Carer Engagement January - March 2020 Wellbeing, social and educational events for carers in Melbourne's East - VMCH
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Carer Engagement
January - March 2020
Wellbeing, social and educational
events for carers in Melbourne’s East
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About the How to register
Program your interest
VMCH’s Carer Support Program is designed to support you with To register your interest please email
practical information and can offer a range of flexible respite and carereventseast@vmch.com.au or call the
support options to suit your individual needs and the person you Carer Support Program on 1300 971 720.
are caring for. This includes the Educational Workshops and
Social/Wellbeing Events listed in this booklet. Respite support while attending events
Eligibility: If you require respite support for the person you care
for whilst you are at an event, please advise at the time
Carers living in the Eastern region and who of registering your interest.
care for a person with care needs, including:
Allocation of places
• People with a mental illness
Please note registering your interest for an event
• People with a disability
does not guarantee you a place. Allocations are
• People with a chronic condition or illness based on carer need and not on a first-come,
• Older people with care needs first-served basis. Newly registered carers and
carers who have not attended events previously
• People in palliative care
are usually given at first consideration. Your
understanding with this is greatly appreciated.
We value your If there is a place available for you at an event,
a member of the Carer Support Team will be in
feedback
contact at least two (2) weeks prior to the event.
Please Note: Expressing interest does not
At Carer Support, we want to ensure that we are providing automatically guarantee you a place. If you do
you with the experiences that are worthwhile to you not receive a phone call or email, you have been
placed on the Waiting List and will be contacted
Is there anything that you want to see more of? if a place becomes available.
Is there anything that you’d like to see less of?
Your Feedback can help us improve your experiences with
VMCH Carer Support, so please feel free to email:
carereventseast@vmch.com.au, or write to us at:
Carer Support Services
Building C Level 3 355 Stud Road
Wantirna VIC 3152
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Carer's Meditation/
Gym Yoga
Session Details: Carers are invited to participate in a fully - Are you interested in learning methods Workshop Details:
Date: Tuesday 28 January supervised Gym program at our Wantirna site. to manage the stresses of everyday life? Date: Thursday 30
2020 to Thursday 26 People of all abilities and fitness levels are VMCH is taking expressions of interest from January 2020 to Thursday
March 2020 welcome to participate. Carers who would like to participate in our 2 April 2020
Where: Building A (Gym) pilot fortnightly classes of Meditation or Yoga. Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
An information session will be held for new
355 Stud Road, Wantirna Attendees, who will need to complete an Please Note: Carers will need to be able to Where: Alvie Hall: High
South 3152 assessment prior to commencing the program complete the full 5 fortnightly classes Street Road cnr Alvie Road,
Cost: Free Current Participants will need to advise whether Mount Waverley VIC 3149
When submitting your Expression of Interest,
Transport: Please make or not they wish to continue with their program. please state whether you want to attend the Cost: Free
your own way to the gym Session Days/Times Meditation or Yoga classes.
Transport: Please make
Tuesdays: 9:30am - 11:00am your own way to Alvie Hall
Thursdays: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
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Family Movie: Coombe Yarra Valley -
Spies In Disguise Lunch and Garden Tour
(Sensory-Friendly)
Event Details: Bring the family along to enjoy an exclusive, Once the Australian home of world-famous opera Event Details:
Date: Wednesday sensory-friendly viewing of “Spies In Disguise” singer Dame Nellie Melba and now that of award- Date: Tuesday 14 January
8 January 2020 at Knox VJunior Cinema. winning, estate-grown Coombe Farm Wines and 2020 or Thursday 23
Please Note: At the time of expressing your the newly opened garden, restaurant and gallery January 2020
Time: 10:00am - 12:30pm facility Coombe – The Melba Estate.
interest, you need to advise how many family Time: 10:45am - 3:15pm
Where: Knox VJunior members (including yourself) that you would Enjoy a tour of the beautiful gardens, followed
Cinema: Westfield Knox, (Lunch booking: 12:00pm -
like to attend this movie. by a relaxed lunch in the Restaurant. 2:00pm)
Burwood Highway,
Wantirna South VIC 3152 Transport provided from Knox City Shopping Where: Coombe Yarra
Centre Staff Carpark, if required. Valley: 673-675 Maroondah
Cost: Free
Highway, Coldstream
Transport: Please VIC 3770
make your own way
to the cinema Cost: Free
Shopping Centre vmch.com.au
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Craft Workshop: Cats
Polymer Clay Pots (The Movie)
Event Details: Explore your creative side by making a clay pot that Escape for a short while into the world of Event Details:
Date: Friday 17 you will then put a plant in, to keep for yourself or movies … Date: Saturday 18
January 2020 give as a gift.
