Did you know every day you can join in a huge range of Reclink’s free fun, social and physical activities from the safety of your own loungeroom?
Every Monday to Friday, the Reclink Connect program offers a diverse range of classes by experienced teachers – including yoga, meditation, tai chi, Bollywood dancing, Zumba dancing, African dancing, music, pilates, strength fitness, dance fitness – the list goes on.
To access the Reclink Connect program, email Brendan.murphy@reclink.org for the Zoom link.
It’s the same link for every session.
Find the daily timetable on the Reclink Australia Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ReclinkAustralia.
During the lockdown, the Reclink Western team has been busy.
Despite not being able to physically be with their participants, the team has drawn on their own creative strengths and taken their skills online.
The team members – Fofo, Brendan, Lorcan and Eangano – host and present creative writing workshops, cricket chats, health chats, and soccer skills workshops, amid a wonderful suite of other activities offered every day in the one Zoom link.
The free interactive online program, called Relink Connect, focuses on connection and inclusion that is in response to the global pandemic.
Reclink Connect is a program of Reclink Australia, an organisation focusing on connecting people through sport, recreation and art programs to promote social inclusion.
With COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing safety measures introduced 18 months ago, Reclink took their community services program online on Zoom.
Reclink Australia chief executive David Wells says the initiative ensures that Reclink is still able to socially engage with their participants – some of the most vulnerable Australians and clients of the community services sector – to keep the community as connected as possible.
“Our online programs are available for everyone, locked down or not,” Mr Wells said.
Reclink sports coordinator Brendan Murphy has hosted some 300 online programs, and over the past 18 months of the COVID-19 journey he has welcomed thousands of participants into Reclink’s online interactive space.
Brendan says that Reclink Connect offers a range of activities to engage with and support people through difficult times.
“We are providing fun, active, well-being sessions in a safe manner where participants can stay home and join in,” Brendan said.
Reclink thanks the Victorian government Departments of Treasury and Finance, Families Fairness and Housing, Jobs Precincts and Regions, along with the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation, Vic Health and federal government Department of Health who provide support for this program to run.
