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Healthy Mind Mondays: Sunshine
Now that we are coming into warmer weather it’s important to make sure we are getting outside, soaking up the sun and getting some fresh air. Exposure to sunlight is thought to [...]
Get Active Victoria
Free online workouts, challenges and more at Get Active Victoria. The Victorian Government has launched Get Active Victoria, a new initiative to inspire all of us to move more, every [...]
Find Your 30 – Tiny Trainer Challenge
Finding your 30 minutes of physical activity a day can lead to a happier and healthier lifestyle for you and your family. If you are at home, you can still [...]
Workouts, Wellness and Nutrition at Home
Live Life Get Active’s new online offering brings welcoming, non-intimidating exercise sessions for you to enjoy in the comfort of your home or garden, at any time! Everything is free [...]
Beginner Cycling & Running Tips – This Girl Can Vic
Thinking about getting onto a bike or trying out some running while at home? This Girl Can Victoria have put together a couple videos to help you get back on the [...]
Stay Active at Home Sessions
Disability Sports Australia has put together a wide range of fitness, sports and dancing sessions you can follow at home to keep active while social distancing. This list is continually updated, so be sure to check back [...]
Bollywood Dance Workshop
Always wanted to try Bollywood dancing? Now’s your chance – all from the comfort of home! Whether you’re looking for fun or fitness, this free dance class from Aakash Somani at 8.8 Dance Studio [...]
Chair & Low Impact Exercises at Home
Join in these easy to follow chair based and low impact exercises sessions from WynActive to get you moving, having fun, and enjoying the benefits of some activity at home - All without the impact on your joints. [...]
Can exercise boost your immune system?
The Exercise Right team explore the benefits of exercising for our immune system and highlight the benefits of staying active during the colder winter months. Find out more
Ways to be more active at work
Living a sedentary lifestyle can be dangerous to your health. It increases your chances of being overweight, developing type 2 diabetes or heart disease, and experiencing depression and anxiety. If [...]
Gymnastics for all abilities – Aerobase Community
Aerobase Community is a follow on from Gymnastics Victoria’s award-winning Aerobase program. Specifically designed for adults with a disability, Aerobase Community is a five-part online exercise program designed to get you moving and grooving in a fun [...]
Home Exercises to Improve Your Posture
Posture is so much more than just sitting up straight. Our posture is important because it gives us feedback about where we have been with our bodies. It lets you [...]
Active Abilities Series
Sport NSW is delighted to announce the launch of the Active Abilities Series – by people with a disability, for people with a disability. The Program features three levels: 10-minute introductory, 15-minute intermediate [...]
AAA Play – Find an Activity for Home
AAA Play is here to help you get more active. You can search for a nearby accessible sport or activity on the website as restrictions are lifted, or find a suitable and convenient activity for home. [...]
Learn to Swing Dance with Swing Patrol
This is the most fun you’ll have all week! Scott and Arrianne from Swing Patrol have put together an online tutorial for beginners, to have you up and dancing in just thirty minutes. [...]
Dancing Classes – WynActive
Get the body moving and grooving with these fun and active Dance based classes from the WynActive team. Freestyle Dance Dance Class #1 Dance Class #2 Barre Class
Breathing Space
Find a little moment of calm and relaxation in you day. Take a little time to ‘get out of your head’ and be kind on yourself with some simple [...]
Yoga & Stretching at Home – WynActive
Take some time out to relax your mind, reduce your stress levels and stretch out your muscles with a variety of Yoga and Stretching inspired sessions. Yoga Class #1 Stretch [...]
Pilates & Core Workouts – WynActive
This mix of workouts presented by WynActive are focused on developing a strong core and can be done anywhere: Core Workout Pilates #3 (Class) Pilates #2 Pilates #1 Pilates #3 [...]
Quick Workouts – WynActive
These workouts presented by WynActive are great if you only have a short amount (less than 30 minutes) of times and wanting some ideas to get active today. Family Workout [...]
WynActive Classes at Home
Looking for a bit of fun while you get your activity in for the day? Join in with WynActive as their Coaches & Instructors take you through a variety of [...]
Female workouts for all levels – This Girl Can Vic
If you’re feeling well, regular physical activity is great for your mental and physical health. Join in with Ambassadors from This Girl Can Vic for a workout at home. Great [...]
Tips on Setting Up a Gym at Home
While we can't get together in some of the places and do some of the activities we love, including the gym, why not use some items around the house during [...]
Special Olympics School of Strength
Welcome to the Special Olympics School of Strength Here you can work out with these videos to help you stay fit and reach your athletic goals. Watch them in order [...]
