Age Friendly City

This year the theme for Seniors Week is ‘Connecting Generations’ this has formed the foundations of Our Shared Space program which features a range of intergenerational activities throughout the week.

Events for the week include:

• Youth Drop in
  Date: Monday 14 October
  Location: Warrane Mornington Neighbourhood Centre
  Time: 3pm-4.30pm
• Storytime and Nature Crafts
  Date: Tuesday 15 October
  Location: Rosny Library
  Time: 11am-12.30pm
  Register here
• Dance with Paint
  Date: Tuesday 15 October
  Location: Rosny Library
  Time: 3.30pm-4.45pm
  Register here
• The outrageous history of TV ads in Tasmania
  Date: Wednesday 16 October
  Location: Rosny Library
  Time: 3pm-4.30pm
  Register here
• The unscary Sing Thing!
  Date: Thursday 17 October
  Location: Queen Victoria Care Lindisfarne
  Time: 1:30pm – 3:30pm
  Register here
• Stand up for Ageing – but not on a bus!
  Date: Thursday 17 October
  Location: Rosny Barn
  Time: 11am-12.00pm
  Register here
• Bellerive Historic Walk
  Date: Thursday 17 October
  Location: Bellerive
  Time: 12.30pm-2.30pm
  Register here
• Live Well Live Long – Staying Stronger Gentle Exercise class
  Date: Friday 18 October
  Location: Rokeby Neighbourhood Centre
  Time: 9am-10am

These events are run in partnership with…

Live Well, Live Long is an 11 week FREE, informative, interactive, and educative program that provides a holistic approach to health and wellness (includes a delicious FREE lunch!)

The council funded program is held at the Clarence Integrated Care Centre in Rosny and is a partnership with the Tasmanian Health Service, Health Promotion South.

2024 program: Tuesday’s 12.30-2.30 pm 

• 9 April – 18 June
• 6 August – 15 October

To find out more about Live Well, Live Long please contact the Clarence Integrated Care Centre at Rosny Park on 03 6166 2300.

Image: Participants from the 2021 Live Well, Live Long program. 

Video – Ambassadors of the Program

Live Well, Live Long has been recognised for its innovation and success by receiving an Allied Health Award in 2017 for ‘Working in Partnerships’ by the Tasmanian Allied Health Professional Advancement Committee.

With the prize money received, the partnership group made a short video with past participants and presenters to showcase the benefits of the program locally and across Tasmania. As a result of the program’s success, it has now been adopted by the Glenorchy City Council and the City of Launceston.

Council sponsors two free gentle exercise programs in the city.

See below for program details:

• Rokeby – 9.00am-10.00am, Rokeby Neighbourhood Centre, 85 Tollard Drive in Rokeby.
  Facilitator: Paul Hamilton, a highly qualified fitness leader with years of experience. Paul runs his own business, All About Fitness and facilitates simple, safe, fun and effective exercise classes.
  Phone 03 6247 6778.

Bookings are essential. For more information about the programs, please contact the centres on the above numbers.

Our Shared Space is a partnership between the Clarence Positive Ageing working group (CPAWG) and our Youth Network Advisory Group (YNAG)

Our Shared Space tackles the issues of safety, the intergenerational divide, and ageism.

The program does this through advocacy, community activities, programs, and partnerships.

For more information on the Our Shared Space program, contact our Community Planning and Development Officer on 03 6217 9598 or email abyrne@ccc.tas.gov.au.

Current Initiatives

Youth and Intergenerational program

The Our Shared Space program and Rosny Library have partnered to host fortnightly youth and intergenerational sessions. There will be a variety of different activities and fun things to do. Snacks provided.

Upcoming sessions.

Please register. All sessions will be  on council’s Events Calendar and Facebook page and you can register at Rosny Library Eventbrite.

• 10 September – All Ages – Bingo
• 24 September – All Ages – Virtual Reality and board games
• 8 October – Youth session – Paint and Fizz
• 15 October – All Ages special Seniors Week session – Dance with Paint
• 22 October – Minecraft for all with Alex from Library
• 5 November – Youth Session – Scavenger Hunt
• 19 November – All Ages – Party games through the years
• 3 December – Youth session – International Day of People with Disability
• 17 December – All Ages – Silent disco and lawn games

So far, the activities we have had are an escape room, Minecraft fun, video games tournament, virtual reality.

