THE NORTH Melbourne Football Club has unveiled plans to build a state-of-the-art 'Learning and Life Centre' as part of the club's $15 million Arden Street redevelopment.

The 'Learning and Life Centre', to be developed in conjunction with the Australian Multicultural Foundation, aims to bring Melbourne's communities together by creating a modern open classroom with cutting edge educational programs for people from all walks of life.

The centre will help build stronger cultural understanding offering a range of programs designed to promote social cohesion. These programs will include educational classes on numeracy and literacy, lifestyle and healthy living programs and a range of community awareness programs tailored to young people that will tackle issues such as racism. 

North Melbourne chief executive Eugene Arocca said the 'Learning and Life Centre' demonstrated the club's commitment to establishing itself in Victoria and would be the cornerstone of future community development programs.

"Our major reasons for doing this is to make North Melbourne relevant to Melbourne and the wider Victorian community and to engage the multicultural community using education and sport as the unifying force," Arocca said.

The project, which will include the latest technology and learning aids, has received funding from the North Melbourne Football Club, the Scanlon Foundation, the AFL and the Victorian State Government.

Recently retired North Melbourne legend Glenn Archer said the project would help young people realise everyone is equal and help build respect amongst the community.

"This project will see kids from all different backgrounds and nations coming together at Arden Street to learn that everyone's equal and that it doesn't matter what colour or race you are, everyone can get along," Archer said.

Hass Dellal, executive director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation, said the project would prove to be a unique facility, which would provide innovative and practical social and education solutions to the wider Victorian community.

"What better gift than education itself for an opportunity in life, a centre where you come to celebrate, learn and value diversity as an advantage," he said.