St Marys RSL sub-Branch has partnered with the St Marys Veterans Support Centre, to offer a broad range of WELLBEING Activities for Veterans (and several activities for partners).
The Program is designed specifically for all ADF Veterans, both those serving and those post-serving, Regular or Reserve, women and men, to participate in activities with like-minded, with a view to build camaraderie, mateship and wellness among Veterans and partner/family.
Wellbeing Officers are fully trained and qualified under the Training and Information Program, as is required by both the Returned and Services League of Australia and the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Our Wellbeing Officers are Bill Peet 0425 206 245 and Sam Vecchio 0418 247 325. They will be able to assist you with any of your requirements related to your own welfare or that of the welfare of a family member. Remember our Welfare officers are there for your benefit - there is no charge for their service.
How Can You Join a Wellbeing Activity?
Central co-ordination for the WELLBEING PROGRAM is located at the Veterans Support Centre ('The Train').
The following table outlines the activities within the Program. This will vary from time-to-time so as to meet the needs of the Veterans. The Program will be published regularly in local news magazine (Nepean News), on facebook pages for both the RSL sub-Branch and the Veterans Support Centre, and in the joint-ESO occasional magazine Western Outpost News.
Activity
Participants
Description/Timing
Coffee n Chat
Veterans
Monday - Friday early mornings; Just simply, an open chat on the Train veranda.
Social Guild
Veterans n partners
Occasional social outings for veterans and partner, organised by the sub-Branch Social Guild.
Hospital Visitations
Veterans n partners
Teams of 2 Wellbeing Support Officers visit veterans in local hospitals for camaraderie.
Guitars for Veterans
Veterans
Wednesday mornings; learn to play or join a jam session.
Monthly BBQ B'fast
Veterans n partners
8.00am Last Thursday each month on 'station platform'.
Exercise classes (Ripples)
White or gold card holders
Tuesday and Friday @ 8.00am at Ripples, St Marys (a program of exercises to be prepared for the individual, by our Exercise Physiologist); occasional walks from and back to Veteran Support Centre (The Train).
Walk n Talk
Veterans n family
Monthly (2nd Saturday) walk on local footpaths from/to the Veterans Support Centre (The Train) with Breakfast on return.
Small bus day-trips
Veterans
Occasional, weekday or weekend; to places of agreed interest around Sydney.
Computer Classes
Veterans n partners
Thursdays 9.00am @ Train carriage; basic use of a computer.
Training in the basic use/operation of a computer is available on Thursdays at 9.00am in the carriage at the Veterans Support Centre. If computer literacy is holding you back, the volunteer 'tutors' will work with you to raise your confidence and ability to understand the basics of the computer. If you would like to learn how to use Photoshop, this is also available.
Merrie Widows
Partners of deceased veterans
Last Wednesday of each Month - gathering for lunch at St Marys Diggers Club.
Gov King Day Club
Veterans n partners for a brief overview of the Day Club
Wednesdays 9.30am at Mamre House area; join the team that organises the day's activity (or join as one of the elderly who would appreciate the day's activity).
Packing Care Boxes
Veterans
6-monthly day trip to Randwick to pack care boxes for ADF personnel deployed overseas.
Barefoot Bowls
Veterans n partners
1st Fri monthly @ 10.30am @ Diggers Club; learn under guidance from the St Marys Diggers Bowls Club tutors.
For the Activities in the Program - Descriptions use the button below
