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Published on Thursday 3 May, 2018

It was ladies to the front this month as Lifestyle Solutions’ staff and people we support across our organisation celebrated and recognised the importance of International Women’s Day and this year’s inspiring theme ‘Press for Progress’.

Held on 8 March, International Women’s Day is all about celebrating the achievements of women and uniting everyone as we move towards gender equality and inclusivity in all aspects of life.

Several our community hubs, residential care and support centres in NSW, QLD, TAS and WA hosted events on the day and we would like to thank all staff for their support of this wonderful cause. 

Here is a quick snapshot of some of the events across Lifestyle Solutions…

To celebrate the day, the lovely team at our Matgrass residential care service in Woy Woy, NSW held an afternoon tea, requesting that they be treated like Princesses, from the male staff.

The ladies of Matgrass were spoilt with crowns, tiaras and bling to be worn as they ate their culinary delights.

“I am wearing my crown today proud to be part of such a wonderful team, surrounded by such strong, inspirational women and men,” said Nurse Manager of Matgrass, Jodie Pavett.

Our community hubs in Wallsend and Port Stephens had a great day celebrating International Women’s Day.

It was all purple at the Wallsend Hub, with everything from purple outfits to purple flowers, balloons and streamers. The people we support even enjoyed purple pikelets with purple jam and a sausage sizzle with purple coleslaw.

“We had a great day celebrating International Women’s Day at the Wallsend Hub. After our purple-themed lunch, it was smiles and laughter all round as the people we support and staff interacted with balloon games,” said acting Hub Coordinator, Caroline Sheens.

Activities were equally exciting over in Port Stephens where people we support went shopping at Kmart to buy presents for the special women in their lives. The gifts were then wrapped with personalised cards and decorations such as love heart stamps and pictures.

The other activity on the day was shopping for ingredients and decorating biscuits to take to their favourite women, which were covered in coloured icing, edible butterflies and sprinkles.

“In the following days, some individuals did research and a presentation on inspirational women such as Bethany Hamilton and Oprah Winfrey. This group also suggested they want to do inspirational men next,” said Hub Coordinator, Becky O’Leary.

Our offices around the country celebrated with morning teas and lunches throughout the day run by our supportive male staff.

Each office joined together to celebrate the wonderful contribution our female staff make at Lifestyle Solutions.

Men in the Hobart Service Centre provided afternoon tea in honour of the day for female staff and people we support. Neal Phillips, Employment Consultant at Lifestyle Solutions, spoke about the significance of the day.

“I encourage everyone to take a moment to honour the extraordinary contribution women make to society in general and to disability care in particular,” said Neal.  

Our National Support Centre and Newcastle Office spent the morning spoiling their female counterparts with a feast for ages with Daniel Kiriakidis and Anthony Sampaklis leading the day.

“It was great to see Lifestyle Solutions celebrate this special day throughout the organisation. By stopping to hold a morning tea or luncheon, it was a great opportunity to reflect and recognise the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women,” said Daniel,

“There was an overwhelming consensus that gender inequalities still present in society are unacceptable and accelerating gender parity is imperative.”

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