Community Playcentre

Playcentre is an internationally recognised early childhood organisation that began in 1941 primarily as a support service for women left raising children alone due to their partners being away with the second world war. With isolation from lack of transport and low family incomes being the reality for many women, Playcentre's original aims were "to provide leisure for mothers and opportunities for the social development of the pre-school child" (Stover 1998, p.3).