MSWA Bulletin Magazine Winter 2017

ALBANY OUTREACH NEWS
CAROLINE CLARKE-SMITH, MSWA RESOURCE COORDINATOR
In May we enjoyed a lovely morning tea with 10 of our Members
at The Three Anchors restaurant at Middleton Beach. It was a
great social outing and we look forward to the next one.
Our next outing will be a lunch on Wednesday 19 July, at the
Emu Point Café. We look forward to seeing everyone there.
Please contact us to register your interest.
Physiotherapy exercise classes commenced May 31 and ran
on Wednesdays for six weeks. These classes may continue
depending on interest. For more information or to register
your interest, please contact our office.
We enjoyed a visit from MSWA Senior Counsellor Leonie
Wellington, Social Welfare Officer Gerald O’Sullivan and
Senior Nurse Nimisha Baird. It was great to have them here
and we received some input from their fields.
The MSWA Albany Swim on March 18 was a great success.
Thank you to all those who contributed. Your time and effort
assisted in raising more than $20,000.
Please be sure we have the correct contact details for you
so we can keep you up to date. To update your details or
for any other enquiries please contact us on 9377 7800.
WILSON OUTREACH NEWS
NICOLA RYAN, MSWA SENIOR OUTREACH COORDINATOR
Our first half of the year at Wilson Outreach has been
extremely busy and a whole lot of fun! Members often say
when they are here that “the place just doesn’t stop”. That’s
of course what we like to hear as ultimately everything we do
is for the good of our Members!
Many have enjoyed going on outings in the community and
with the beautiful weather we have had in the first half of
the year this was always going to be a winner! Sculptures
by the Sea, a yearly event at Cottesloe beach, proved to be
very popular amongst our Members with more going this year
than ever.
For the first time a visit was arranged to the Scented Garden
in South Perth. Our Members from the ‘Embrace the Shake’
group thoroughly enjoyed their time wandering around the
beauty on the foreshore and have come back with lots of
ideas to have something similar reproduced here, so watch
this space!
Movies are always a popular outing as many Members find
it difficult to get there on their own. With the buses that we
have on hand at Outreach this is easily arranged and after the
movie there’s always time to get back to the centre for lunch!
We are very lucky here in Perth to have such fantastic parks
available literally on our doorstep at Wilson so a favourite
outing for both Members and staff alike is a stroll along the
Shelley foreshore and the beautiful Kent Street Weir!
From outside outings to inside ones, we are again travelling
the world and so far, this year have been to Italy and
Las Vegas. Just like our previous two years of travel we
manage to bring the places alive in the atrium where our
Outreach meets.
From different props, many pictures, great music, items
brought in for show and our awesome staff arranging activities
we soon find ourselves feeling that we are right there in the
moment! Lunches while we travel are also an important part
of our journey and we have had some amazing meals with
all the fantastic aromas throughout the building helping with
the atmosphere!
In the times in between, when we are not travelling inside or
outside, we always have activities that Members can join in on
as well as some great places to sit and chat with others. Our
volunteer pianists are here three days per week entertaining
us so really there is never a dull moment! Members often
pass through after other appointments and everyone is more
than welcome to stay for a cuppa and chat.
Outreach is a place to do exactly that! So please come
and join us.
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