Belmont Senior Citizens

Heather Pratt (President) & Mary Ridley (Treasurer) were our guests this week.

 

Heather took us on a journey that started 47 years ago at the first Belmont Seniors club facility on Great Eastern Hwy, Belmont through the changes of venue to where they are today and also gave us an insight into their new facilities that are in the planning stages currently.

 

The current building is to be demolished and they will be moving to where the museum is currently located. The group has 400 members with a minimum age of 55 required to join.

 

The aim of the group is to bring people to the centre for social activities from Bingo (which is a big fund raiser for the group), to craft sessions, tai chi, line dancing, lawn bowls, snooker and more.

The costs for members is kept as low as possible as more than 50% of the members are living on a pension without any supplementary income.

 

The group is in need of a new bus to transport members to and from events. There are no government grants currently available as they have used up their entitlement for the new building. The costs to operate the bus include paying a driver which the group must fund raise to cover the cost. 

 

Many thanks to Rob Francis for inviting Heather & Mary to our meeting.