Information about our
organisation, our staff and our beliefs
to assist you to live an active lifestyle.
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 Skylarkers is
a healthy active aging program in Inala, a suburb of Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia. It is auspiced by Inala Community
House and funded by the Queensland Government Department of Communities. Our program covers the area covered by the postcode 4077.
One
paid worker, assisted by a team of volunteers, staff the Program. These staff are responsible to the Inala Community House Management Committee and have
a Forum of Participants made up of older people from the local community to advise them.
Volunteers perform various roles to support the program.
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Mission
Statement
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To
enable older people at the local community level to participate in decisions and activities which affect their health and
well-being.
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Guiding principles:
- To Develop Personal Skills
- Create Supportive Environments
- Strengthen Community Action
- Build Policies which Support Health
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Goals:
- To increase the awareness and skill of older people in relation to the
range of lifestyle options available to them.
- To support the development of safer environment s for older
people.
- To decrease the social isolation of older people.
- To assist older people to identify their needs and develop strategies
for meeting them.
- To improve the extent of which current health services promote the health and well-being of older
people by increasing community consultation and sharing of knowledge and skill.
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One of the ways we achieve these goals is through assisting older people to set
up activities which they feel will increase their sense of health and well-being.
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Staff:
Skylarkers is staffed by both paid staff and volunteers.
Program Manager: Margaret Redsell
Our weekly Volunteers include:
Dianne, Michael, Thaun and Rod.
Management
committee representatives:
Irene Clarke, Dell Cardell, Carmel McIntosh
Our activity
volunteers:
Shamus, Joanne, Dot, Dell and Marie.
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Our web page
is at:
http://skylarkers.net/ |
