Month: November 2021

From the Course Admin team

Elsie Mutton and Ken Briscoe - our Course Admin team

How exciting. We are so pleased to advise that a limited number of classes can return to face-to-face learning for the last three weeks of term 4.

If you have not been contacted about returning to class, then it means your class could not be held under the current restrictions. Unfortunately, we are unable to use many of our rooms, as class numbers would not fit within the 4-sq mt rule.

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First Four O’Clock Forum is on!

Four O'Clock Forum logo

We are delighted to advise that now that we are out of lockdown our November Four O’clock Forum will go ahead at the Hub on 24 November (code 21AFOR5)

“Some Challenges Towards Positive Ageing of the Africans – a Case Study of Emerging Communities in Australia” – Dr Apollo Nsubuga-Kyobe, university lecturer & academic.

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School Crossing Supervisors needed

Whitehorse Council has asked us to let members know that there is a short-term opportunity for a School Crossing Supervisor or a more ongoing role if individuals are interested.

The role of Supervisors is to assist in providing a safe effective means for school-aged children and other pedestrians to cross the road at established school crossings and traffic lights within the Whitehorse municipality.

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Opportunity to participate in Telehealth Trial

The University of Melbourne is running a trial called HOMESIDE, which is exploring the effects of music and reading/word-based interventions for people living with dementia and their family caregivers.

The interventions are designed to be personalised to each person’s preferences and needs, and delivered by the family caregivers, who are trained and supported by health professionals throughout the 6-month study.

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