2021 SENIORS FESTIVAL 13 - 24 APRIL 2021 - Oran Park Town
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2021
CAMDEN COUNCIL CELEBRATES
SENIORS
FESTIVAL
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13 – 24 APRIL 2021
www.seniorsfestival.nsw.gov.au
13 – 24 APRIL 202
CAMDEN COUNCIL CELEBRATES
SENIORS
2021
FESTIVAL
Camden Council invites local seniors across Camden to celebrate the 2021 Seniors
Festival with music, entertainment, art, health, technical and wellbeing activities.
Seniors are encouraged to enjoy new experiences, continue learning, impart
their skills, and have fun with what’s on offer across Camden. With the theme ‘In
our nature’, the festival promotes building inclusive communities and provides an
opportunity for seniors to try new things, contribute, and remain active and engaged
in their local communities.
Council will offer free or low-cost events and activities during April to inspire seniors
to connect, stay active, share skills, and keep doing the things they enjoy, together!
As part of its on-going commitment to Seniors who are isolated, Council will be
offering entertainment across selected aged care facilities.
The following events and activities will be held across Camden.
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VIRTUAL CONNECT DVD
Council has proudly put together the Virtual
Connect DVD, which features information and
interactive wellbeing activities older residents
can do at home, with family or friends or in a
group setting.
It includes fun activities and practical information
sessions, such as gentle exercise, dance, and
meditation; and lifelong learning initiatives, HELP NAVIGATING
including health and information technology THE MY AGED CARE
sessions. CONNECT SYSTEM
The DVD will be available to seniors across the In partnership with Macarthur
Camden area and can be posted out or picked
Disability Services and Camden
up from Camden Libraries and facilities. It will
Meals on Wheels, Council
also be available at all activities scheduled as
is proud to provide the My
part of 2021 Seniors Festival.
Aged Care Connect program,
Supported by the NSW Government. which supports older people
Available to be collected, or posted out, in Camden to navigate and
from Wednesday 14 April access information and services
Free through My Aged Care.
Call 4645 5009 My Aged Care Connect seeks
to streamline and guide
residents through the My Aged
Care process and available
services, making it simpler for
residents to access services,
and ensuring they have the
support they require.
Make your personalised
appointment today
Camden Meals on Wheels,
1/18 Little Street, Camden
0492 817 853
agedcare@
camdenconnect.org.au
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LONGEVITY SENIOR
SERVICES 50+ CLUB
The Pit Martial Arts Defence and Fitness
Centre proudly offers seniors sessions
and activities, where their mantra is ‘age
is a requirement, a youthful outlook is
essential and a positive approach to
health and wellbeing is priority’.
Of note are the seniors’ fitness and Tai
Chi classes as well as group travels once
a month, with a limit of 25 passengers
per trip.
Open every day, 9am-7pm.
The Pit Martial Arts Defence and
Fitness Centre,
Unit 10/156 Hartley Road,
Smeaton Grange
$10 but please call for special
CAMDEN SENIORS
promotion during Seniors Festival
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
Call 0414 478 383, email CENTRE
pdsmartialarts@gmail.com or
visit www.thepitmartialarts.com.au/ Camden Seniors Citizens Association
seniors-classes Centre welcomes anyone aged 50 years
and over. It offers a leisure group for
older people with activities that include
indoor sports, social games, regular bus
trips, themed dinners, dancing, and art
classes.
The centre is open Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
each week, 9am-1pm
Camden Seniors Citizens
Association Centre,
65 John Street, Camden
Membership is $11 per year and a
small cost is charged for activities
Call 4655 8941
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SENIORS FESTIVAL ART TAKE THE PLUNGE!
CLASSES AT THE GALLERY
During this year’s Seniors
Alan Baker Art Gallery is excited to hold three art Festival, from Tuesday 13 to
classes specifically for Camden residents aged Saturday 24 April, Council is
50 years and over. offering free pool entry to
The first class is a school holiday inter-generational Camden residents aged 50 years
session that will look at still life in watercolour, the and over.
second will look at drawing with charcoal; the third Monday to Friday,
will be focused on drawing in pastel. 5.30am-9pm
Cake, tea, and coffee will be provided during Saturday and Sunday,
a 15-minute morning tea break. There is a 7am-7pm
maximum of 10 participants per class, so Mount Annan Leisure Centre,
bookings are essential. 368 Welling Drive,
Friday 9 April (Watercolour), Mount Annan
Tuesday 20 April (Charcoal) and Call 4648 4830
Wednesday 28 April (Pastel), 10am-noon
Alan Baker Art Gallery,
37 John Street, Camden
Free
Call 4645 5191 or visit
alanbakerartgallery@camden.nsw.gov.au
www.trybooking.com/BPUHP
EASY MOVES FOR
ACTIVE AGEING
Attendees will enjoy an excursion
to the Avon Dam Picnic Area and
barbecue lunch.
