Boost for Eugowra childcare

The Eugowra Community Children's Centre has received over $400,000 from Evolution Mining to contribute to their new purpose-built day care centre. The donation will help to fund the long day care room in the new centre, that is set to open in 2026. This is an extremely important facility for Eugowra as the original centre was destroyed in the 2022 floods, and the busy centre now operates out of a temporary location. With more space there will be more children who can benefit from the centre as Eugowra continues to rebuild to be better than ever following the devastating floods. The Eugowra Community Children’s Centre Management Committee said the donation would allow the community-owned service to continue to provide long day care for working families in a new, purpose-built facility. “We are absolutely certain that the impacts of this donation will be long lasting as we can now ensure that future generations of local families will have access to this critical service for many years to come,” they said. Northparkes Operations General Manager Rob Cunningham said this was an outstanding project for Evolution to be involved in and really reinforced the strong commitment to support communities where they operate. “Childcare is a need throughout Australia, but Eugowra, as it recovers from the 2022 floods, is such a worthy recipient," he said. "We are thrilled to partner with the team at Eugowra Community Children’s Centre and we’re looking forward to seeing the final results as the build progresses." The NSW Government funded the permanent preschool facility in the 2024-2025 Budget.