Westside Community Services Limited in Yeerongpilly | Non-profit organisation

Westside Community Services Limited

Locality: Yeerongpilly

Phone: +61 7 3710 2011

Address: Level 2, 973 Fairfield Road 4105 Yeerongpilly, QLD, Australia

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

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24.01.2022 Here is our Newsletter for Semester 2! Lots of new things to read up about. Feel free to contact us if you would like a copy!! #News #Update #Newsletter #Semester2 #GoodNewsStory #SupportWork #NewPrograms #DanceClass #Dance #Disability #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #NDIS #LifeSkills #Independence #Diversity

22.01.2022 Happy Halloween Tomorrow is Halloween! Feel free to dress up if you are in tomorrow #Halloween #DressUp #ThisIsHalloween #Scary #Spooky #Skeleton #Pumpkin #Ghost #Witch #Cat #Spider #TrickOrTreat

21.01.2022 Cooking with our 3-Day Life Skills and Independence Groups. Last week our two groups combined and split into different teams to make a couple of different stir frys. Looks good guys, I am upset I didnt get any he-he ;) #StirFry #Food #Cuisine #Yum #Team #Teamwork #LifeSkills #Independence #Cooking #Skills #Rice #Chicken #Noodles #Vegetables #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #Disability #NDIS #Help #Learn #Teach #Support

21.01.2022 Happy Birthday to our October babies! Jamie Zoe Tu-Lien... Kassim We hope you have an awesome day, and get spoilt rotten #October #Birthday #Happy #HappyBirthday #BirthdayWishes #Wish #Candles #Cake #Presents #Spoilt #Gifts

20.01.2022 Happy Weekend Everyone!!! What does everyone have planned for their weekend? #Weekend #Relax #Enjoy #Plans #TimeOff #Unwind #Breathe #Fun

20.01.2022 Support Work Update - Tu-lien Tu-lien blows us away each and every day. Here she is with her support worker using some Stile Trays. This is something she has never seen before, and she picked up on the concept immediately. We were all in shock , she finished 2 whole books within minutes - very proud of you Tu-lien! ... #Impressed #Smart #Intelligent #Shocked #StileTray #Puzzle #Book #Learning #Support #SupportWork #Growth #Independence #LifeSkills #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #Disability #NDIS #Concept #Diversity #Help #Learn #Teach

19.01.2022 World Mental Health Day 1 in 5 Australians are affected by Mental Illness, yet many don't seek help because of stigma. We can all do something to help shed a more positive light on Mental Health. ... #MentalHealthDay #MentalHealth #Stigma #ItsOkayToNotBeOkay #BeKind #Listen #Help https://1010.org.au/

18.01.2022 Support Work Update Here is Aaron on support work yesterday. He is doing so well, he began his day by doing his chores at home. He then went out into the community to his local bank. After the bank, he attended his appointment with APM, then to the shops to do some grocery shopping, then home to unpack all of the groceries, finish chores, and then discussed with his support worker his plans for Saturday... ... What. A. Busy. Bee. #Busy #Bee #Plans #Appointments #SupportWork #Bank #Groceries #Shopping #Saturday #Weekend #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #CommunityIntegration #LifeSkills #Independence #Employment #NDIS #Diversity #Help #Learn #Support #Teach #Growth

17.01.2022 Gym Appreciation Post Fit 4 Life Health Clubs You guys have been so so amazing with our guys. You do a wonderful job. You give them a fun, safe space to go. They really love coming to the gym! ... #Gym #Fitness #HealthAndWellbeing #Exercise #FeelTheBurn #WorkOut #Fit #LifeSkills #Independence #Appreciation #Amazing #Wonderful #Disability #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilitySupport #Help #Learn #Teach #Support

16.01.2022 Time for a dip in the pool! As the weather heats up Tu-Lien and Yen-The enjoy the pool on their support shift last week. #Hot #Pool #Water #CoolDown #Relax #Dip #Swimming #Support #LifeSkills #Independence #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #Disability #NDIS #Help #Teach #Learn #Diversity

