By Marcus Uhe
The Endeavour Hills Deaf Hub will host an Open Day on Sunday 22 May from 10am to 4pm.
A number of free activities will be available including Basketball, Netball, Volleyball, Zumba and Badminton clinics, hosted by relevant sporting bodies for the deaf community such as Deaf Basketball Australia and Deaf Netball Victoria.
Tours of the venue will run from 11am, 12.30pm 1.30pm and 2.20pm, and information sessions will run from 10.30am, 11.30am, 2pm and 2.30pm.
The Deaf Hub, in collaboration with Deaf Victoria, Casey Deaf Club, Endeavour Hills Neighbourhood Centre and Endeavour Hills Leisure Centre, seeks to provide more localised services to Melbourne’s South-Eastern Suburbs.
Deaf Sports Australia was able to secure funding for the Deaf Hub in March.
“This hub project is a way to bring the community back together through offering various sport, recreation, community and social development programs and provide a ‘return to community’ initiative,” General Manager for Deaf Sports Australia, Phil Harper, said.
The hub addresses social, mental, and physical health concerns through providing access to various sport, recreation, advocacy, community information and development programs to support deaf and hard of hearing Victorians including seniors, women, families, school-aged children, young people, deaf people with other disabilities or from a LGBTIQ and CALD background and the community as a whole, Deaf Sports Australia said.
The Endeavour Hills Deaf Hub is located at the Endeavour Hills Neighbourhood Centre 10 Raymond McMahon Boulevard.
