About Us

75 Reid Street is home to and lovingly curated by Fitzroy North Community Church, a congregation that has been a presence in the neighbourhood since 1890.

The building was constructed in the 1920s as a safe space for local kids - believe it or not, the main auditorium was once a basketball court! We have this to thank for our beautiful high arched ceiling.

As a church, we hope to carry on the tradition of being a place for life in the Inner North, and wherever possible make our building available for joy, connection, nourishment and community in a space poor neighbourhood. As you can imagine, a building of this age and size comes with significant overheads, but we are committed to ensuring this remains a space for life at accessible pricing wherever possible.

Our approach utilises the income from private and corporate hire to both maintain the building and subsidise partnerships with not for profits, charities, the arts, and community groups. We offer a standard discount to these organisations, as well as numerous longer-term formal partnerships. This includes providing a home to the incredible Beautiful Bunch crew, who provide life-changing training and employment opportunities to young women from refugee backgrounds who are experiencing barriers to employment. They are located in our beautiful Seacombe Studio - you can check them out at http://www.thebeautifulbunch.com/.

Other partners include:

Newlands Choir https://newlandschoir.org/

Melbourne Young Writers Studio https://www.mywritersstudio.com.au/

Yarra Voices https://www.theyarravoices.com/

The Boite https://www.boite.com.au/

Tearfund https://www.tearfund.org.au/

IHH http://www.ihh.org.au/