Active Kooris club

• Reach:

  VIC

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Active Kooris club is about doing gentle gym and other forms of physical activity. The Indigenous clients are mostly those who are in home care, who have chronic illnesses, mobility issues or who are just elderly.

The Active Kooris club is held at the Melbourne Aboriginal Youth Sport and Recreation Cooperative (MAYSAR) gym. The program is run in partnership with the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service, while the gym is funded by the Australian Government Indigenous Sport and Recreation Program.

MAYSAR General Manager, Glenda Thorpe plans to make the gym more of a multi-purpose social and recreational centre which helps to tackle some of the big Koori community health problems, like diabetes, obesity and heart disease.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Contacts

Glenda Thorpe
General Manager
MAYSAR
184 - 186 Gertrude St
Fitzroy Vic 3065
Ph: (03) 9486 9123

Links

• View information: Koori health the focus for Fitzroy gym
• View website: indigenous.gov.au
• View website: Victorian Aboriginal Health Service