Here’s 5 things to around the Brimbank and Caroline Springs areas
Cyclists do le Tour
St Albans Leisure Centre’s Tour de Salc challenge – its own version of the Tour de France – runs until July 26. The winner will get an ‘active-sitting wellness ball’ valued at $275 and two months’ free membership.
Men’s Shed plans afoot
A Men’s Shed in Keilor Downs is on the cards. An information session on setting up a shed will be held from 11am to 1pm, August 9, at Brimbank Bicycle Education Centre with a barbecue lunch at Club House Place, Keilor Downs, to follow. Hear about Rotary Club of Brimbank Central’s plans for the shed, which is a joint project with the Lions Club of Taylors Lakes.
■ 0412 388 823
Change the way you think
Get on the Highway to Success at a series of personal development workshops run by the Human Resource Centre at Caroline Springs library on July 25-26. Run by hypnotherapist/psychotherapist Bryan Perry, this will be an interactive process designed for people working through difficulties created by rigid behavioural habits. Learn skills in testing, challenging and breaking free of unhealthy ways of thinking and behaving, using a non-medical approach to treating ailments, including anxiety and depression, and suitable for people working in this area and who are interested in personal growth and development.
■ 1800 760 249 or makechanges.com
Workshop for job seekers
Brimbank council and the Brotherhood of St Laurence are holding a two-day employment skills workshop for Brimbank asylum seekers, aged 18 to 30, who are looking for a job. The Pathways for Young Asylum Seekers workshop will offer one-on-one help to identify employment opportunities. The workshops are on July 29 and 30, 12.30-4pm, at the Visy Cares Hub in Sunshine; lunch is provided.
■ 9249 4463 or email godwinM@brimbank.vic.gov.au
Discount to desex pets
Brimbank pet owners have until the end of the month to get a discount for desexing their pets as part of National Desexing Month. It’s a legal requirement in Brimbank for all domestic dogs and cats over three months old to be desexed, microchipped and registered. Desexed cats and dogs are less likely to suffer from reproductive- related cancers and other diseases. They’re also less likely to roam and be impounded, injured or get into fights. Two Brimbank vets – Petvet in Sunshine and Village Vets in Delahey – offer discounts during July.
■ 9311 3766, 9307 2122 or www.ndn.org.au
