Phoenix Place Inc in Mackay, Queensland | Community organisation

Phoenix Place Inc

Locality: Mackay, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4953 5222

Address: 2/235 Shakespeare Street 4740 Mackay, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.phoenixplace.org.au

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25.01.2022 When the sun is blessing us with a good day the fish come biting!!!

25.01.2022 Top Thirty Ways to use Support Workers creatively while avoiding COVID-19 (please share) I needed a more positive post to write, so here it is! For some partici...pants, personal care, lifting and other physical support needs means you cant avoid having direct contact with support workers. Ill be putting up a post that focuses on your needs very soon. But there are many people in the NDIS, who dont always need that physical support from a support worker. If you are one of those people, you can ask your support workers to help support you without touching or getting close to you. Here are a stack of ideas. These wont all work for everyone, but hopefully some will give a few ideas to adapt for your needs. Please feel free to add your own ideas and links in the comments to share (you can click on the picture to share or add your comments to the original post if youre seeing this from a group) The most important thing is to always make sure they wash their hands, really well, as soon as they arrive or meet you. So, depending on your support needs, your worker could maybe: 1. meet you outside and go for a walk together, keeping a few metres apart 2. sit outside, 2 metres apart, and learn to play an instrument together (like ukulele, or the recorder 3. make and/or fly a kite at the local park 4. get a free skype account and talk, and read books, help prompt or direct you with cooking something yummy, watch a TV show or movie at the same time as you, play online games together or even do your online shopping together 5. Take you for a drive (with you in the back if youre not driving!) with the windows down and play the music loud and sing (this may be higher risk that other outdoor activities) 6. Help you find and collect some free or cheap basic gym equipment, set it up outside, and have the worker direct, from a safe distance, a great workout 7. if legal and safe, have a fire pit set up and sit either side of it and tell ghost stories, or eat lots of marshmallows 8. google outdoor yard pranks and have some fun with neighbourhood friends 9. try geocaching 10. sit across an outside table at home, and pain rocks, and then walk to a local park and hide them for others to find (google painted rocks to learn more) 11. letterbox the neighbours with you and offer to walk their dogs for free or pay 12. do your shopping and errands without you if you are at risk, so you are less likely to be exposed 13. find a free or cheap outdoor table on gumtree or facebook, make a net from an old pair of stockings, grab some table tennis bats online and play ping pong outside in the driveway (or beer pong if youre old enough and like beer as much as my son!) 14. wash the car together, but always on opposite sides of the car, and wear gloves 15. build a garden together and grow some food, herbs or pretty flowers 16. have your worker help you facetime with your friends 17. learn a new language together (maybe Auslan sign language) 18. tennis is a low contact game, and maybe renting a couple of kayaks or going for a bike ride could work to get outside 19. remote art programs 20. have them help you sort out a home budget 21. check out the bazillions of online learning apps and homeschool resources 22. do some virtual tours of some of the worlds greatest museums and art galleries 23. play Pictionary or scrabble by zoom 24. develop a daily routine and make some visual schedules together 25. learn to do some outdoor household chores like sweeping or picking up the dog poop 26. teach the dog a few new tricks tonnes of great YouTube videos to learn this 27. learn a magic trick together 28. but a cheap blind from the bargain bin, and see if you can borrow or score an old cheap projector, and set up an outdoor cinema at home for an evening just keep those bean bags a few metres apart 29. learn about botany, and collect samples from your local parks and build an album of dried leaves and flowers 30. make a podcast remotely together Ive not included links for these ideas a quick google, or even a request on this post will probably get you a bunch of good answers! This list was compiled, in part, with some ideas from the (awesome) people in the NDIS Self-Managing Participants And Their Families Facebook Group. Thank you for their brilliant ideas. Feel free to share this post, with credit, but add your own ideas, too! Pic description: a cartoon icon image of a green coronavirus with a wide open mouth, with a red no style circle with a strike through, over it.

24.01.2022 Please share around

24.01.2022 Our Wednesday cooking group capacity building buying the groceries for their recipes today!

24.01.2022 We are hiring! Please forward all Cover letters and Resumes to [email protected]

23.01.2022 Would you like a night out? Getting together with a group of people and heading out for some dinner and some live music? We are looking at coming together every 2nd Friday night, if you are interested please give Stacey a call on 4953 5222 to register your interest!

23.01.2022 Haircuts 10am - 1pm today at Phoenix Place!! $5 cuts, $10 Colour (purchase colour and bring along) & Cut/Colour $15.

22.01.2022 Check out our July Newsletter - exciting month ahead with our most of our groups being out in the community again

