Life Activities WHO ARE WE
The Life Activities Club HOME
Life Activities Club SurfCoast Inc, launched in 2002, has grown to150 plus members servicing Torquay and surrounding areas.
Life Activities Clubs Victoria Inc (formerly Life Foundation of Australia Inc)
Is a non-profit community organization recognized by government and the community as a valuable contributor to the well being of the mature sector of our community.
It provides education, motivational support and social activities to help mature men and women plan and manage change in their lives such as retirement, and to develop and maintain an active and enjoyable lifestyle.
A growing network of Life Activities Clubs has been established in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria. There are over twenty clubs with total membership approximately 5,000. The clubs provide support for the members as they pursue an active and enjoyable lifestyle.
Our mission is to provide education, motivational support and social activities to help people plan and manage change in their lives.
Our purposes are to:
encourage and assist people to recognize, accept and plan for or adjust to significant life-changing events;
educate the community to and create greater public awareness of the impact of those events;
establish or facilitate the establishment of Life Activities Clubs;
promote and facilitate such activities and services as are not inconsistent with the aforesaid purposes and which create or enhance the opportunities for the Foundation to fulfill its purposes generally.
Recognition
LACVI is recognised by the Victorian Government as a peak community organisation.
Central Office
LACVI maintains a Central Office at Level 8, 341 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000.
E-mail: life@life.org.au
Web site: www.life.org.au.
Central Office provides a central contact and assistance point for the public and for the Life Activities Clubs, and maintains contact with other relevant bodies.
The Life Activities Clubs
Each Life Activities Club is a non-profit, non-political and non-sectarian community group, run by its members on a voluntary basis and operating autonomously within the general framework for Life Activities Clubs.
A Life Activities Club's membership comprises both pre-retired and retired men and women and most clubs seek as members people in the 50 and over age group (or for some clubs, 45 and over).
Under the constitution of LACVI, each Life Activities Club is a member of LACVI, which is the umbrella organization for the Life Activities Clubs.
Purpose of a Life Activities Club
A Life Activities Club:
Provides support to its members as they experience life-changing events such as retirement or moving into a new area, and as they pursue an active and enjoyable lifestyle.
Provides its members with a variety of leisure, educational, personal development, and social activities.
Organises sub-groups of the club (called Activity Groups), each sub-group being made up of members of the club who share a like interest and meet regularly to pursue that interest.
A Life Activities Club could have anything from six to thirty or more Activity Groups.
The two delegates representing SurfCoast Life Activities Club in 2011 / 12 are Graeme Perks and Peter Sweetten