Our Shared Space – Intergenerational Play sessions

Clarence City Council in conjunction with partners run a series of intergenerational playgroup sessions throughout Clarence each year.

The latest was a Nature Play Session held at Warrane Community Garden. We thank the community who came along to enjoy a morning of fun, adventure, and storytelling.

This was made possible with a collaboration with Warrane Mornington Neighbourhood Centre and Garden, Playgroup Tasmania, Tasmanian Multiple Birth Association, Rosny Library and the UTAS Nature Connection Project.

2024 Nature Play Session at Warrane Community Garden

2024 Nature Play Session at Warrane Community Garden

2024 Nature Play Session at Warrane Community Garden

2024 Nature Play Session at Warrane Community Garden

2024 Nature Play Session at Warrane Community Garden

2024 Nature Play Session at Warrane Community Garden

Recent Past Initiatives

2024 School holiday session – Dance with Paint: Intergenerational with Ben Segal

2022 Clarence Community Crocheted Christmas Tree project

2022 Clarence Community Crocheted Christmas Tree project

2022 Clarence Community Crocheted Christmas Tree project

2022 Clarence Community Crocheted Christmas Tree project

Swinging Christmas photo credit: Rosie Hastie Photography.

2022 Clarence Community Crocheted Christmas Tree project

This forum is for services and organisations who support older adults in Clarence, to come together and share information.

Clarence Positive Ageing Network meet several times a year and new people are always welcome to attend.

2024 meetings are kindly hosted at different organisations across Clarence. All meetings are held from 10.00 am – 11.30 am.

2024 Dates

30 May – The Salvation Army Clarence

22 August – Uniting AgeWell Mornington

21 November – TasTAFE Warrane campus

To be added to the email list and RSVP for meetings, please contact our Community Planning and Development Officer on 03 6217 9598 or email  abyrne@ccc.tas.gov.au

The Clarence Community Volunteer Service offers a range of services to residents of Clarence to support them to remain living within their own homes and connect to their local community. The support service is available to people 65 years or older (50 years or older and identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person) needing support to live independently in the City.

More information on this service can be found on the Volunteer with us page.

Clarence Community Bus

Clarence City Council has an 11-seat community bus that takes people of all ages to social, recreational, and cultural activities in and around our city.

We provide the service of a community bus for community groups in Clarence who find it difficult to access other forms of transport.

The Clarence community bus would not be able to operate without the generous support of volunteer drivers, who enable the bus to be available to community groups as often as possible.

To find out if your organisation/group is eligible to access the bus and to book, please call 03 6217 9500.

We need more volunteer bus drivers!

If you or someone you know, would be interested please CLICK HERE to find out more.

Clarence Local Volunteer Network Group

Council was delighted to partner with Volunteering Tasmania and community members in Clarence to build a robust volunteering strategy to guide the city’s future.

You can join the Clarence Local Volunteer Network Group by registering here.

Council worked with Volunteering Tasmania to establish the Clarence Local Volunteer Network Group (CLVNG). This group helped develop a community-based volunteering strategy that is area-specific and will deliver valuable outcomes to Clarence. Community members in Clarence began meeting in September 2020 to assist in creating the local strategy that future proofs volunteering in Clarence.

Progress update: 

On the 30 August 2021, council endorsed the five-year Community Volunteer Sustainability Strategy, and committed to the ongoing facilitation of the Clarence Local Volunteer Network Group (CLVNG). The group will work collaboratively and take responsibility for tackling the focus areas identified.  The focus areas are:

• • Flexible and Diverse Volunteering Opportunities;
  • Volunteer Culture – Awareness and Exposure;
  • Best Practise Volunteer Management;
  • Volunteer Recognition;
  • Demand for Volunteers;
  • Clarence Volunteering Collaboration; and
  • Youth Participation.

You can read the Community Volunteer Sustainability Strategy – City of Clarence here.

Visit the Volunteering Tasmania website here to find out more about volunteering in Tasmania.

Some members of the Clarence Local Network Volunteer Group.

