Local service · VIC
Connie Benn Early Learning Centre — Occasional Care
Four-hour occasional sessions with up to three bookings per week after enrolment.
Published information checked 25 October 2026 · Not confirmed for any requested date
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What is published?
- Service type
- Local service
- Operator / brand
- Yarra City Council
- Locality
- Fitzroy
- Published service area
- 160 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy 3065.
- Coverage conditions
- Occasional-care sessions only; general long-day and casual-care hours are separate.
- Care offered
- Occasional care
- Exact published ages
- Children aged six weeks to six years.
- Booking routes
- Phone / email enquiry · Enrol first
- Before the first booking
- Email council to begin enrolment; council sends an Xplor link and requires documents. Priority of access applies. The centre also describes orientation, usually in the two weeks before starting; ask how it applies to occasional users.
- Published care hours
- Tue/Wed/Thu 08:30–12:30 or 13:00–17:00; Fri 13:00–17:00; no Monday occasional care.
- Calendar and session limits
- Maximum three occasional sessions weekly. Closed public holidays and two weeks over Christmas. Current web timetable differs from the older handbook; current web sessions are recorded.
- Notice / lead time
- Bookings open two weeks ahead.
- Fee information · AUD
- Council's 2026 fee page lists AUD 62.20 for four hours, and AUD 31.10 for two hours; the weekly page publishes four-hour sessions. Confirm any shorter option.
- Cancellation / absence terms
- Not established in the reviewed information; ask the provider.
- Published subsidy statement
- Council says CCS may apply according to family circumstances; the published fees exclude eligible CCS.
- Exact-date status
- Not confirmed for any requested date
- Registration / current rating
- Not independently checked
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ACECQA national registers ↗Evidence and sources
Yarra publishes Connie Benn as its only occasional-care location.
Why these tags and hours appear
- VIC — Connie Benn is identified as the Fitzroy site on the Victorian council's official centre page. Source ↗
- Occasional care — Dedicated council page names Connie Benn's occasional-care service. Source ↗
- Babies — Advertised occasional-care ages extend from six weeks through six years. Source ↗
- Toddlers — Advertised occasional-care ages extend from six weeks through six years. Source ↗
- Preschool — Advertised occasional-care ages extend from six weeks through six years. Source ↗
- Phone / email enquiry — Council tells families to email to start the enrolment process. Source ↗
- Enrol first — Enrolment must be completed before occasional bookings. Source ↗
- Tue · Wed · Thu 08:30–12:30 — Occasional-care session only. Source ↗
- Tue · Wed · Thu · Fri 13:00–17:00 — Occasional-care session only; split sessions are not merged. Source ↗
- Find casual and occasional care — Yarra City Council ↗Full page text opened; relevant sections inspected · checked 2026-10-25
- Fees, subsidies and payments — Yarra City Council ↗Full page text opened; relevant sections inspected · checked 2026-10-25
- Connie Benn Early Learning Centre — Yarra City Council place page ↗Full page text opened; relevant sections inspected · checked 2026-10-25