Established by not-for-profit organisation BaptistCare, the centre includes a cafe that serves free breakfasts, a dining area and an internet kiosk.

Clients can access free financial advice, job-seeker training programs and counselling services.

The organisation has also expanded its low-cost supermarket.

Having had success with the supermarket, BaptistCare shifted into two shopfronts in South Street, which has become the centre.

BaptistCare group manager Scott Pilgrim said with the inclusion of new services, the organisation's Windale centre had become a "one-stop shop for basic human needs" in an area that desperately needed it.

Windale is the 11th most disadvantaged community in NSW, Australian Bureau of Statistics data reveals. Its average weekly household income is half the national average.

Mr Pilgrim said BaptistCare hoped to provide Windale with opportunity and growth.

"We're all about social and financial inclusion," Mr Pilgrim said.

"We see [Windale] as a really positive community with so much going for it.

"Rather than focus on Windale's negative image, we're trying to provide opportunities for its residents."

One resident who has benefited from BaptistCare's services is Gateshead's Peter Mitzzi.

On a disability support pension, Mr Mitzzi has managed a tight budget by shopping at BaptistCare's Windale supermarket for three years.

There, products are sourced from chain supermarkets by Foodbank NSW and sold at about half the cost.

Mr Mitzzi said it made all the difference to his bank account.

"It's just so much cheaper here," he said.

"And with the money I save I'm able to put petrol in the car."

Mr Mitzzi said he would definitely use the cafe.