• Seniors week
  An annual week of event in October. The year 2024 will be held during 14-20 October
• Food Connections
  The program gives participants a chance to meet new people or catch up with old friends while enjoying a wholesome meal at various locations in Clarence. Find out more here.
• Dementia Friendly Cafes
  Moto Vecchia in Bellerive and Czegs in Richmond have been working with council to create a café space where those with dementia and their caregivers can enjoy a cuppa and yummy snacks with like-minded people.
  The Dementia-friendly café runs weekly sessions:
  Tuesdays – Czegs in Richmond 2.30pm-4.00pm
  Wednesdays – Moto Vecchia 12.30pm-2.00pm.
• Men’s/Community Sheds
  Council is a proud partner of men’s/community sheds in Clarence, such as the Howrah Men’s Shed, Clarence Plains Community Shed, and the Risdon Vale Community Shed.
  To find out more about men’s/community sheds in the city:
  – Clarence Plains Community Shed – phone 03 6247 8761 (9.00am-3.00pm, Wednesday-Friday) or email cpcshed@gmail.com
  – Howrah Men’s Shed – www.howrahmensshed.org
  – Risdon Vale Community Shed – phone the Risdon Vale Neighbourhood Centre on 03 6243 5752
  To find other sheds in Tasmania: www.tasmanianmensshed.org.au/

• Get Going Guide
  The publication is a valuable resource in helping residents find out about what is going on in our city. It includes information on getting around Clarence and the many activities in the city.
  Click on the following link to view the guide – Get Going Guide.
• Planting Ahead
  How does your garden grow is a publication that provides information on simple ways to create more easy care, low maintenance, and water-wise gardens.
  Read the How Does Your Garden Grow – Planting Ahead Guide or for more information contact us on 03 6217 9597 or 03 6217 9623.
• GLAM’d Generations Linking and Making a Difference
  Work with the local community in Clarence who identify as LGBTIQ+ to co-design and deliver an intergenerational art project that raised awareness and created greater understanding of the issues and needs across the diversity of younger and older people of all abilities in the city.
  For more information, please read the GLAM’d Project Report.
• Be Connected Clarene – digital skills support
  Be Connected offers free digital literacy skills and has many topics to help you stay safe online. Rosny Library offers Be Connected courses as well as neighbourhood centres listed below.

• Rokeby Neighbourhood Centre – 85 Tollard Drive, Rokeby
  Phone              03 6247 6772
  Email               manager@rokebync.org.au
• Clarendon Vale Neighbourhood Centre – 63 Mockridge Road, Clarendon Vale
  Phone              03 6247 8163
  Email               admin@cvnc.org.au
• Warrane Mornington Neighbourhood Centre – 150 A Bligh Street, Warrane
  Phone              03 6244 6346
  Email               info@wmnc.org.au
• Risdon Vale Neighbourhood Centre – 28 Sugarloaf Road, Risdon Vale
  Phone              03 6243 5752
  Email               manager@rvnc.org.au

• aWake Before death
  A collaborative project to promote and educate all people about end-of-life planning
  Information and support can be found at the following links:
  • Palliative Care Tasmania – Providing access to quality palliative care support and services in Tasmania. (pallcaretas.org.au)
  • Specialist Palliative Care Service Guide to bereavement | Tasmanian Department of Health
  • Find Help Tas
• Sharing is Caring – Dementia Carers Research
  Council worked with UTAS Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre and the Kiama Municipal Council in New South Wales on a 12 month project to attain stories from the carers of people with dementia. Click here to read more.
• WHO Global report on Ageism
  In 2016 the World Health Assembly asked World Health Organisation (WHO) to lead a global campaign to combat ageism. WHO collaborated with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and the United Nations Population Fund, to develop the Global Report on Ageism 2021. This informs strategies and recommendations for action.
• Retirement Village Survey and Research Program
  In 2021 and 2022 a survey was held about retirement village living in Australia. The project seeked to identify why older people choose to live in villages and consider how villages could be made more affordable. Read the final report here.
• Supporting the residential aged care workforce for COVID-19 recovery
  Run by UTAS and partially funded by Clarence City Council, this project examined the impact of COVID-19 on staff working in Tasmanian Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs). This involved a recruitment process commencing in the Clarence local government area and later broadening to incorporate other local government areas across Tasmania. FINAL REPORT now available here.