Access Darebin

Autumn/Winter 2013

Access
Darebin
Access Darebin is published
biannual and is a guide to
a range of accessible and
inclusive sport, recreation
and leisure activities available
within local sporting
clubs, leisure centres,
neighbourhood houses and
community organisations.
The listed activities and
programs are fun, affordable
and take place in supportive
environments with trained
staff and volunteers.
Darebin City Council has a
long standing commitment
to accessible and inclusive
sport, recreation and leisure
opportunities that increase
the participation and
involvement of people with a
disability in community sport
and recreation.
If you have an enquiry about
any of the sport, recreation
or leisure activities listed
or would like further
information on accessible and
inclusive sport, recreation
and leisure across Darebin
please contact:

Sport,
Recreation
and Leisure
Activities
Aquatics
Leisure Centres
Both the Reservoir Leisure Centre
(RLC) and Northcote Aquatic
& Recreation Centre (NARC)
provide aquatic programs suitable
for people of all abilities. These
programs include swimming lessons,
water movement and aerobic
classes.
Contact
RLC Wendy on 9486 7200
NARC Andrea on 9496 1050

Australian Rules
Football

When Games every second

Sunday (between AprilAugust)
Contact Darryl 0415 104 487

Basketball
Helping Hoops
Helping Hoops Inc. is a Melbourne
charity running free basketball
programs for disadvantage youth.
Helping Hoops in partnership
with Special Olympics Victoria
are running 45 minute basketball
programs for people with an
intellectual disability living in
Melbournes north.
When
Monday Group A 3pm4pm and
Group B 5pm6pm
Where Croxton Special School,
159 Beaconsfield Parade, Northcote
Contact Adam at Helping Hoops
on 9415 9400

Parkside Football Club

Cricket

The Parkside FIDA Team welcomes

people of all abilities to get involved
in the game of Australian Rules
football. You can get involved either
as a player (game or training) or as
a supporter/ spectator everyone is
welcomed, so if you are 15 years
and over this is the club for you.
The team is based at the Parkside
Football Club at Pitcher Park in
Alphington.

Holy Trinity Cricket Club

All Abilities Program

Clinton Fullgrabe
Access for All Abilities
Coordinator
Darebin City Council
Ph: 8470 8396
Email: clinton.fullgrabe@
darebin.vic.gov.au

The Holy Trinity All Abilities Cricket

Program operates during the
cricket season between November
and February. Weekly skills
sessions are delivered based on the
successful In 2 Cricket programs.
The program specifically provides
young people with a disability an

opportunity to participate in and

learn the skills of cricket in a fun
and safe environment.
Sessions are delivered during the
cricket season between October
to March.
When Saturday 1011am
Where Hayes Park, Flinders Street,
Thornbury
Contact Matt OBrien
0417 352 058

Dance
Moving Stars
Moving Stars combines movement,
dance, drama, music and art into
two hours of fun. Adults with a
disability can get together and be
creative in a safe, caring and friendly
space. Moving Stars is facilitated by
qualified dance therapists.
When Monday 6.308.30pm
Where Thornbury Womens
Neighbourhood House
Cost $72 / $65 (for 10 weeks)
Contact 9480 0466

Gym
Staying Active All Abilities
Gym Program
A gym program designed for
people with a disability. A fitness
consultant is available to do an
assessment and set you up with an
individual program plan. A great
program if you want to improve
your overall well-being.
When Tuesday 13pm
Where Reservoir Leisure Centre
Cost $5 per session
Contact Wendy on 9496 1050

Staying Active Memberships

The membership provides people
who have a disability concession
card or a seniors card access to an

affordable membership at Reservoir

Leisure Centre. The membership
provides access to the gym and
pool along with a number of group
fitness and mind body classes. All
facilities can be accessed 7 days a
week up to 4pm daily.

Contact Felicia (RLC) 9496 1050

Ail & Sharon (Mind Australia)
9462 3700

Cost $45 per month

The community garden at Coopers

Settlement, Bundoora Park has
plots available to the public. If you
dont have room at home for your
own garden plot, then why not
lease a plot at Coopers Settlement?

