Geelong West Neighbourhood House

Celebrating Diversity, Building Community

Current Activities

Please view our current activities below, or you may download a PDF of our current 2019 Term 1 Calendar and Activities from the link below.

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Health & Wellbeing

Pilates

Dates: 
Tuesday, 22 January 2019 to Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Time: 
9:30am - 10:30am
Venue: 
Geelong West Community Hub - 89 Autumn St, Geelong West

Come and join to learn the secret of a beautiful and healthy body.

Our Pilates class will give you a full body workout performed on a mat, realigning, strengthening and improving your balance.

Improve your posture, flexibility and balance, reduce neck and back discomfort, build bone and muscle strength, firm up your tummy and butt, and reduce stress in a relaxed and supportive environment.

BYO yoga mat and water bottle.

Tutor: 
Lila Smyth
Cost: 
$130 per term or $12 per week
Code: 
1HW2
Enrol here (Single class)
Enrol here (Full term)

Yoga

Dates: 
Tuesday, 22 January 2019 to Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Time: 
10:45am - 11:45am
Venue: 
Geelong West Community Hub - 89 Autumn St, Geelong West

Join us in a non-competitive friendly environment for a traditional Hatha style yoga class suitable for all levels - absolute beginners to experienced practitioners.

Alita will lead you through breathing techniques, gentle stretching and rotations of joints to release tension through the body and mind, plus energizing strengthening and balancing sequences to keep the body and mind sharp, healthy and harmonized. Class concludes with a guided relaxation to restore and rejuvenate.

BYO water bottle, Yoga mat & blanket.

Tutor: 
Alita
Cost: 
$130 per term or $12 per week
Code: 
1HW3
Enrol here (Single class)
Enrol here (Full term)

Qigong Classes

Dates: 
Thursday, 24 January 2019 to Thursday, 18 April 2019
Time: 
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: 
OneCare, 61 Candover St, Geelong West

Qigong is an integrated body-mind health practice originating from China encompassing physical postures and stretching, repeated flowing body movement, breathing techniques and focused intention.

The movements are easy to learn and accessible to everyone, require no equipment and are modified in case of injury/illness.

Learn more about Qigong here.

Tutor: 
Paul Burns
Cost: 
$130 per term or $12 per week
Code: 
1HW4
Enrol here (Single class)
Enrol here (Full term)

Mindfulness Meditation

Dates: 
Monday, 4 February 2019 to Monday, 15 April 2019
Time: 
1.00pm - 2.00pm (Except public holidays)
Venue: 
Virginia Todd Hall - Clarence St, Geelong West

Looking for a way to create a more balanced life and improve your wellbeing?

Come join our mindfulness class and switch off from the demands of life and experience simply being. Together we gradually unwind and give our bodies and minds the chance to rejuvenate and replenish.

Proved benefits of regular mindfulness/meditation practice include better intra and inter personal relationship, decreased stress levels, better concentration and mental clarity, improved emotional awareness, weight and blood pressure regulation.

No experience required.

Tutor: 
Linda de Marco
Cost: 
$100 per term or $12 per week
Code: 
1HW1
Enrol here (Single class)
Enrol here (Full term)

Creative Arts

Art Classes - Drawing from the Garden

Dates: 
Thursday, 7 February 2019 to Thursday, 7 March 2019
Time: 
6.30pm – 8.00pm
Venue: 
OneCare, 61 Candover St, Geelong West

Take some time away from technology and engage with natural subjects while learning to draw. This class will use physical objects - flowers, fungi, insects and foliage. We will focus on creating form and shape, before adding detail.

BYO sketching pencils including HB, 2B, 2H, paper provided.

Tutor: 
FelicityK
Cost: 
$80
Code: 
1CA2
Enrol here

Mosaics Workshop - Bird, Bee & Butterfly on Sticks

Dates: 
Saturday, 16 February 2019
Time: 
1pm - 5pm
Venue: 
The Geelong West Community Garden

Make jewel like small Bee and Butterfly mosaics. The Bee is 4cm long and the Butterflies are 7cm long. Both maybe incorporated into the Bee Bowl or in an existing DIY insect attracting bowl in your garden.

BYO ‘china’ treasures if you wish. All materials and afternoon tea supplied.

See www.flockofbirdsmosaics.org

Tutor: 
Helen Millar
Cost: 
$75.00
Code: 
1CA1
Enrol here

Art Classes - Watercolour Workshops

Dates: 
Thursday, 14 March 2019 to Thursday, 11 April 2019
Time: 
6.30pm – 8.00pm
Venue: 
OneCare, 61 Candover St, Geelong West

Enhance existing skills or learn something new. These classes will focus on a different watercolour technique each week and give you time to complete a small project each class.

BYO watercolour paper cold press 300gsm, and paint & brushes (sable or synthetic).

Tutor: 
FelicityK
Cost: 
$80
Code: 
1CA3
Enrol here

Mosaic Workshop - Chook or Rooster on a Stick

Dates: 
Saturday, 30 March 2019
Time: 
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Venue: 
The Garden Studio, Highton (Map supplied on booking).

Create a vibrant chook or dashing rooster to begin or add to your flock of mosaic birds in your garden. BYO china ‘treasures’ if you wish.

All materials and afternoon tea supplied.

See www.flockofbirdsmosaics.org

Tutor: 
Helen Millar
Cost: 
$75.00
Code: 
1CA4
Enrol here

Community

Geelong West Café Care Connect

Time: 
Alternate Tuesday afternoons - 1.00pm - 3.30pm
Venue: 
Geelong West Community Hub, 89 Autumn St, Geelong West

Café Care Connect is a support program for people caring for an elderly person or someone who has dementia to enjoy some social activities together in a supportive and welcoming environment.

It provides opportunities for carers and those they are caring for to join in a regular café style support group and enjoy delicious homemade food, information, lively conversation and fun activities.

It is an opportunity for people to meet others in a similar situation, share their experiences and make new friendships along the way.

For further information about this program please contact:
GWNH on 0467 692 921 or the Gateways Respite Coordinator on 5221 2984

A joint program between Gateways Support Services and Geelong West Neighbourhood House.

Craft & Conversation with Maggie and Faye

Dates: 
Monday, 14 January 2019 to Monday, 15 April 2019
Time: 
10.00am - 12 noon (Except public holidays)
Venue: 
Geelong West Community Hub - 89 Autumn St, Geelong West

Treat yourself to a morning off and enjoy good company, good conversation and the opportunity to make new friends.

Bring along your sewing, knitting or crochet patterns and projects and join us in the Hub overlooking the beautiful West Park.

New members very welcome.

Tutor: 
Maggie & Faye
Cost: 
Gold coin donation.
No booking required, just turn up.

GWNH Business

2018 Annual General Meeting

Geelong West Neighbourhood House held its 2018 AGM on Tuesday 9 October, at 7pm, at Gateways Support Services, Albert St, Geelong West.

Membership of the new Committee of Management is as follows:

President  - Pam Virgona
Vice President – Lyn Morrison
Secretary – Maggie McNamara
Assistant Treasurer – Madeleine Wilson
Ordinary Members – Jason Brown, Deb Holmes, Helga Klischat, Joanne Brown, Rosemary Nugent, David Kearney, Ros Muir Morris

Thank you to former President – Sheila White, and former Secretary – Mary Budd for your work during the past year.

The new Committee of Management looks forward to managing the transition from an unfunded to a funded Neighbourhood House – and all the benefits this will bring to our local community.

Watch this space!