Volunteering in Roleystone & Surrounding areas

If you are ready to make friends, improve your mental and physical health, and maybe develop new skills along the way, start volunteering in your community. You can change your life and the lives of others when you do. Embrace the benefits of volunteering!

Here are just a few of the amazing benefits of Volunteering:

• Volunteering gives people the tools they need to be happier, healthier, and well-rounded individuals. It also keeps us young and vital.
• Volunteering Builds Community and allows us to strengthen our community and our social network when we volunteer.
• Volunteering reduces stress and improves well-being.
• You make connections with the people you are helping, and you cultivate friendships with other volunteers.
• Reverses loneliness and social isolation, which is so relevant worldwide.
• People build closer relationships, better connections, and more powerful attachments to people when they work together.
• Older volunteers benefit the most from getting out of the house, engaging with others, and moving physically.
• Purpose and collaboration result in mental health improvements and a better outlook on life.
• One of the most significant trends in the volunteer world today is corporate philanthropy. More conscious companies than ever support local and programs financially. They create employee volunteer programs to help their philanthropic efforts and to retain employees. Companies encourage employees to commit a certain number of hours every year to service programs.
• When teens or young adults volunteer, they develop self-esteem, confidence, and feelings of self-worth. Imagine the benefits to volunteering today, where both girls and boys struggle with self-esteem issues.

If you would like to read more on Volunteering, VolunteeringWA.org.au has an amazing amount of information.
Also you can view the Department of Communities Volunteering for many other opportunities. 
Thank you to both Volunteering WA and the Department of Communities for making this information available. 

Here is a list of local opportunities to Volunteer (contact the directly):

• 'Roleystone Community College Parents & Citizens Association Inc.'
  Uniform shop volunteers – to help on a Friday morning pack orders. 
  Canteen volunteers – To help prepare lunch orders and bake over the counter treats for students eg. piklets, muffins etc.
  CLICK HERE for Website info 
  CLICK HERE for Social Media info
  Contact Name & details:
  Casie - P&C secretary - 0407 381 668
  Uniform shop: Janice - uniformshop@roleystonepc.com.au
  Canteen: Vanessa - canteen@roleystonepc.com.au
  
  
• '9 Lives Cat Rescue'
  CLICK HERE for Website info
  CLICK HERE for Social Media info 
  We are desperate for long term Foster carers for cats & kittens and cats who need socialisation after being trapped from colonies. These cats come to us scared and timid and just learn to trust humans and accept love.
  We provide all dry food, vet treatments (at affiliated vets) and any items possibly needed.
  We are also in need of dedicated fundraisers who will be active in our fundraising team and help us with our fundraising efforts.
  Contact details: Nat - SMS ONLY PLZ 0409587240
  
  
• 'Roleystone Neighbourhood Family Centre'
  CLICK HERE for website info 
  CLICK HERE for Facebook
  CLICK HERE for Instagram 
  
  The family centre has a large range of varied roles that you could get involved with in a small or larger capacity, and here is a list of a few that you could consider:
  Admin support in the office, gardening, sharing knowledge iin workshops, meet and greet and many other opportunities.
  Contact details: Call the office on 94961115 during 9am to 2pm weekdays or email contact@roleyfamilycentre.com.au 
  
  
• 'Darling Range Wildlife Shelter' 
  darling range have a large range of Volunteer positions with a very good website with all the information, so please click the link to see how you can possibly get involved to help our local wildlife.
  CLICK HERE for: WEBSITE
  CLICK HERE for: FACEBOOK
• Contact phone number is (08) 9394 0885
  INJURED WILDLIFE - Please call WILDCARE on (08) 94749055

If you’re a local NFP or Club and would like to be included, please follow the below instructions
Copy & paste this list, fill out the details and email it to contact@roleyfamilycentre.com.au :
Registered name of your Group/NFP:
Link to your website if you have one:
Links to your social media account/s (active accounts only):
A short blurb (one sentence) on what roles you’re looking for:
Contact name and phone number of the best person to speak with:

Roleystone Organic Growers 2024

The Roleystone Organic Growers meetings are held at the Roleystone Family Centre, 19 Wygonda Rd, Roleystone. Enquiries to Lisa 9399 2312

Please feel free to register online however payment is only accepted on the night

Roleystone Wool Spinning Meet-ups 2024

Meet-ups - 2nd Saturday of each month at Roleystone Family Centre - 19 Wygonda Rd, Roleystone.