Contact RLC reception on

9496 1050

MS Australia Confident
Living Program

Gardening

Bundoora Park Community

Garden

This program is an exercise

program for men with progressive
neurological conditions.

When Daily 10am4.30pm

When Wednesday 10.30am

Cost Raised plot $30,

standard plot $55

Where Reservoir Leisure Centre

Cost $8 per session. Transport
provided (if required)
Contact Virgina 0418 370 053

Witness the fitness

Is a fun fitness program that
encourages people of all ages
who identify with the experiences
of mental illness to participate in
a fully supervised gym program
designed to enhance fitness, fun and
inclusiveness.
When Tuesday 23pm
Where Reservoir Leisure Centre
Cost $5 per session

Where Coopers Settlement,

Bundoora Park

Contact 9870 8170

CERES Gardening for

All Abilities
Interested in starting your own
vegetable garden?
Want to learn new skills?
Join CERES and learn the basics of
horticulture and organic gardening
in the safe and fun environment at
CERES Community Environment
Park.
This hands on course is designed
specifically for individuals with
a disability and will provide you
with the skills and knowledge to

confidently propagate seedlings, save

seeds, grow vegetables and herbs,
care for chooks and more!
Where CERES Honey Lane
Market Garden
Cost $120 ACFE concession
Contact CERES 9389 0100

Sprout Community Garden

Sprout is a community garden
coordinated by Mind Australia and
developed by people living with
mental illness, at risk of homeless
or recovering from substance
addiction.
When Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday 13pm
Contact Booking essential.
Call 9484 5565 or email
sprout@mindaustralia.org.au

Horse Riding
Ridability at Bundoora Park
Ridability Victoria is a not for profit
organisation providing opportunities
for riders with a disability to
participate in horse-related
activities, including learning to ride,
trail riding and opportunities to
compete in games, dressage and
show jumping.
When Friday 10am3pm
(during school terms)

week program. We will celebrate

the end of the program with a BBQ
and a special game of bowls.
When Wednesday 13pm
Where Alphington Bowls Club,
Parkview Road, Alphington
Contact Sarah 9499 7227

Social Lawn Bowls

Program
All ages and abilities welcome.
Come along and have a roll with
the enjoyable leisure activity. No
experience necessary supported by
experienced volunteers from the
Kingsbury Bowls Club.

Where Coopers Settlement,

Bundoora Park, Plenty road,
Bundoora

When Thursday 1011.30am

Where Kingsbury Bowls Club
Cost $3 per session
Contact Thornbury Womens
Neighbourhood House on
9480 0466

Soccer
Northern Falcons Soccer
Club
The All Abilities Soccer Program
coordinated by the Northern
Falcons provides opportunities for
both men and women with an
intellectual disability interested in
the world game. All levels of ability
are welcome.
When Tuesday 5.456.45pm
Where Hayes Park, Flinders Street,
Thornbury

Contact Maree Castles on

0409 918 311

Contact Anthony Risoli on

0413 290 074

Lawn Bowls

7-Aside Football

Alphington AAA Bowls

Program

7-Aside Football! is delivered in

partnership by Disability Sport and
Recreation and Northcote City
Soccer Club. The 7-Aside Football
Development Program will teach
you the skills to dribble the ball
down the field or scoot the ball
across the goal line. Once you

AAA Bowls is a partnership project

between Alphington Community
Centre and Alphington Bowls Club.
The program is open to adults of
all abilities who would like to come
and try bowls at this fun-filled 6

have mastered the skills of 7-Aside

Football, take to the field for some
competition. The 7-Aside Football
Development Program is aimed
at Victorians with Cerebral Palsy,
Acquired Brain Injury and people
who have experienced stroke.
When Sunday 1011.30am
Where John Cain Memorial Park,
281 Darebin Road, Thornbury
Contact Tim Nield 9473 0133 or
tim@dsr.org.au

Walking
Darebin Walking Groups
Walking is great fun and low cost
experience to improve your health
and wellbeing. Across Darebin
there are a number of walking
groups that provide great social,
health and welling outcomes for its
members. Please contact Leisure
services on 8470 8305 to find out
more.