22.01.2022 Monday Magic Fishing Crew

22.01.2022 SAM TRANSLATES: Everybodys got all the four support categories in core now (go look at your portal!) - mix em up however you want between the four... UNLESS...... you get your transport money in your bank account each fortnight, then you cant use the rest of your core for extra transport stuff, which sucks. But overall, this is a great step in the right direction! Now you can look at your Core budgets as one big lump of funding and spend it on core stuff without worrying about how much is in each bucket - consumables (including low cost AT, Daily Living Assistance, Social & Community Participation, and Travel and Transport. Yesterdays NDIS Core Categories update in the NDIS words: "15 June: How will I know my plan is now flexible across all four support categories? From 13 June, all participants with Core supports can use all four core funding categories under their Core supports budget, without the need for a plan review. Participants who already receive periodic transport payments will continue to have these paid into their bank account, to cover transport costs connected to activities included in their plan. These funds cannot be used towards other Core supports. If you receive periodic transport payments, you will be able to use your funding across the three Core support budget categories, not including the transport category. Participants who do not receive periodic transport payments can use their overall funding flexibly to pay for transport-related costs to access NDIS supports and services. You do not need to do anything. This system change will be applied to all new and existing participant plans with Core support funding. This means flexibility in accessing the disability related supports you need to achieve your goals." https://www.ndis.gov.au//participants-co/using-your-budget Pic desc: a table listing the 15 support categories and their flexibility, in purple and orange with black writing and a Growing Space logo in the bottom right. Here is the text of the table: SUPPORT CATEGORY CORE 1. Assistance with Daily Living 2. Travel and Transport Mobility Allowance 3. Consumables 4. Assistance with Social and Community Participation Can be spent across support categories CAPITAL 5. Assistive Technology 6. Home Modifications Restricted to specific line items CAPACITY BUILDING 7. Coordination of Supports 8. Improved Living Arrangements 9. Increased Social and Community Participation 10. Finding and Keeping a Job 11. Improved Relationships 12. Improved Health and Wellbeing 13. Improved Learning 14. Improved Life Choices 15. Improved Daily Living Allocated at support category level and not flexible across categories

22.01.2022 Monday Magic being created in our Craft Group.

21.01.2022 Full moon energy today The full moon is a time to let go of what no longer serves us Remember to check in with your self today, take some time out to recharge

20.01.2022 Huge shout out to the team at Crossroad Arts Inc for inviting us along to one of their amazing workshops! Our participants had a great time expressing themselves today and cant wait to come back

19.01.2022 Our Monday art group and their lovely creations

19.01.2022 Happening now at Phoenix Place Office 2/235 Shakespeare St Free haircuts 10:15 - 1:30pm walk ins welcome. Come down and say hello to our superstar hairdresser Allisha.

19.01.2022 Hey Mackay! Jamie's Ministry of Food Australia was so excited to come to you guys that they've moved the classes forwards! Starting on the 19th of February and ...perfect for kids from 12, classes are held over the course of 5 weeks, occurring at the same time each week. You'll learn delicious Jamie Oliver recipes, handy kitchen tips and professional skills! Jump in now because tickets are limited! See more

17.01.2022 Look whats coming to Mackay! We would love to see the Mackay community get behind such a great opportunity for the Mackay Region!!

17.01.2022 Having a fabulous time at our crossroad arts workshop today!

17.01.2022 Check out the cool merch available at crossroad arts! Give them a holler to grab yours, I cant wait to get mine It would be so great to support these guys and see a bunch of their work rolling around town

16.01.2022 Some of our crew enjoying lunch prepared by our cooking group. On the menu today is spaghetti meatballs and cupcakes. My belly and heart is so full!

16.01.2022 We are very excited to be sharing or June edition Newsletter with you

14.01.2022 Just a warm reminder that Phoenix Place will be closed from this coming Monday 21st December and will reopen on Monday 4th January 2021. We wish you a all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year!!! See you all in 2021

14.01.2022 Family is everything, but sometimes it can be difficult to put into words just how much your loved ones mean to you. Family also isn't always the person you call mum, dad or sister....Sometimes family is the people you work with, the people you find comfort in and the people you choose to be around. Tonight Phoenix Place spends time with some of our family. Together. #Phoenix

13.01.2022 March Newsletter Please note there will be no social this month.

13.01.2022 How exciting! make sure you head on down to opening day!

12.01.2022 We will remember them

11.01.2022 Footy...footy....footy....We are launching a Phoenix Footy Rebels group! This group will help our participants to learn all about footy, drills, warm ups and football skills. If you are interested in attending this group it will be happening every Wednesday from 9am-12.30pm. Please give Stacey a call on 4953 5222 to register your interest!

10.01.2022 We are back!!! We apologise we have been a bit quiet on our social media during COVID isolation but we have been working super hard behind the scenes to get ready to reopen our groups and community events with some exciting changes. We are so pleased to announce the return of some of our groups. ... As of the 15th of June the following groups will be recommencing: Art: Mondays 9am-12pm Fishing: Mondays 8am-11am Cooking-Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays: 9am-2:30pm Yoga: Tuesdays 8am-10:30am We are so looking forward to seeing all of your lovely faces again YAY!

09.01.2022 Check out our September Newsletter. We have our Monthly Social at the Metropolitan, details on how to book are in the Newsletter

09.01.2022 Joshua enjoying his delicious pizza made on todays cooking group.

09.01.2022 Fridays Pool Group has a new location!

08.01.2022 Next week is our last week of groups for 2020!!!!

08.01.2022 Check out our August Newsletter!!!

07.01.2022 Tomorrow marks the end of our journey with 2 of our beautiful phoenix family members. Sam has been apart of the Phoenix Place family for 8years and Ciannah for the past 2.5years, we will truly miss you guys. We thank you for everything you have done for our participants and wish you both the best for whatever the future holds.

07.01.2022 Even though we still have a few weeks left of 2020 we are ahead of the game releasing our January 2021 Newsletter. We have so many new & exciting changes that will see Phoenix Place grow bigger and stronger thanks to all the supports we receive from our forever loving community

06.01.2022 Phoenix Place would like to send gratitude and appreciation to MADEC LTD Mackay for their generous donations! Our Participants are going to have a great time utilising the resources you have given. "The greatness of a Community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members"

05.01.2022 Our very own Santa Claus visited us on Friday for a quick couple of photos and presents then was on his way...........

04.01.2022 Silly Sollys has some great bargains in store!

02.01.2022 Scooter gang! Our holiday program enjoying the sugar bowl