NOTE: The following information is based on the recollections of founding members and others. 

The Glen Innes & District Community Centre began in 1978 as a result of community concern about the lack of services available to the Glen Innes region. Residents at that time needed to travel to Armidale to access such services as Department of Social Security (the predecessor to Centrelink), Department of Community Services, the Department of Housing, and services to assist families or provide counselling. It was realised that a need was there to have representatives of government services within the local community.  There were also no services that acted as a “springboard” to assist and direct residents to the right place to go to for the right services.  A combined group of community minded persons formed a cross-committee to pursue support and funding for a community centre and a local Stereo FM radio station.  The first community centre was housed in the ‘Old Mill’ opposite the current Video EZY store in Bourke Street  Glen Innes and was manned by volunteers. In 1981, the community centre moved to its current location at 268 Grey St into what was then the ‘School of Arts’ building with the Stereo FM Radio component splitting off to become a separate entity. In 1988, the community centre became an incorporated body with a charitable institution status.  

The Glen Innes Municipal Council (now incorporated as part of the Glen Innes Severn Council) was also one of the first to have a position of a community profile officer in NSW whom liaised with the Community Centre. The community centre was also one of the first community centres to receive government funding.

Some of the early initiatives of the Community Centre were the formation of a Community Tenancy (to facilitate low cost housing).

The Community Centre also originally had its own publication called the ‘Bush Telegraph’, which contained community information. Today, the Profile magazine performs this role and enjoys a circulation of 3,800 (2010).