Modified Sports
Programs
Kelly Sports
Kelly Sports will be able delivering
the Time Out for Sport Program
is back again in Term 4, 2011.
The program provides children
with autism an opportunity to
participate in sport and recreation
programs that supports the
development of their motor and
social skills. Come a join the
program which provides a variety
of fun and challenging activities
delivered by experienced coaches.
When Tuesday 5.156.15pm
Where Merriland Community
Centre
Contact Shane 9731 6323

NMIT Sport 4 All Program

The Sport 4 All Program runs of
a Tuesday afternoon from NMIT
Sports Hall at the Preston Campus.
The program aims to increase the
participation and physical activity
of people with disability through a
fun and interactive sports program.
All sessions are fun, active and
enjoyable that has a variety of
sports and skills that will be taught
through all sessions.
When Tuesday 1.302.30pm
Where Darebin Community
Sports Stadium
Contact NMIT Sports
Development Unit 9269 8397

Merrilands
Community Centre
PRACE

Special Olympics
Victoria
Northern Metropolitan
Region
Special Olympic Victoria Melbourne
North has been established since
2005 ad covers the northern
suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne
including the municipalities of Yarra,
Darebin, Whittlesea, Hume and
Moreland. Training and competition
is provided in the sports of
Aquatics, Bocce, Golf and Tenpin
bowling. For more information
about each sport please contact
the following details.
AQUATICS
When 2nd and 4th Sunday of the
month from 11am
Where Reservoir Leisure Centre
Contact Ruth 0431 710 992

Connections Canteen

BASKETBALL

Is a pre-accreditation course in
basic hospitality skills for people
with mild intellectual or learning
difficulties.

When Wednesday 34pm and

56pm

When Monday 9.303.30pm

Where Merrilands Community
Centre
Contact PRACE Office 9462 6077

Making Connections
Is a pre-accredited program for
people with mild intellectual or
learning difficulties. The program
will develop employability and life
skills, including literacy, numeracy
and basic computer through a
range of activities and experiences.
When Tuesday 9.30am1pm
Wednesday 9.30am12pm
Where Merrilands Community
Centre
Contact PRACE Office 9462 6077

Where Croxton School

Contact Adam 1300 851 810
BOCCE
When 1st and 3rd Saturday
from 10.30am
Where Veneto Club
Contact Sandra 0400 963 245

GOLF
When Tuesday (Term 1 and 4)
from 5.15pm
Where Ivanhoe Golf Course
Contact Mark 0432 384 530
TEN PIN BOWLING
When 2nd and 4th Saturday of
the month from 9am
Where Greensborough Lanes
Contact Terry 0459 919 879

Free Exercise in
the Park
Free Exercise in Park is a free
initiatives delivered by Darebin
City Council that encourages
participation in physical activity
within various parks and reserves
across Darebin. The program is
offered three times per year for
a 6-8 week block during Spring,
Summer and Autumn/Winter.
The program provides three
different types of activities these
include; Outdoor Fitness, Pilates
and Yoga classes.
Some of the venues for the
program include; Penders Park, All
Nations Park, Edwards Lake Park,
Bundoora Park, Zwar Reserve,
Oldis Gardens, Darebin Community
Sports Stadium, Reservoir
Neighbourhood House and Fairfield
Community Room.
For further information about
the program or to receive the
upcoming schedule please contact
Darebin Leisure Services on
8470 8888 or refer to Darebin City
Councils website www.darebin.vic.
gov.au.

New Outdoor Fitness

Equipment

Community
Recreation Facilitator

Darebin City Council has recent

installed new outdoor all weather
gym equipment to be used freely
by any member of the public for
teenagers through seniors in two
of our parks. The equipment
provides a cardiovascular workout,
developing most muscle group
while enjoying the scenic outdoors.
With this equipment you can enjoy
your exercise any time for free and
no commitment.

Getting Out and

About...

