Elwood Community Playgroup

Elwood Community Playgroup ECP is one Australia's largest playgroup with over 300 local families enjoying the facilities, parenting support and friendships that playgroup provides.

Elwood Community Playgroup (ECP ID: 45383) is a volunteer run, not-for-profit oganisation. It is Australia's largest playgroup, with over 400 local families enjoying the facilities, parenting support and friendships that playgroup provides on a weekly basis. ECP runs up to 40 weekly playgroup sessions for parents and their children aged between 0 and 5 years and provides members with excellent fac

ilities in the refurbished Burnett Grey Maternal and Child Health Centre. New parents in the City of Port Philip are offered the chance to join a playgroup when they complete their six week New Parent program with their Maternal and Child Health Nurse. The babies, aged from 6-12 weeks when they join a group, are given the opportunity to rapidly expand their communication, social and motor skills through interaction with other children while parents tap into a valuable support network. ECP is a non-profit organisation run by a volunteer Executive Committee. This committee is made up of participating members of the ECP and positions are renewed regularly to ensure fresh ideas and thoughts are considered.

Mini Maestros sessions with Zee are always a huge hit! The kids had an absolute blast and a crowd favourite is definite...
01/05/2026

Mini Maestros sessions with Zee are always a huge hit! The kids had an absolute blast and a crowd favourite is definitely the parachute!

Remember to keep an eye out for email updates so that you can sign up! Spots are limited!

Sessions are free for all ECP members!

Get excited guys!There are 2 weeks left till our annual farm day! This is a very, very popular event! There will be a bb...
01/05/2026

Get excited guys!

There are 2 weeks left till our annual farm day! This is a very, very popular event!

There will be a bbq, cute animals to pet and lots of fun!

We are excited to trial our Friday late night plays starting from today!ECP will be open till 8pm for members every Frid...
01/05/2026

We are excited to trial our Friday late night plays starting from today!

ECP will be open till 8pm for members every Friday!

Feel free to bring some dinner or order take out. In future if this is a success we might be also organising evening events too!

We’ve received two amazing toy donations from our local community 😁 The horses, pony’s, dolls, vehicles, instruments, ba...
07/04/2026

We’ve received two amazing toy donations from our local community 😁 The horses, pony’s, dolls, vehicles, instruments, baby toys, books, games and puzzles are a hit already 🥰💝🎉

Thank you Mummy Sara for finding these gems for everyone to enjoy!

At the end of last month the lovely Zee from Mini Maestros visited us at playgroup and to say it was a hit was an unders...
07/04/2026

At the end of last month the lovely Zee from Mini Maestros visited us at playgroup and to say it was a hit was an understatement!

We had a big turn out with lots of little ones singing along to the songs, playing the instruments and thoroughly enjoying the parachute!

Thank you Zee for such a fun session!

On Sunday, we had our last of three first aid sessions run by Tiny Hearts. Altogether, we had 30 adults attend since we ...
03/03/2026

On Sunday, we had our last of three first aid sessions run by Tiny Hearts.

Altogether, we had 30 adults attend since we made it available in October. We received excellent feedback from all the adults who completed the course and people reported that they left the sessions feeling prepared and empowered.

A big thank you to Sarah and Ricky for very generously donating a TV to ECP that we used during the sessions.

We also can't forget to thank Mummy Sara, who spent countless hours organising the sessions and liaising with Tiny Hearts and the parents enrolled prior to every session.

On Sunday, we had our last of three first aid sessions run by Tiny Hearts. Altogether, we had 30 adults attend since we ...
03/03/2026

On Sunday, we had our last of three first aid sessions run by Tiny Hearts.

Altogether, we had 30 adults attend since we made it available in October. We received excellent feedback from all the adults who completed the course and people reported that they left the sessions feeling prepared and empowered.

A big thank you to Sarah and Ricky for very generously donating a TV to ECP that we used during the sessions.

We also can't forget to thank Mummy Sara who spent countless hours organising the sessions, liaising with Tiny Hearts and sending out countless emails in the lead up to all the sessions.

Last week, the City of Port Phillip came out and freshened up the playground in the back yard. It looks amazing and we a...
02/03/2026

Last week, the City of Port Phillip came out and freshened up the playground in the back yard. It looks amazing and we are so thankful!

Feel free to email Sarah at [email protected] if you want to help out with further renovations at ECP.

Two weeks ago Leah from St Kilda Library visited us at Playgroup for Story Time. The kids were very, very excited and ev...
02/03/2026

Two weeks ago Leah from St Kilda Library visited us at Playgroup for Story Time. The kids were very, very excited and everyone had lots of fun!

Leah sang songs, played with silks and did the parachute went down a treat!

Please keep your eyes peeled for the dates for the next Story time sessions!

Craft Club will be running every Monday at 2pm in the back room. No bookings are necessary - just drop in with your litt...
07/02/2026

Craft Club will be running every Monday at 2pm in the back room. No bookings are necessary - just drop in with your little one/s and prepare to get messy! Smocks are supplied in case!

We have been enjoying doing lots of cooking and food related crafts - as always I will do my best to accommodate allergies. We try to do as gluten and dairy free as possible!

All ages are welcome - sessions are catered from baby to toddler to child! Rule of thumb: if they can sit up and grasp something with their hand, they can definitely be an artist!!

Feel free to message me (Rebecca) on 0412805025 if you want further information!

Address

51 Broadway
Melbourne, VIC
3184

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

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