16.01.2022 Daisy having a nice relaxing Friday afternoon, learning from a drawing tutorial from YouTube. P.S. Loving the new hair cut #Relaxing #Drawing #Tutorial #Learning #Art #Sketch #Book #Pencil #Draw #Artist #YouTube #Video #IPad #Haircut #NewLook #Disbaility #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #Diversity #NDIS

13.01.2022 One of the Acrobat's from the pop up Circus at Mt Ommaney Centre *We do not own the music in this video* #Circus

12.01.2022 Here you go! Even more photos from last week at Becky's Place! #Horses #Ponies #Animals #Bubbles #Outdoors #Farm #Care #CommunityIntegration #DisbailityInclusion #DisabilityAwareness #Disability #LifeSkills #independence #NDIS

11.01.2022 Happy Monday All! This week is gonna be a good one #Monday #HappyMonday #FreshStart #NewWeek #NewGoals #Motivation

10.01.2022 Westside will be closed next Monday the 7th of October due to the Queen's Birthday Long Weekend. There will be no Support Work, this will commence the following Monday, the 14th of October.

10.01.2022 Oh my goodness! How hilarious is this? What a cutie #Cute #SuperStar #Funny #Talented #Enthusiastic

10.01.2022 Support Work One of Isabelle's goals is to increase her social and community access. One thing Isabelle is interested in, is make up. So she went out into the community with her support worker to complete a short course in make-up application at Mecca Maxima. Lookin' good gurl Isabelle Rose Starr... #Mecca #MakeUp #Artist #Short #Course #Interests #Social #CommunityIntegration #Growth #Learning #Support #LifeSkills #Independence #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #Disability #NDIS

09.01.2022 Happy Birthday November Babies!! Joseph Yen-The Ulrich... Laura Jordan Ellen Alex We hope you all have a magical day and get lots of presents #Happy #Birthday #HappyBirthday #BirthdayWishes #Wish #Candles #Cake #Presents #Gifts #Spoilt #Magical #Day

09.01.2022 Support work update! Justin Lee Harris has been doing extremely well while on support work. One of Justin's goals is to be fit and healthy. He has been pushing himself hard at the gym, he sticks to a budget ($5 for the gym, $10 for lunch and $5 for a healthy snack).... We are extremely proud of you Justin, keep it up muscle man #Muscles #Fit #Healthy #Gym #Fitness #Mind #Body #Soul #Goals #Growth #SupportWork #Support #Help #Learn #Teach #Disability #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #NDIS #Budget #Money #Snack #Lunch #Exercise

09.01.2022 Another support work update! Heres Daisy on with her support worker last week, shopping for a Fathers Day present, She also wanted a toiletry bag and some things to make a little independence kit for herself to take when she is away from home, or for future sleep overs with friends she got a big hairbrush, a comb, elastic hair ties, a portable toothbrush in a plastic case, and a bath bomb for emergency self care (which we think is an essential he-he ) ... Very proud of Daisy, she is making so much progress! #Progress #Goals #Growth #Independence #LifeSkills #Disabiity #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #Diversity #FathersDay #Gift #Present #Shopping #NDIS #Proud #Learning #Support #Help #Teach

09.01.2022 For our 3-Day Life Skills and Independence groups, this week was a little bit different. They were out at Mt Ommaney Centre to do their usually banking and shopping, and there was a little pop up circus. The guys really enjoyed watching! #Circus #Clown #Acrobat #Tricks #Impressive #Show #Talent #Fun #Shopping #Banking #LifeSkills #Independence #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #Disability #NDIS #Help #Learn #Support #Teach #Diversity

08.01.2022 International Day of People with Disability This day aims to increase public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability and celebrate their achievements and contributions.

07.01.2022 Our newest 1:1 program has been super popular! If you are interested or want to know more information, feel free to contact us on the details below! Spots are filling quickly!

