Hazy shows you how to create your very own Easter egg soaps made from old soaps. The ingredients, equipment and method are outlined below the video so that you can follow the steps at your own pace. Hazy Connelly is the Newport Stroke Support Centre Coordinator. Ingredients 6 Repurposed soaps...
We have created a list of community meals, soup kitchens and grocery and butcher distribution available to you during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not Just Soup – Soup Kitchen A Reasonable Christianity Church 237 High Street, Golden Square -back room (opposite Woolworths) Ph: 0404 559 769 Open: Sunday 3:30 –...
My dear members of SAV With the closure of our Stroke Support Centres at Barwon, Bendigo and Newport, following the direction by our governments, we still seek to provide you with support, to protect the safety and welfare of all stroke survivors, carers, volunteers and staff. The government is demanding...
Many of us will be practicing social distancing whilst COVID-19 is prevalent in our communities. Thanks to the suggestions from many of our members, we have listed some tips to maintain your wellbeing during this time: General Wellbeing – Keep up a normal daily routine as much as possible....
The Stroke Association of Victoria has compiled a list of contacts that will be able to help you navigate the advice and information surrounding Coronavirus. If you are concerned that you may have contracted the virus, please call the Coronavirus Health Information Line below. This list will be continually updated...
Written by Don Bennett, member of the Bendigo Stroke Support Centre. The Bendigo ‘Blokes with Strokes’ members enjoyed the company of the Bendigo Model Yacht Club at Lake Werroona last week. At the invitation of the Yacht Club members we attended their regular weekly meeting. The ‘Yachties’ outlined their club’s...
Download: Stroke Talk – Annual Review 2019
Last month, Occupational Therapy students from Deakin University, Geelong accompanied ten members of the Barwon Blokes with Strokes group on an outing to a café in the Geelong CBD to assess how independent they could be when out about in their local communities. The students’ feedback was that there were...
The 2019 Stroke Association of Victoria Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 12 November at AMP Melbourne. SAV Members, Board and staff heard from SAV Chairman, Colin Scott, on the key milestones and successes of the year which include: • Establishment of two additional centres in Bendigo and Newport...
Researchers at La Trobe University are looking for people with aphasia to be part of peer-led community aphasia groups around Melbourne. The groups will run once a week for 12 weeks. More information can be found here For further information or to participate please contact Cassie on (03) 9479 5080...