BYO Everything Wool spinners who need/want others to help inspire their craft.
An excuse to catch up with like minded people and actually get some spinning done.
Open to all levels from beginners to pro's!

An airconditioned room with great lighting in the beautiful hills.
Tea & Coffee available and an IGA 3 minutes walk away, or bring along some nourishment to share.
Cost at this stage is $10.00 per gathering to cover room hire.

The spinners have a private Facebook group you can join to get inspiration or details of off site meet ups CLICK HERE

As a not for profit, we rely on minimum numbers for classes/courses. Brownie Points If you share this event with your friends. Group bookings most welcome and thank you to the Community for your support.

Paper Flowers Workshop

Learn to make your own Everlasting Paper Wallflowers in this relaxing art workshop! You’ll spend an afternoon letting your creativity flow while learning step-by-step techniques to create your own realistic paper waterlilies and wallflowers. With the help of Jotterbook Flowers’ expert paper artisans, you’ll use premium tools and materials to shape each petal and leaf into everlasting works of art that will  wow your loved ones and bring joy to your space.

Inclusions:

• Premium tools & materials to create your best work,
• 2 hours of relaxing creativity to reignite your inner artist,
• Expert guidance from Jotterbook Flowers hosts to equip you with lifelong skills,
• Meaningful connection with like-minded creatives to bring you joy.

You'll go home with:

• Your completely finished artwork brings nature back into your space,
• Our material resource list so you can continue creating,
• A lasting feeling of peace to treat yourself & those around you more kindly.

Skill level:

• Beginner-friendly
• Perfect for adults
• Great for teens 12+
• Kids aged 7+ are welcome to attend with an accompanying adult.

About Jotterbook Flowers
Jotterbook Flowers is Perth's Original Crepe Paper Flower Studio, founded by artist Carrissa Wu. At the height of COVID lockdown, she was stood down from her corporate job and started making paper flowers to get through the anxiety of each day. She began running workshops in 2020 and a community of like-minded paper florists started to bloom. Today, Jotterbook Flowers is a team of 5 women who have helped over 1,000 people across Western Australia find presence and pause in life's hectic pace through the art of paper flowers.

Children's Group Singing 'Term 3' 2024

Do you have a young, enthusiastic singer in your household? Join Aydee for a non-competitive energetic group singing class. We will work on and learn singing techniques, breathing, tone, pitch, phrasing, beginner songwriting and self-expression.

This childrens singing group is about creating a safe, non-judgemental environment where we can practice and support each other in our singing journey. We will work with a keyboard and a guitar to warm up our vocal cords. These warmups are designed to be fun and help with learning singing techniques. After warmups we will play some singing games which help with finding your individual voice and learning to sing as a group. We will aim to work on two songs throughout the term.

Children aged 8-12 years commence 5pm until 6pm
$105pp/term

If you have missed out on signing up for the full term, please contact the office to register your child/ren on 94961115 to arrange pro rata payemnt. Thank you

Please BYO water bottle and a display folder to hold your song lyrics to practice at home. 

Heart Space Community Choir Term 3 2024

Come along to join our Community Choir– Heart Space.

This community choir is suitable for absolute beginners to professionals. You will be guided through a variety of warmups which are designed to build and further develop singing techniques such as harmonies, breath, and projection control. 

This choir is a light-hearted group who enjoy singing a variety of songs from the classics to upbeat modern songs. Rally your friends and come along. Singing in a choir helps people feel more connected, has health benefits by reducing stress, and its super fun!

Special Community Projects Term 3 2024

Partner Portraits - Term 4 2024

They say you only really see someone when you begin to draw them.  See your partner in a new light as you enjoy a fun and uplifting evening painting each other on canvas. Treat yourself to something different with your partner or bestie, as you enjoy some delicious finger food and drinks.  This is a fantastic date night opportunity, or a great night out with a good friend. All materials and a light supper are included in the price.

Beginner's Photography Workshop (2 sessions)

Learn to process your digital photographs in this relaxing 2-part workshop! You’ll spend the morning letting your creativity flow while learning step-by-step techniques to create and make your own images pop in Lightroom & Photoshop with the help of Bewley Shaylor, professional Commercial & Editorial Photographer. You’ll learn how to use the tools in Lightroom to process images along with tips and tricks from a pro on ways to enhance or manipulate images in Photoshop so you can wow all your loved ones and friends with your photographs.