January 2020
Based on the seminal Broadway musical, a tribe
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Where: Alvie Hall - High which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer (Movie starts at 2:00pm)
Street Road cnr Alvie Road, and come back to a new Jellicle life. Where: Palace Cinema
Mount Waverley Balwyn: 231 Whitehorse
VIC 3149 Road, Balwyn VIC 3103
Cost: Free Cost: Free
Transport: Please make Transport: Please
your own way to Alvie Hall make your own way
to the cinema
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Cheese High Tea: Yarra Valley
Masterclass Chocolaterie and Ice
Creamery
Event Details: Learn how to make Mozzarella at Pietro Gallo Enjoy a delightful High Tea experience at the Yarra Event Details:
Date: Wednesday Estate in Warrandyte, where they will guide you Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery. Be spoiled by Date: Friday 31
29 January 2020 through the hands-on process of creating your the selection of decadent petite delights, scones, January, 2020
own mozzarella (that you get to take home!), ribbon sandwiches, pastries and endless organic
Time: 10:00am – 1:30pm whilst covering the fundamentals of cheese local teas, barista coffee and real hot chocolates. Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Where: Pietro Gallo making overall. (High Tea: 11:00am-1:00pm)
Please Note: The High Tea menu is not
Estate: 54-56 Brumbys This will be followed by a light lunch including adaptable to gluten free or dairy free variations. Where: Yarra Valley
Road, Warrandyte South their house-made cheese and glass of estate Chocolaterie & Ice
VIC 3134 wine, at Olivigna Restaurant Creamery: 35 Old
Cost: Free Healesville Road,
Yarra Glen Vic 3775
Transport: Please make
your own way to Olivigna Cost: Free
(Pietro Gallo Estate) Transport: Transport will
be provided from Knox
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Chicago Olivigna: Lunch and
The Musical Grappa Appreciation Tour
Event Details: A true New York City Institution, ‘Chicago’ Join us for lunch at the villa-inspired Olivigna Session Details:
Date: Wednesday has everything that makes Broadway great: a Restaurant (part of the Pietro Gallo Estate), Date: Friday 14
5 February 2020 universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; a picturesque escape in Tuscany, yet just 45 February 2020
one show-stopping song after another and the minutes from Melbourne.
Time: 10:30am - 5:30pm slickest dancing in town. Time: 10:45am - 2:30pm
(Show Time: 12:30pm - We will also enjoy the authentic experience of
Where: Pietro Gallo
3:30pm) indulging in the flavours of Italy through Pietro
Estate: 54-56 Brumbys
* The role of Billy Flynn will be played by Jason Gallo Liqueur and Grappa.
Where: Arts Centre Road, Warrandyte South
Melbourne: 100 St Kilda Donovan for the Melbourne season. VIC 3134
Road, Melbourne VIC 3004 Cost: Free
Cost: Free Transport: Please make
Transport: Transport will your own way to Olivigna
be provided from Knox (Pietro Gallo Estate)
Shopping Centre
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Royal Botanical Luxury City
Gardens Escape
Event Details: Enjoy a delightful day out at the Royal Botanical Lose yourself in a world of luxury with an Session Details:
Date: Wednesday Gardens, where you will be taken on a tour of the overnight stay at the Langham Hotel, Melbourne, Date: Saturday 22 - Sunday
19 February 2020 gardens, followed by Punting on the Lake and where you will experience the utmost level of 23 February 2020
High Tea. pampering and indulgence.
Time: 9:15pm - 3:30pm Time: Saturday 10:00am
(Garden Tour commences Please Note: A moderate level of fitness is to Sunday 12:30pm
10:30am) required, as we will be participating in a 1½ hour
Guided Walking Tour of the Botanical Gardens. Where: The Langham,
Where: Royal Botanical Melbourne: One Southgate
Gardens: Birdwood Avenue, Avenue, Southbank, VIC
Melbourne VIC 3000 3006
Cost: Free Cost: Free
Transport: Transport will Transport: Please make
be provided from Knox City your own way to The
Shopping Centre Langham
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Jewellery Making Mens
Workshop and Lunch Lunch
Event Details: Come along learn how to make a Rustic Fused Sometimes it helps to talk about your experiences Event Details:
Date: Wednesday Hoop Silver Pendant to wear or give as a gift, as a carer, but at other times it’s enough to just Date: Friday 28
26th February 2020 followed by a relaxed lunch at Wyreena’s enjoy the company of others without having to February 2020
or Wednesday 4th Conservatory Café. explain yourself.
Time: 12:00pm - 2:30pm
March 2020 Come and spend time with other male carers over
Where: Waverley RSL:
Time: 9:45am - 2:45pm a relaxed lunch at Waverley RSL.
