With a little help from our friends, aka fantastic volunteers, donors and staff – plus new safety protocols – we’ve been able to keep running our essential services of in-home nursing, meals and general support for vulnerable people, seniors and people with disabilities. This week we’re even offering virtual activities for a couple of groups [...]
What is being called an NDIS ‘underspend’ has angered disability groups while giving the Liberal Government a budget verging on surplus for the first time in more than a decade. The final budget deficit for 2018-19 was $690 million – $13.8 billion less than 2018 budget predictions. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg cited the reasons as strong [...]
“Many men have a rather solitary life outside their families and work,” says Adrian. “So retirement’s great – for about six months!" "One of the things I like about BOOMers is that we’re not sitting around, we’re actually doing things; we’re talking but we’re out and about.” This mechanical and industrial engineer, who has worked [...]
If it’s about movies, our monthly movie presenter and volunteer, Alan Seale, invariably knows it. Alan’s been studying films for 20 years, no less, with a more famous film critic, David Stratton, who delivers an incredibly popular evening course on the history of world cinema (1894-1970) at Sydney Uni. Alan and other insatiable film buffs [...]
Exploring Sydney group Wests teammates meeting Walking Group Young people in two busy social groups for people with a mild disability look forward to meeting each week, catching up on each other’s news, as well as their next destination – and then seeing it all on the SCS Facebook [...]
Proximity to SCS Lane Cove Community Hub was on the list of essentials when Judy Magson and husband Bill were looking for a new home – because they didn’t want to miss the social activities, people and community connections here! So they moved from St Leonards to a village in Hunters Hill, and [...]
“Having a Y chromosome is NOT an excuse for unhealthy lifestyle choices!” ... the slogan from Men’s Health Week in June warned blokes of all ages that their health is, to an extent, in their hands. That's because only 30% of a man’s health is genetic while 70% is due to what he does – [...]
Mel Pike, Activities Co-ordinator, Seniors Hub, Hunters Hill Mel has come to various community roles through the visual arts, a discipline in which she has taught university students among others. She spent 15 years teaching in the country including with an aboriginal community, and has taught art to children and people with disabilities. Now she looks [...]
After four fast games of shuffleboard, Alma Lonnon is ready for a break. “It’s great fun,” she says of the tournament that’s on the second and fourth Thursdays each month. When she moved to Lane Cove 14 years ago, much of Alma’s time was enjoyably taken up with grandchildren after school. But time flies [...]
Joy and Celebration The Blandville Court Community Room was filled with joy and celebration on Wednesday 21st February. The residents gathered to celebrate the Year of the Dog with a New Year's lunch. Everyone brought a dish of homemade Chinese specialities. It was also an opportunity to share the bananas and the big pumpkin that [...]
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