Inclusions:

• 4 hours of relaxing creativity to reignite your inner photographer held over two sessions - 3rd and 10th November 2024.
• Expert guidance from Bewley Shaylor, acclaimed photographer to equip you with basic skills in Lightroom & Photoshop.
• Meaningful connection with like-minded creatives to bring you joy.
• During the workshop we will be shooting in RAW so please make sure your camera is able to do so and have it set to RAW before attending.
  

You'll go home with:

• Knowledge of how to use basic principles of Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop
• A resource list of links to other online tutorials so you can continue creating more advanced techniques in each of the software.
• A lasting feeling of understanding how to enhance your photographs and make your images really pop! 

Skill level: 

• Beginner-friendly
• Perfect for adults
• Great for teens 12+

BEFORE THE FIRST SESSION, PLEASE ENSURE TO:

• Download Photoshop 2024 & Lightroom Classic:
  https://www.adobe.com/au/creativecloud/photography.html?promoid=XKMMH7MW&xProduct=&mv=other&mv2=ahome&xProductLocation=&cchClientLanguage=en&userLanguage=en&productLanguage=en

• Bring along your:
  • Laptop (loaded with Lightroom & Photoshop)
  • Power cords
  • Card reader
  • USB flash drive
  • Camera
  • Charged battery
  • Charger
  • Spare batteries
  • SD card for camera
  • Tripod (optional)
  • Food & drink

About Bewley Shaylor

Bewley Shaylor studied photography in 1984, did his diploma at Mount Lawley TAFE graduating in 1988 and went on to run his own photography business as a Commercial and Editorial Photographer for 36 years. His clients included companies such as Pfizer, Express Publications, Jackson McDonald Law, Snowden Mining and many more including Not For Profit arts organisations such as FORM and PICA. Bewley has also shot for many individual artists in both Australia and Europe.

Bewley has been fortunate in his career to also present photography workshops over the past 16 years both here in Perth and in the Pilbara for FORM, he has also run photography workshops in the far north Kimberley for On The Verandah Kimberley Creative Adventures. His focus for a good photography workshop is to have three main things; to inspire, to learn and to provide a fun time with likeminded people.  

Gentle Chair Yoga, Term 3 2024

This class is a Combination of a few different yoga modalities perfected by Nicki with the option of chair or mat work.

Lets start with who is chair yoga for?
- People who are unable to get down & up from the floor.
- Some elders - if you are an older person who can get down & up from the floor there are parts of the class where you can do that.
- people with mobility issues
- people with balance issues
- wheel chair users
- people with chronic health conditions
- people with low energy

Additionally, staying calm and having high energy levels is difficult in our fast-paced world. It is, however, possible to find peace in the chaos, and have a deeply relaxing life.

Finding time for self-care with such heavy demands on our time often seems unachievable. The good news is that investing time into a yoga practice that teaches mastery of the nervous system, rewards us by reducing stress and increasing energy so we can be more productive.

Slow mindful yoga can be a great tool for cultivating calmness, as well as being an opportunity to gently stretch out tired and tense muscles for a more agile body.

Learn how to pay attention to the messages your body is giving you, and nourish and create resilience in the nervous system.

In these classes, you will do gentle breath-focused movement and meditation, and practice techniques to increase energy levels during the day and wind you down after a busy day to create the conditions for a deep restful sleep.

Please bring your own yoga mat, blanket, cushion and water bottle. And if attending for the first time, please arrive a few minutes early to complete a short form.

If you have questions please contact Nicki directly on 0400373100.

About your teacher: 
Nicki has been teaching yoga and meditation in the Kalamunda area for 10 years. She is degree qualified in dance and movement teaching, and has had training in Kundalini yoga, Yoga for pain and the Neuroscience of Yoga. She will be bringing her own brand of gentle accessible yoga to Roleystone.

Testimonials
“In the last 6 months since attending Nicki’s classes, I feel relaxed, restored, rejuvenated. Her classes are friendly, informative and enjoyable yet Nicki gives focus to you as an individual” - Diana, Gooseberry Hill.

Facebook page is Kalamunda Kundalini Yoga https://www.facebook.com/KalamundaKundaliniYoga 
Instagram page is kalamunda_gentle_yoga https://www.instagram.com/kalamunda_gentle_yoga/ 
Website www.thegentleyogi.com.au

As a not for profit, we rely on minimum numbers for classes/courses. Brownie Points If you share this event with your friends. Group bookings most welcome and thank you to the Community for your support.

