Services for Seniors | Bayside Council

Bayside offers local support and services for seniors and people over 50.

Bayside Age-Friendly Community Strategy

Council’s Age-Friendly Community Strategy 2022-2026 set out a four-year plan to ensure all people in Bayside experience the benefits of living longer, safer and healthier and continue to enjoy opportunities to participate in community life.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to contribute to the first Bayside Age-Friendly Community Strategy.

Seniors Centres and Seniors Groups

Our friendly and welcoming seniors centres and seniors groups run activities including:

cultural activities
social activities
recreation
adult learning
health and wellbeing activities.

Specific activities at each centre may include line dancing, ballroom dancing, card games, exercise, coach trips, or educational activities.

New members are always welcome.

For more information, contact your nearest Seniors Citizen Centre or Seniors Group:

Seniors Centres

Ramsgate Seniors Centre
382 Rocky Point Road, Ramsgate
Phone 9529 4288
Contact Mary Debono on 9529 4288 or marymacpherson@bigpond.com

Kogarah West
15 Taylor Street, Kogarah
Contact Tony Wong on 0422 263 416 or tonyksw70@gmail.com

Mascot
Cnr Coward and Aloha Streets, Mascot
Contact Annette on 0407 234 117 or 9693 2200 or mascot.seniorcitizens@gmail.com
Website: www.mascotseniors.com.au

Pagewood
35 Dalley Avenue, Pagewood
Call 0484 644 320 or email pagewoodseniors@gmail.com

Seniors Groups

Fridays Senior Exercise Group: held at the Alf Kay Community Centre in Eastlakes at 9:30am and 10.30am - 9366 366 5
Rockdale Adult Leisure Learning Centre - 0413 793 641
Mature Men's Group - 0413 045 757
Men's Shed - 1300 550 009
Lakes Singers Choir, held Mondays from 1pm at Alf Kay Community Centre in Eastlakes - 9366 3665.

Cultural and Linguistically Diverse Services

The following independent organisations offer services for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds:

Health and Fitness

Finding an exercise-based activity to keep you fit and active is important at all ages, whether its for active fitness, relaxation and stress management or gentle exercise.

The following organisations provide local health and fitness services for seniors:

SHARE: provides a range of exercise classes at locations across Bayside - 8580 0628
Aim for Fitness: a healthy ageing program from NSW Health - 9382 8131
Fridays Senior Exercise Group: held at the Alfred Kaye Centre in Eastlakes at 9:30am and 10.30am - 9366 366 5
Active and Healthy NSW: provides information, advice and a service that helps you find local health activities - MOH-ActiveAgeing@health.nsw.gov.au
Walking Football: available on Wednesdays, 10am-12pm, in McCarthy Reserve, Rockdale. Register your interest by emailing Nic or Frank on rockdale@walksoccer.au

Home Support Services

ome support services are provided through My Aged Care, under the Commonwealth Home Support Program.

My Aged Care can arrange services to help you live independently. When you are ready, they can also help you look into an aged care home.

Contact My Aged Care:

Meals on Wheels, Shopping List Program and Centre Based programs

You can access these services through My Aged Care:

In the Bayside area these services are provided by South Eastern Community Connect and Randwick Meals on Wheels Service.

Home Library Service

If you are unable to visit the Library due to illness, disability or mobility issues, please contact us to arrange home delivery. We can deliver magazines, books, CDs and hearing books.

Seniors in Bayside

People aged 60 years and over make up 19% of the Bayside population, with citizens aged 70 years and over making up 10.5% of the overall population.

This group includes people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. 52% of our senior residents speak a language other than English at home. 8.2% of residents do not speak English fluently and so are more likely to require language and culturally specific services as they age.

More information:

Seniors