161 Coleman Parade,
Where: Wyreena Glen Waverley VIC 3150
Community Centre: Cost: Free
13-23 Hull Road, Croydon
VIC 3136 Transport: Please
make your own way
Cost: Free to Waverley RSL
Transport: Please make
your own way to Wyreena
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Miss Fisher and the Dementia Carer and
Crypt of Tears (Movie) Care Recipients Lunch
Event Details: Escape for a short while into the world of movies … Dementia Carers and Care Recipients are invited Session Details:
Date: Monday 2 After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust to enjoy an a carte lunch at Madeline’s in Jells Park, Date: Wednesday 11
March 2020 imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins with views of the park lands and lake. March 2020
Time: 11:30am - 2:00pm to unravel a decade-old mystery concerning Time: 12:00pm - 2:30pm
(Movie starts at 12:00pm) priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth
behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's Where: Madeline’s
Where: Palace Cinema forgotten tribe. Restaurant at Jells Park,
Balwyn: 231 Whitehorse Waverley Road, Wheelers
Road, Balwyn VIC 3103 Hill 3150
Cost: Free Cost: Free
Transport: Please make Transport: Please
your own way to the cinema. make your own way to
Madeline’s Restaurant
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The Full Monty Bucatini
(Theatre Production) Restaurant
Event Details: Join us for an entertaining afternoon at Lilydale Carers are invited to join us for a relaxed dinner at Session Details:
Date: Sunday 15 Athenaeum Theatre, for their production of Bucatini Restaurant in Mitcham. Date: Monday 16
March 2020 “The Full Monty” March 2020
Preference will be given to Carers who have
Time: 1:30am - 4:30pm Six out-of-work, impoverished steelworkers from not yet attended a Carer Event through VMCH. Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Sheffield in England, with nothing to lose, decide
Where: Lilydale Athenaeum to form a male striptease act in order to gather Where: 454 Whitehorse
Theatre: 39-41 Castella enough money to get somewhere else in life Road, Mitcham VIC 3132
Street, Lilydale VIC 3140 and for the main character, Gaz, to be able to Cost: Free
Cost: Free see his son.
Transport: Please make
Transport: Please make your own way Bucatini
your own way to Lilydale
Athenaeum Theatre
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Craft Workshop: Cultural City
Terrariums Escape
Event Details: Build your own mini garden and learn the principles Immerse yourself in the cultural hub of Melbourne’s Session Details:
Date: Friday 20 of sustaining its water cycle, maintaining plant CBD, by indulging in a “City Escape” experience Date: Saturday 21 March
March 2020 health, and the science behind the craft that will in the heart of Melbourne. Be entertained by the 2020 – Sunday 22 March
assist you to build many more terrariums. antics of Billy, in “Billy Elliott: The Musical” as well 2020
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am as a 2½ hour Walking Tour of some of Melbourne’s
Time: 11:30am Saturday –
Where: Alvie Hall - High iconic Laneways and Arcades
1:00pm Sunday
Street Road cnr Alvie Road,
Mount Waverley Where: Adelphi Hotel: 187
VIC 3149 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
VIC 3000
Cost: Free
Cost: Free
Transport: Please make
your own way to Alvie Hall Transport: Please
make your own way
to Adelphi Hotel
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Pottery Bird Bath Partners Ferntree Gully
Workshop and Lunch Support Group Family Support Group
Event Details: Create a Pottery Bird Bath for your yard, or to give This group is a peer support group for This group offers support for Mental
Date: Friday 27 as a gift, followed by a relaxed lunch at Wyreena’s partners caring for their loved one with health carers (family and friends)
March 2020 Conservatory Café. a mental health diagnosis.
They meet on the third Wednesday of
Where: Wyreena They meet on the first Saturday of every every month (excluding Public Holidays),
Community Centre: month (excluding Public Holidays), 1:00pm 7:45pm at Ferntree Gully Uniting Church
13-23 Hull Road, – 3:00pm at Lifeworks Ringwood
For more information, please contact:
Croydon VIC 3136 For more information, please contact Barb Edwards on (03) 9726 5694
Time: 9:45am - 1:45pm Carer Support on 1300 971 720
Cost: Free
Transport: Please make
your own way to Wyreena
Community Centre
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Carer Support
Groups
Many carers find it beneficial to meet with others in
a similar situation to themselves. Sometimes it helps
to talk about your experiences, while other times it is
comfort enough just to enjoy the company of others
over a cuppa. Either way, we hope that one of our
groups will meet your needs. New carers are
always welcome.
Dementia Carer Wantirna Carer
Support Group Support Group
This group supports carers of people living with When: Last Tuesday of This group is made up of current and When: First Friday of
dementia. No matter what point in your journey every month (excluding former carers who enjoy regular activities, every month (excluding
you are at, this group is here to assist you in your public holidays) including dinners, lunches and outings public holidays)
caring role and is facilitated by one of our friendly along with monthly meetings.
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm
staff members.
Where: Ashburton For more information please contact Where: VMCH Meeting
For more information please contact Community Centre – Sandie on 9764 9070. Room, Building A – 355
Elizabeth on 1300 971 720. 160 High St Ashburton 3147 Stud Road, Wantirna
South 3152
Mental Health Carer Chinese Carer
Support Group Support Group
This group aims to support carers of someone When: Last Thursday of This group meets regularly to socialise, share
living with a mental health illness including every month (excluding stories and offer support to carers from a Chinese
depression, anxiety and autism spectrum disorder. December and public background. The group is specifically for people
holidays) caring for loved ones who are aged and need support.
For more information please contact
Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm For more information please contact
Carer Support on 1300 971 720.
Where: The Keystone Rani on 03 9800 7255.
Restaurant – 5 Harcrest
Blvd, Wantirna South 3152
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Building C, Level 3
355 Stud Road
Wantirna South, 3152
1300 971 720
carereventseast@vmch.com.au
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