Submitted by Heather Anderson,
United Way Bruce Grey
The United Way of Bruce Grey, Northern Bruce Peninsula Community Support Committee and partners continue to host Seniors’ Centre Without Walls (SCWW). This telephone conferencing program offers an inclusive, safe, inviting space to listen, learn and be heard. It can also increase social connectedness and well-being of participants. The SCWW will provide a way for a diverse community of people to connect by telephone for free group activities, informative, interactive presentations and is geared towards seniors 55+ and adults 18+ that identify as living with a disability.
Examples of discussion topics include:
• Financial, emotional and social safety information
• Activities and speakers that provide information and promote safety, good health practices and well-being
• Mental health
• Fraud prevention
• Financial empowerment
Sessions are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Participation is free, but we do ask that you register. Mondays offer trivia, Alzheimer’s Society Grey Bruce; as well as Fun Seated Fitness with Carolyn Shannon. Wednesdays will offer different information sessions/guest speakers; these range from Shirley John Elder/Story teller, Wheel of Fortune and Waste Watchers. Fridays are for games, Book club, Sheatre and Fun Seated Fitness with Carolyn Shannon.
Guest speaker information;
• Carolyn Shannon is an author, artist, speaker, healer, life & business coach.
• Elder Shirley John is a local elder, water walker, story teller and a YMCA Peace Medal recipient.
• Music on the Bruce brings us Sarah Pratt-Parsamian. An avid chamber musician and recital artist, Sarah has performed across Canada and the United States.
• Sheatre is theatre group that is playing for change. “We believe in the power of theatre and the arts to change lives and help build a compassionate and healthy society.”
• Waste Watchers is a group local to Owen Sound that is committed to helping everyone make a difference by adjusting how you consume and dispose of products from day-to-day life.
• Alzheimer’s Society Bruce Grey supports people living with dementia and their caregivers in Grey and Bruce Counties.
As of July, the dial-in information (the passcode) has changed for security purposes. If you would like to be or continue to be in on sessions, please register.
For more information about the Bruce Grey Seniors’ Centre Without Walls visit www.scww.ca. To register, visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T2VLH5Q or call Misty at 519-376-1560 / toll free 1-800-794-1728.
