offering affordable meals with pay-it-forward options for those in need.
• Reynard Street Community Garden A community garden established in 2017 offering gardening courses, volunteer opportunities, seed library access, and inclusive knowledge-sharing spaces in Robinson Reserve.
• Creative Cooking Cooking classes teaching participants to prepare well-balanced, nutritional food on a budget while minimizing food waste and using garden produce. Held Thursdays 2:00-4:00pm.
• Introduction to Cafe Skills An intensive training course teaching coffee making, coffee machine operation, front-of-house practices, and money handling to prepare participants for the hospitality industry.
• Sewing Classes Beginner-friendly sewing courses where participants learn various skills and work towards creating garments with facilitator support. Held Thursdays 10am-12pm during school term.
• Experimenting with Art Weekly visual art classes covering drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, and sculpture in a relaxed, supportive environment. Facilitated by Sheena Mathieson, Thursdays 5:30-7:30pm.
• Exercise Classes Fitness programs including Pilates (Monday 5:30pm & 6:30pm) and Circuit training (Thursday 6pm) in supportive environments for all fitness levels.
• Deep Ecology Group Monthly gathering offering interactive exercises and perspectives on climate change, providing a space for environmental connection and community discussion.
• Garden Working Bees & Food Swaps Monthly food swap events in partnership with Coburg Garden Food Swap where participants exchange garden produce, preserves, seeds, and seedlings while sharing tips.
• Growing Together Gardening Group Inclusive gardening group focused on relaxation, skill-building, and friendship in the community garden space. Held Fridays 10am-12pm.
• Chatty Cafe A friendly café space where community members can connect over coffee and conversation, helping to combat social isolation.
• Skills Program Free skills pathway programs for women-identifying and non-binary people from CALD backgrounds, aged 30+, covering hospitality, horticulture, mentoring, work-integrated learning, and employment preparation.
• English Classes English language classes for migrants and non-native speakers to develop language skills and support integration.
• Computer Classes Technology and computer skills classes helping community members develop digital literacy.
• Weekend Venue Hire Weekend hire of fully equipped function rooms with commercial kitchen, accommodating up to 50 guests for events, children's parties, meetings, and conferences. Half-day rates from $250, all-day $400.
• Meeting Room Hire Flexible weekday and after-hours meeting room hire suitable for meetings, social groups, parent groups, training sessions, and conferences. $60/hour (or $35 for NFP).
• Commercial Kitchen Hire Fully equipped commercial kitchen hire with 6-burner stovetop, industrial oven, commercial dishwasher, and cooking equipment. Business hours $40 first hour + $20 each additional hour.
• Membership Program House membership program allowing members to nominate and elect Committee of Management members, attend AGMs, receive newsletters and brochures, with membership expiring annually on April 30.
• Volunteer Program Volunteer opportunities including barista roles, garden facilitation, cafe support, corporate volunteering, and work experience placements for tertiary students.
• Donation Program Donation acceptance through direct contributions or tax-deductible options via ANHCA, supporting food programs, community lunches, and overall house operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Social isolation reduction through community connection programs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Merri-Bek City Council (formerly Moreland City Council)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Primary strategic partner in establishing the Reynard Street Community Garden in 2017. The Council provides ongoing support and recognition of the organisation as a community hub.
• Coburg Garden Food SwapminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to co-host the Garden Working Bees & Food Swaps program, enabling community members to exchange garden produce, preserves, seeds, and seedlings.
• Coburg Historical SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides historical photographs and newsletters for the organisation's history page, helping document the heritage of the site from Army Drill Hall to Neighbourhood House.
• National Library of Australia (Trove)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides access to digitized historical news articles via Trove, supporting the organisation's historical documentation efforts.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand: Community organization delivering family and community services, financial inclusion, and women's programs across Australia and New Zealand. Comparable in supporting women and families from disadvantaged backgrounds, but operates a much broader service portfolio.
• Berry Street: Victorian family services organization delivering child, family and community services. Comparable in family, CALD and community-connection programming, but with significantly broader geographic footprint and service range.
• Mission Australia: National community services organization delivering housing, employment, youth and family support. Comparable in serving disadvantaged cohorts with multi-service community programs, but at national scale.
• The Smith Family: National Australian charity focused on children's education and family support for disadvantaged communities. Overlaps with RSNH in delivering education and family programs to underserved cohorts, but operates at national scale with a more specialized education focus.
• Melbourne City Mission: Large Melbourne-based community services organization providing education, homelessness support, disability services and community programs. Comparable in mission scope and CALD focus, but operates across metropolitan Melbourne and beyond with significantly greater scale.
• The Salvation Army Australia: Major Australian charitable organization delivering community support, family services, and social programs nationally. Comparable in providing community-based social support services, but with religious affiliation and national scope.
• Brotherhood of St. Laurence: Major Victorian community services organization delivering education, employment, housing and social inclusion programs. Comparable in target population (migrants, low-income, CALD communities) and program types, but operates at much larger scale across multiple sites.

Regional players

• Anglicare Victoria: Victorian arm of the Anglicare network delivering family, community and aged care services across the state. Comparable community-services mission to RSNH but with a state-wide footprint and far larger scale.
• St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria: Victorian branch of a major Australian welfare organization delivering food, housing and community support. Comparable in providing community connection and material support services to vulnerable populations, but at state-wide scale.

Direct peers

• Living & Learning @ Ajani: An incorporated neighbourhood house in Hawthorn East, Melbourne delivering educational classes, community programs, venue hire and social enterprise activities under a comparable operating model to RSNH. Direct functional peer in the Victorian neighbourhood house network.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ReynardSNH
• Instagraminstagram.com/reynardsnh
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/reynard-street-neighbourhood-house

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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