06.01.2022 Travel Training Due to it being school holidays, we have had a few people off this week. Everyone decided to group up and do some Travel Training to South Bank, Brisbane. All participants were encouraged to tap their GoCards on and off independently. It's great to see just how far they have all come! TransLink #Independence #TravelTraining #Train #Translink #Learn #Outing #Outdoors #CommunityIntegration #Friends #Social #Education #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #Disbaility #NDIS #Help #Support #Teach

06.01.2022 Levi is one of our newest members in the Employment Readiness Program. Here they all are doing a team building activity. Levi is fitting into this group quite nicely, if you haven't met him yet, make sure you give him a big, warm, Westside welcome! #New #Introduction #NewChapter #Growth #EmploymentReadiness #Employment #Group #TeamBuilding #Learning #Help #Support #Teach #LifeSkills #Independence #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityAwareness #Disability #NDIS

05.01.2022 Justin's Support Work On Thursday's, Justin begins his support shift at Nixon Park. Justin enjoys using the gym equipment there. After the park they head over to his local Library to return some books and to borrow some books, Justin uses the self serve machine independently.... To finish the afternoon off, Justin buys an afternoon snack - which he enjoys at Forest Lake while feeding the ducks. #Independent #Fit #Strong #Gym #Muscle #Physical #Fitness #HealthAndWellbeing #Health #Healthy #Walk #Park #Library #Books #Borrow #SelfServe #LifeSkills #AfternoonSnack #Snack #Ducks #Lake #Support #Help #Teach #Learn

04.01.2022 Look at what the Friday Ladies group were up to last week. They headed up to Mount Coot-Tha and had some morning tea up at the lookout, gazing over the whole of Brisbane - what a view! They then headed down to the Visitor's Centre and the Botanical Gardens. They had a guided tour, learning lots of information about the different types of gardens. They spent a lot of their time in the Japanese Gardens. ... What a beautiful and relaxing day ladies! #Mountain #LookOut #Brisbane #Relax #Gardens #BotanicalGarden #MorningTea #Rainforest #Information #Learning #Outdoors #CommunityIntegration #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #Diversity #LifeSkills #Independence #NDIS

04.01.2022 On Monday Isabelle and Tu-Lien met up together for their support shifts. They headed out for the day to Mt Tamborine. Such a beautiful place, we hope you enjoyed your day out in the community! #Community #CommunityIntegration #Social #SocialInteraction #Mountain #Trees #Wildlife #Beautiful #LifeSkills #Independence #Disability #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #Help #Support #Teach #Learn

04.01.2022 R U OK? Today is R U OK Day. It is a day that empowers everyone to meaningfully connect with the people around them and start a conversation with anyone who may be struggling with life. You don't need to be an expert to reach out - just a good friend and a great listener. ... How to start an R U OK? conversation? Use these four(4) steps: 1. Ask R U OK? 2. Listen 3. Encourage action 4. Check in Trust the Signs, Trust your Gut & Ask R U OK? For more information visit the website below. https://www.ruok.org.au/ #RUOK #RUOK2019 #AreYouOkay #HealthyMind #MentalHealth #TrustTheSigns #Ask #Help #Struggle

03.01.2022 Our Tuesday Life Skills group have been doing Whats in your Community for their outings. This week they headed over to Pullenvale. They discovered some amazing new places; there was a nice little park where they had their morning tea. It had a great undercover eating area and some fantastic equipment. They also discovered The Curious Caravan which was run by some lovely ladies. They had an amazing day out and are really enjoying discovering new places in their local comm...unity. #LocalCommunity #CommunityIntegration #Discover #Outing #Outdoors #Park #LifeSkills #Independence #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #Disability #NDIS #Diversity #Help #Support #Teach #Learn #Cafe #Brisbane

03.01.2022 A huge thank you to Becky's Place for having us yesterday! Our 3-Day Life Skills and Independence groups combined for the day to visit Becky's Place. They had an amazing time, awesome photos too! #Horses #Ponies #Outdoors #Social #Outing #CommunityIntegration #Disability #DisbailityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #Diversity #Help #Learn #support #Teach #LifeSkills #Independence

02.01.2022 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DECEMBER BABIES Kathy Aaron Justin ... Lisa Susana Juliet Thomas Matthew Isabelle Will We hope you enjoy your day and get lots of pressies #Happy #Birthday #HappyBirthday #December #Christmas #ChristmasTime #Presents #Candles #Cake #Gift #Magical #Spoilt