Locations Edwardes Lake Park

Griffiths St, Reservoir

C.H. Sullivan Memorial Park

Blake St, East Preston

Are you aged 18-65, have a

disability and live with a family
or voluntary carer in the NorthWest Metro region? If so, then
contact the Community Recreation
Facilitator (CRF) at Darebin City
Council today. The CRF can help
you locate and access community
activities you enjoy such as:
Joining a footy club
Taking art or cooking classes
Learning to use computers
Going to the gym
Meeting up with a social group
Going on regular outings to
places of interest

The CRF can also help you plan

getting to and from a community
activity and introduce you to
other people so you feel safe and
confident going to activities on
your own.
Contact Janet Bailie, Community
Recreation Facilitator on 8470 8308
or email janet.bailie@darebin.vic.
gov.au

YMCA Open Doors

Programs
YMCA Open Doors is a
community based initiative that aims
to strengthen health inequalities by
ensuring no one is denied access to
YMCA programs and services that
strengthen the mind, body and sprit.
YMCA Open Doors is targeted at
people and families whose financial
circumstances make them unable,
not unwilling, to pay the full fee of
YCA programs and services.
The criteria for the YMCA Open
Doors states that;
Applicants need to live or attend
a services or school locally to the
YMCA managed centre/ program
they wish to access
Children 10 year and under must
be accompanied by an adult when
attending the YMCA managed
centre/ program
Applicants will need appropriate
attire to participate in some
programs
To receive ongoing assistance,
applicants will need to demonstrate
that their circumstance has been
improved through their involvement
in YMCA Open Doors.
Within the City of Darebin the
Northcote Aquatic & Recreation
Centre (YMCA) is a participating
centre in YMCA Open Doors
for further details regarding the
initiative at Northcote please
contact the centre on 9496 1050.

2013/2014
Community Grants
The City of Darebin 2013/2014
Community Grants Program will
open on Monday 4 March to notfor-profit community groups and
organizations.
Applications can be submitted for
activities/projects and programs
focusing on issues such as social
justice, health, education, sport and
recreation, environment and arts
and culture.
Community groups and
organisations can also apply for
venue hire at a number of Councils
nominated facilities to conduct
meetings and activities.
This year only on-line applications
will be accepted and only annual
grants will be available with the
maximum of $6,000.
The Information Booklet
2013/2014 with guidelines, selection
criteria is available from www.
darebin.vic.gov.au/communitygrants
or hardcopies can be obtained from
our Customer Service Office at
274 Gower Street, Preston.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON
FRIDAY 26TH APRIL AT 4.00 PM
For information, please call the
Community Grants Coordinator on
8470 8504.

Venues
Alphington Community
Centre
2 Kelvin Rd, Alphington 3078
(Melways 31C10)
Ph: 9499 7227
Bundoora Park
1069 Plenty Rd, Bundoora 3083
(Melways 19F4)
Ph: 8470 8170

Darebin Community Sports

Stadium
857 Plenty Rd, Reservoir
(Melways 19C7)
Ph: 9471 4935
Darebin International Sports
Centre
John Cain Memorial Park
281 Darebin Rd, Thornbury 3071
(Melways 31A6)
Ph: 8470 8305
Jika Jika Community Centre
Corner Union & Plant Sts,
Northcote
(Melways 30F10)
Ph: 9482 5100
Kingsbury Bowls Club
Arch Gibson Reserve, Dunne St,
Kingsbury 3083
(Melways 19C4)
Ph: 9462 2803
Merrilands Community
Centre
Cnr Asquith St & Sturdee St,
Reservoir, 3073
(Melways 8H12)
Ph: 9462 6077
Northcote Aquatic and
Recreation Centre (NARC)
180 Victoria Rd, Northcote 3070
(Melways 30J8)
Ph: 9486 7200
Preston Neighbourhood
House
218 High St Preston 3072
Ph: 9484 5806
Reservoir Leisure Centre
Cuthbert Rd, Reservoir 3073
(Melways 18K5)
Ph: 9496 1050
SPAN Community House
64 Clyde St, Thornbury 3071
Ph: 9480 1364
Thornbury Womens
Neighbourhood House
131 Shaftesbury Pde
Thornbury 3071
(Melways 30D5)
Ph: 9480 0466

PO Box 91 Preston Victoria 3072

274 Gower Street, Preston Victoria
Telephone: 8470 8888
Facsimile: 8470 8877
After Hours: 8470 8889
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