A new name for a newly redeveloped building

As part of the Victorian Government’s Kindergarten Reform and Building Blocks Partnership, Frankston City Council is undergoing a redevelopment of the Seaford Maternal and Child Health Centre, located at 41 Railway Parade, Seaford.

Historically, the facility has supported three separate early years and youth services, encompassing Seaford Kindergarten, Seaford Maternal and Child Health and the Seaford Hangout youth service, with no shared infrastructure at the same location.

The Kindergarten Reform and Building Blocks Partnership redevelopment aims to upgrade local infrastructure to meet the future demand for kindergarten programs. The Seaford site was identified due to the ageing infrastructure and opportunity to integrate existing services into a purpose-built facility. The redevelopment of this facility is designed to support improved community access and lifelong connection to community and local service.

The redevelopment includes

  • Demolition of the existing buildings and construction of a new single-storey integrated facility
  • Expansion of the Seaford Kindergarten to provide increased capacity
  • Construction of Maternal and Child Health consultation rooms
  • Redevelopment of the youth space
  • Construction of additional multipurpose room for playgrounds and family education
  • Improved sustainability across the facility

Visit the Seaford Child, Youth & Family Centre Upgrade and Expansion for further information on the redevelopment project.

As the centre enters a new era, we need to register a formal name to go along with it and we want your feedback.

Project Outcomes

  • Council meeting outcome

    At the public Council meeting on 6 October 2025, Council endorsed the proposed name Seaford Place to be submitted to Geographic Names Victoria for formal naming.

    Council meeting information 

  • Reasons why the name was selected

    Seaford Place was the preferred name for this location with 64.52% of community contributions ranking this as their first preference.

Engagement Results

Engagement Summary

Purpose of Engagement

We invited the community to help choose a new name for the redevelopment of the Seaford Maternal and Child Health Centre. This new, purpose-built space will bring together kindergarten, maternal and child health, and youth services under one roof. The name should reflect the centre’s role in supporting families, children, and young people, and its vision for connection and lifelong learning within the Seaford community.

Participation

During the engagement period, the page was viewed 110 times with 36 contributions received. Of the 36 contributors to the engagement, 22 were residents of Seaford.

Engagement Results

Throughout this section, where a number is shown in brackets indicates how many times that option was selected. e.g. supportive (9) means 9 contributors selected the option 'supportive'.

Please rank the naming options provided.

Seaford Place is the preferred name with 64.52% of contributors ranking this as their first preference (31).

If you do not support any of the proposed names, please select up to three reasons from the list below.

From the people who did not support the proposed names - the most common reason was being that neither of the names recognise and use Aboriginal languages, followed by confusion.


Engagement Activity

Suggest a new place name

Frankston City Council maintains register of names that may be considered for future use to name or rename roads, places or features.