Victoria - Bayside Group

Meets at a south east suburb of Melbourne location

Sundowner Community Centre, 24 Sundowner Avenue

Clarinda

First and Third Wednesday of the month

at 8:15pm

Aim to make a member / visitor comfortable and so develop confidence

Values of Bayside Group

Commitment: To keep up the courage or the desire to improve their speaking skills

Respectfulness: To make members to feel each of them is important and valued dearly in the group.

Encouragement: To have members learn to encourage each other/ have their back when someone feeling incapable to deliver a speech in any occasion.

Acceptance: To make members feel at ease in the group and be themselves

Support: To provide emotional and physical support to members whenever required

Inclusiveness: To allow every member to have a chance to voice their views

Friendliness: To make new and existing members feel relax when they in the group

Simplicity: To have the program/activities easy for members to present and enjoy

Non-judgemental: To allow every member to voice their opinion without holding back for fear of criticism from others

Fun: To make members feel the meeting is fun, creative and relaxing.

4th February – Topic: A holiday highlight Register to Attend

18th February – Topic: Wait! I need ….. Register to Attend

4th March – Topic: A childhood memory Register to Attend

18th March – Topic: Poetry reading Register to Attend

1st April – Topic: The train to …….. Register to Attend

15th April – Topic: Register to Attend

6th May – Topic: What do you / have you collected Register to Attend

20th May – Topic: Clouds Register to Attend

3rd June – Topic: What’s on your bucket list? Register to Attend

17th June – Topic: A book, film, show, review Register to Attend

1st July – Topic: A little-known country Register to Attend

15th July – Topic: My four-legged friends Register to Attend

5th August – Topic: The library Register to Attend

19th August – Topic: Technology, helping to connect or isolate people? Register to Attend

2nd September – Topic: Food labelling Register to Attend

16th September – Topic: Show and tell Register to Attend

7th October – Topic: TED talks Register to Attend

21st October – Topic: I have a fear of ………. Register to Attend

4th November – Topic: You can’t say that Register to Attend

18th November – Topic: An Australian landmark Register to Attend

2nd December – Topic: Which way is the world going? Register to Attend