Community Needs Assessment - Hawkesbury City Council
Community Needs Assessment - Hawkesbury City Council
Community Needs Assessment - Hawkesbury City Council
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• Grose River Golf Club<br />
• Windsor Polo Club<br />
• Kurrajong Hills Golf Club<br />
• <strong>Hawkesbury</strong> <strong>City</strong> Soccer Club<br />
• <strong>Hawkesbury</strong> <strong>City</strong> Cricket Club<br />
• <strong>Hawkesbury</strong> Baseball Club<br />
• <strong>Hawkesbury</strong> Softball Club<br />
• Richmond Club.<br />
The majority of these clubs make use of areas of open space in the area, and encompass sporting, social<br />
and recreational uses.<br />
6.2.3 YOUTH CENTRES<br />
In addition to the youth service at the North Richmond Neighbourhood Centre, there is one youth facility,<br />
YMCA Yarramundi Youth Camp, within the 5km radius. The youth facility offers outdoor education and<br />
activities, camping, youth leadership programs and holiday programs, and is available to hire for group<br />
functions.<br />
6.3 HEALTH SERVICES<br />
6.3.1 COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES<br />
There are a number of community health services and medical centres in North Richmond and the<br />
Richmond area, including podiatry and physiotherapy services, which are available in the North<br />
Richmond Shopping Village Centre. There are also two GP medical clinics, Better Health Medical Centre<br />
and North Richmond Family Practice, as well as the <strong>Hawkesbury</strong> <strong>Community</strong> Health Centre in Richmond<br />
which provides a range of services including nursing, occupational therapy, women‟s services,<br />
counselling, palliative care and aged care.<br />
There is also a community health centre next to the <strong>Hawkesbury</strong> District Health Service which is known<br />
as the <strong>Hawkesbury</strong> <strong>Community</strong> Health Centre – Windsor. This service consists of a Children‟s and Family<br />
nursing team and a Primary Health Care nursing team. The latter deals with older people and has a<br />
primarily aged clientele.<br />
6.3.2 OTHER HEALTH SERVICES<br />
There is one hospital located within 2km of the site, St John of God Hospital Richmond, which is a private<br />
psychiatric hospital providing comprehensive and holistic mental health care services. It does not provide<br />
outpatient services.<br />
<strong>Hawkesbury</strong> District Health Service located approximately 8km east of the site, offers public and private<br />
hospital facilities as well as community health services. The service comprises approximately 127 beds,<br />
four operating theatres, 24-hour Emergency Department, after hours GP clinic, day surgery unit,<br />
maternity unit among other services.<br />
There is also an ambulance service located within 5km of the site.<br />
6.4 AGED CARE<br />
There are four dedicated full time aged care centres within 5km of the site, as well as one respite care<br />
day facility.<br />
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URBIS<br />
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