Social Circus
FLO @ Castlemaine Secondary College: 2023-2024
We are thrilled to be the recipients of a Mount Alexander Shire Council community grant that will help us turn our social circus dream into reality.
Partnering with Castlemaine Secondary College and their FLO program (Flexible Learning Options), our community grant will allow us to offer two classes per week for three terms, teaching FLO students circus and parkour skills.
Flynn Patrao will be teaching Parkour and Luke O’Connor will be teaching circus and acrobalance. Both have worked with young people for many years and bring their passion and their down to earth personality to the class.
With our FLO friends being based just next door to our Etty St home, it’s a great opportunity to strengthen our Etty St community too.
Hula Hoop for Women & Seniors: 2020-22
The Hula program created a safe and inclusive space that helped motivate women and older people to connect with the community, engage in regular physical activity and be creative. It also provided employment for a local artist.
The participants improved their physical fitness and self confidence; they socially connected with others within the class and beyond; they developed a positive attitude towards physical activity; and they created an inspiring intergenerational presentation for the local childcare centre.
Hoopacise helped counter some effects of covid 19 including reducing loneliness, isolation, anxiety and improving fitness.