Welcome to John Street

Welcome to John Street Community Early Childhood Co-operative (John Street). 

John Street was formed in 1976 from the generous donations of E M Dauber. Formerly known as the Fitzroy Community Childcare Co-operative, a name change was initiated in 1997 in order to establish a firmer identity within the surrounding Fitzroy community. 

In 1998, we merged with another well-known and well-established Fitzroy centre, Central Fitzroy Childcare Co-operative, in the interests of preserving community-based childcare. 

John Street is a community-based childcare centre; therefore, it depends on active participation from the parents at all levels of operation. This enables the centre to keep costs affordable and to maintain a community ethos within the centre environment. The centre is a not-for-profit centre; that is, the centre does not endeavour to profit from the service that we offer. Parents are instrumental in determining policies by which John Street is run, as this ensures the needs of the current families are being met.