Gardening is as rewarding as ever, with the Bundoora garden positively thriving under the care of Monday and Tuesday’s gardening groups. At Bundoora we are keeping a keen eye on the emerging strawberries, eggplants, zucchinis, herbs, pumpkins and more! Fridays at Bendigo involve regular visits to a community garden where Participants prune, plant and potter…
Launching soon! Friday Art at Lifeskills Bundoora. Discover your creative side in a relaxed group-environment, supported by experienced Lifeskills staff. You’ll learn different techniques to create a range of assorted creative works. Whether you’re an experienced artist, or just starting out, you can use your NDIS Plan to join Lifeskills on-campus at La Trobe University,…
La Trobe University are looking for individuals with Down syndrome aged between 15 and 35 to participate in some fun and exciting research! Please click on the link below to find out if you qualify and what is involved in this world-class research. Invite to participate
Lifeskills is looking for a Participant Support Worker to join the expanding team in Bendigo! Details of the position can be found here: https://www.seek.com.au/job/39707946?_ga=2.265075023.1778238670.1566172475-1501669881.1548130688
From garden plot to plate! It doesn’t get any fresher than eating food straight from the positively flourishing Lifeskills garden. The Monday gardening group plucked fresh vegetables and herbs form the Lifeskills garden to make tabouli for their morning tea. Participants access the Lifeskills Gardening activity through their NDIS plans. If you’d like to get…
What a great few weeks of work experience we’ve had here at Lifeskills. With a number of major events taking place at La Trobe University (LTU), Lifeskills Participants had the opportunity to apply their skills and knowledge of the Bundoora campus to volunteer their time alongside LTU staff. This week, the Research for Development Impact (RDI)…
The Bendigo group sure know how to make the most of the increasingly rare sunshine! There’s no better place to be than in the community garden when the sun is out, and Participants got busy doing some gardening to keep the flourishing plants healthy. Gardening is one of the newer activities in Bendigo and has…
Participant Support Worker, Tanya, from Lifeskills Bendigo has been overseeing work experience placements for Participants undertaking School Leaver Employment Supports (SLES). Tanya regularly shares updates regarding the work placements and we thought the latest update was too good not to share. Great work by Mitchell, Jack and Mathias. It really shows what can be achieved…
Timbecon recently approached Lifeskills to learn more about the Studio (woodworking) activity and our very talented Participant Support Worker, Harry. We currently have vacancies in Wednesday Studio, so get in touch via [email protected] or 03 9479 1474 if you’re interested in trying it out!
