Nimbin Neighbourhood and Information Centre

Nimbin Neighbourhood and Information Centre Inc (NNIC). Established in 1978,  NNIC is the longest serving and the primary community services and community development organisation in Nimbin. A registered charity with DGR status, 

NNIC provides a wide range of services for people in need in the Nimbin community, including:

• Qualified Community Workers offering: information and referrals, crisis counselling, advocacy, electricity vouchers and other support.

• Supported Public Access to Computers, Internet, Photocopying, Laminating, Faxing.

• Centrelink Agency

• Emergency Relief, material aid and food parcels

• Take Home Naloxone program

• Visiting Outreach Services

• Volunteering opportunities, work experience placements

• Outlet Agency for the CONC (Consortium of Neighbourhood Centres Far North Coast) Brighter Futures Far North Coast-an intensive support program for vulnerable families.

• A Community Nurse Practitioner providing clinical mental health and/or drug and alcohol services for community members and their families (Mon-Wed)

• Vacation Care - for kids aged 5-12 years during school holidays

• Soup Kitchen - Fridays at NNIC

NNIC's community development activities include:

• Nimbin's Sustainable Living Hub - 7 Sibley St - a social enterprise project of NNIC

• Auspicing Nimbin Community Drug Action Team (CDAT) and Nimbin Death and Beyond

• Stewardship of the Sustainable Nimbin Community Plan (SNCP)

• Production and distribution of the Welcome to Nimbin Kit

• Annual Nimbin Women's Dinner

• Annual Big Community Christmas Lunch