Roleystone Community Art Exhibition 2024

ROLEYSTONE COMMUNITY ART EXHIBITION

• 18^th October 2024 – 7:30pm – This is an event for the artists and their guests to enjoy a social event prior to the Saturday mornings opening. An opportunity to thank all the amazing people who have put their hand up to volunteer and make the event successful. Invitation ONLY event.
• 19^th October 2024 Saturday - 10am to 4pm – Day one of public exhibition
• 20^th October 2024 Sunday - 10am to 4pm – Day two of public exhibition

This year, we are showing off many locals artworks, whether it be a painting, sculpture, wool spinning, clay or any art medium you know how to create with.
There is no monetary fee to enter, but you will be required to submit a donated original artwork to be able to participate. It can be one of your works that you already have or one you created especially to raise funds for our local Fire Fighters.

First Step- book your place in the exhibition by purchasing a ticket (dont worry, its free).  Now start getting your artwork ready, and we will be contacting you via email closer to the time for more details. 

When does my artwork for the Auction need to be submitted by?:
Your art exhibition submission entry piece needs to be handed in by Thursday the 3^rd or Friday 4^th October, between 9am and 2pm (no exceptions) Please come to the office in the foyer, stating you have registered and you’re there to hand in your submission for the auction.
Please do not hand in artwork without registering.

What do I write on my artwork when I bring it in?:
We will be emailing you closer to the event to gather information about your individual pieces. 

When do I drop of my artwork pieces for the actual exhibition:
Either Thursday the 17^th or Friday 19^th between 9am to 2pm – If you cannot make those times, please arrange a representative. No other times are available.

When will the exhibition be set up:
It will be all hands on deck at 4pm Friday afternoon – We will be setting up the silent auction pieces on that Friday during the day and will be stored in locked rooms (Lounge & Meeting Rooms) until opening time. 

How many pieces can I submit for the exhibition:
Maximum 5 pieces per person to allow for room for everyone.  Minimum 1 – we are ok if you only have that one piece to submit but still want to be a part of the event.

Can I sell my artwork?
Absolutely you can, we want you to shine!  We will have information put on all artwork. If its not for sale and you just want to show it, we will make sure it is clearly stated.

When do I collect my artwork after the exhibition has finished?
At the completion of the exhibition, you can take your artwork.  No artwork will be allowed to leave the exhibition until it’s completed as we don’t want people coming to an empty exhibit.
You can be there at the end and take straight away, or we will hold your artwork for 48 hours after the exhibition. Collect between 9am to 2pm on the Monday or Tuesday following the exhibition. 

How do I receive payment for my artwork that sell in the exhibition?
We don’t handle the money itself, but we ask everyone who enters to provide us with their details to arrange payment.   There will be a dedicated payment person at the event – look for the right person to purchase the lovely artwork. 

How does the auction work?
This will be a silent auction, where you will be given a number upon registering your details.  We will be doing this online also for those who have registered prior. Anyone bidding who has not registered, their bid will be removed and the previous bid will remain the winning bid, until outbid by a registered bidder.

When can a buyer of the artwork take it?
This is to be arranged with the artist themselves – at the time of interest, we will take your details for the artist to contact you directly.

How safe is my artwork?
The Roleystone Family Centre utilizes CCTV security and will take the utmost care in keeping your artwork secure. We have 2 locked rooms that the artwork will be set up in when no one is in attendance, and participants on the roster will always be present.
In saying this, RNFC takes no responsibility in the unfortunate event that any artwork will go missing or damaged.

I have no artwork, but would love to volunteer to be part of the event, how do I do that?
Send us a message or give us a call and we will welcome any help we can get. We have a roster set up for this.

How do I contribute to the opening night social event?
This is invite only for the artists and organizers, and those invited guests will be emailed an invitation with the details they need to consider.

I’m not in Roleystone, can I still enter?
Yes, but we would like you to have some association with Roleystone, past or present.

How big can the artwork be for the exhibition?
1.5 x 1.5 meters max

How big does the artwork need to be for the Auction?
No limits here really, but please keep in mind we have limited space and also this is a donated pieces, so we know community are generous, but lets keep it to around 1 meters max.

How does the opening night ‘invitation only’ event work?
This we be for registered artists only, their partners/family/plus one and the event organizers.

The question I have isn’t listed here, how do I find out more?
Send an email to contact@roleyfamilycentre.com.au with ‘ART EXHIBITION QUESTION’ in the subject line, or phone us between 9am to 2pm weekdays on 94961115

Now get creating - let your imagination go wild!