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