Thursday 15 April
South West Community
Transport (SWCT)
10 Cary Grove, Minto
$10 transport free - and
bring a friend for FREE.
Must be a SWCT client or
willing to become one
Call 9426 8999 5
CAFÉ CONNECT, MEDITATION AND TAI CHI CLASSES
Exercise your mind and body at Café Connect Tai Chi and Meditation classes.
Café Connect will be there after the sessions with great food, refreshments, and the
latest service information about what is on offer in the Camden area.
Meditation is on Wednesday 21 April, 10.30-11.15am
Tai Chi is on Tuesday 27 April, 10.30-11.15am
Café Connect will be there for one hour from 11.30am after both classes.
Camden Civic Centre,
corner Oxley and Mitchell Streets, Camden
Free
Call 4645 5020
CHAIR YOGA
Move your body gently to relax your mind - a
session using an everyday chair for stress relief
and pause. This session is for Young People and
Seniors and is a cross generational event to
celebrate Seniors Festival and Youth Week.
Saturday 17 April TECH WORKSHOPS
Oran Park Library Lakeside Room, FOR SENIORS AT
10.30-11.30am NARELLAN LIBRARY
Free Introduction to online basics
Online Bookings required. Call 4645 5039 and getting the most out of your
for more information or book online via technology.
library.camden.nsw.gov.au/events. Tuesday 20 April,
10-11.30am and 1.30-3pm
Narellan Library,
corner Elyard and
Queen Streets, Narellan
Free
Online Bookings required.
Call 4645 5039 for more
information or book
online via library.camden.
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DEMENTIA EDUCATION
SESSION
Council, in partnership with Primary
Health Network, is hosting a
dementia education session.
Local seniors are invited to join
the discussion about prevention,
decision making and care planning
for people living with dementia,
their carers, and services.
10 THINGS I NEED TO KNOW
Cafe Connect will be there after BEFORE I GO WORKSHOP
the session with great food,
refreshments, and the latest service Council, in partnership with Primary Health
information about what is on offer Network, is hosting a 10 Things I Need to Know
in Camden. Before I Go Workshop.
Wednesday 5 May, 10am-noon, Cafe Connect will be there after the session
with Café Connect to be with great food, refreshments, and the latest
there from noon service information about what is on offer in
Camden.
Camden Civic Centre,
corner Oxley and Mitchell Wednesday 19 May, 9.30am-2pm, with
Streets, Camden Café Connect to be there from 2pm
Free Camden Civic Centre,
Call 4632 3000 or visit corner Oxley and Mitchell Streets,
eventbrite.com.au/ Camden
e/143021297551 $5
Call 4632 3000 or visit
eventbrite.com.au/e/143641580835
This program was created in partnership
with stakeholders and the information
contained may change prior to the
nominated event.
For more information, call
Camden Council on 4654 7777 7
ACTIVE
EXPLORE
AGEING
Definition |
ac .tive . age .ing / adj. / a term we use to describe the process
Walk, scooter or bike of maintaining wellbeing; physical, social and mental health;
ride along Miss Llewella and continued involvement in one’s community as we age.
Davies Pioneers Walkway
and Camden Bike Track.
Local seniors are invited to take advantage of one of the
Mount Annan Botanic many Active Ageing opportunities available across Camden.
Garden; 400 hectares
of natural woodland and
stunning landscapes.
ENTERTAINMENT CONNECT
Explore Camden by car. Volunteering
You never know where Camden Civic Centre
There are so many
you will end up or what Musicals, comedy shows,
opportunities available
you might discover in your exhibitions - it’s all here!
to connect with the
local community. United Cinemas community in a voluntary
For blockbuster and new capacity.
release movies, head to • Friends of Belgenny
GET ACTIVE United Cinemas, Narellan. Farm
• Macarthur Centre for
Mount Annan Leisure Sustainability
Centre CULTURE & HISTORY • Camden Museum
Open all year round with
an array of activities. Markets
Alan Baker Art Gallery Camden has several local
Camden War Memorial Beautiful exhibitions and markets to cater for all
Swimming Pool exciting activities. tastes.
See website for opening Camden Museum
periods and a range Camden Produce
A rich collection of Markets; Every Saturday
of services offered for Camden’s historical
everyone. from 7am to 12noon at 40
artifacts including photo’s, Exeter Street, Camden.
The Pit Martial Arts maps, clothing, furniture
This centre in Smeaton etc. Cobbitty’s Combined
Grange has a keen focus Craft and Food Market;
Macarthur Park First Saturday of the
on health and wellbeing Note the aspects of
programs for residents Month at Cobbitty Primary
Camden’s rich history in School, 306 Cobbitty
aged 50 years and over. the park, opened in 1906. Road, Cobbitty.
Park Run
Walk or run five kilometres
each Saturday at Camden camden.nsw.gov.au/community/support/
Bike Track. MORE INFO older-people/active-ageing-strategy/
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