Time to give that old bike a new lease on life?
With a bit more time spent at home now, what a great opportunity to give your bike an extra bit of love and care. You might have an old bike [...]
Wellah Workout Series
Spark Health is an Aboriginal owned and led social enterprise (profit for purpose business) specialising in health promotion and meaningful Aboriginal Community engagement. The team are experts in designing, developing [...]
Mindfulness Meditation at Home
Meditation can be wonderful for stress reduction, emotional health and enhancing self-awareness. Enjoy 6 minutes of mindfulness with Kristie from WynActive.
Werribee Obedience Dog Club Training Video #1 – Bridging & Focus
The Werribee Obedience Dog Club have put together a series of videos to help you with the basics of training your dog at home. This video is all about 'Bridging [...]
Exercise Tips from Exercise & Sports Science Australia
With a range of restrictions currently in place to keep the nation healthy from the COVID-19 pandemic, Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) is reminding all Australians about the importance [...]
Daggy Dancing
Wyndham, let’s shake it off, shake it off! Jacq of All Trades shows us how to shake, shimmy and moonwalk our way to a good time. Find out more [...]
Riding a Bike – Quick Guide to Getting Started
There are many reasons to ride a bicycle, and with the Government advising that exercise is a suitable reason to be leaving the house, it’s a great time to think [...]
In Home Work – Scope Disability Australia Ep. 1
Brenton, aka Strong Beard, from Strength for Disability works with clients from Scope Australia in the gym to get you strong and fit. During the lockdown, they have created a video series with some [...]
Choose the way you move – Move My Way
Move My Way is a physical activity program that gives you the option to choose when and where you move. Move My Way is low intensity and is designed to [...]
Be Healthy Tips and Advice from VicHealth
Be Healthy is a blog created by VicHealth for people looking for information they can trust on the topics of healthy eating, physical activity, mental wellbeing and reducing harm from [...]
Kids & Family Fun
Find Your 30 – Tiny Trainer Challenge
Looking for some inspiration to get active outdoors or at home? Wyndham City with the help of the WynActive Health & Fitness team have created a series of Activity Cards for the [...]
Tuning in Tuesdays- Emotional resilience
This week we are encouraging you to tune in to emotional resilience. This will help your young person to manage those strong emotions like change, fear, worry and disappointment. As [...]
Healthy Mind Mondays: Candle Making
When we make candles it’s important to take some time to be able to focus on what we are doing. The motions of mixing, pouring and waiting for the lovely [...]
Wynnies Art Prize 2021
The Wynnies Kids’ Art Prize 2021 entries are now open! Now in its third year, Wynnies is an annual kid’s art competition run by Wyndham Art Gallery for Wyndham residents [...]
Banana and Strawberry Nice-Cream
In this recipe Adele shows us a delicious Banana and Strawberry Nice-Cream desert that makes use of any remaining fruits that may otherwise go to waste. Best of all you [...]
Get Active Victoria
Free online workouts, challenges and more at Get Active Victoria. The Victorian Government has launched Get Active Victoria, a new initiative to inspire all of us to move more, every [...]
Thrive: Active Living Program
Victorian University's Thrive online program provides activities to improve your health and keep you active. This includes the great Kids Blast Program, a series of live and pre-recorded videos for the [...]
Find Your 30 – Tiny Trainer Challenge
Finding your 30 minutes of physical activity a day can lead to a happier and healthier lifestyle for you and your family. If you are at home, you can still [...]
Gymnastics Fitness at Home
Gymnastics Victoria’s Fitness At Home is an inclusive series of warm up videos for children to follow while at home. The free videos have been made to help children continue working on [...]
Run, Jump and Throw Yourself Into It
A series of 24 short videos aimed to assist coaches, little athletes, teachers and parents to help teach and learn the basic fundamental skills of a variety of running, jumping [...]
Soccer Drills at Home – Williams Landing FC
Williams Landing Football Club have put together some mini drills you can do at home with a ball to improve your skills. Begin following on with the Warm Up video to get yourself [...]
Kids Workout at Home
This super fun kids workout from WynActive was designed and created by 8-year-old Zara! She has put together a really great workout perfect for kids of all ages to join in.
Gymnastics for kids at home – Aerobase Gymnastics
The award-winning Aerobase is a fun, introductory Aerobics program for kids, schools and groups brought to you by Gymnastics Victoria. Aerobase has six instructional lessons that run for 10-15 minutes, so [...]
Wellness Guide for Teens
Are you a young person looking for more resources on wellbeing? Wyndham Libraries now have an Online Wellness Guide with a variety of reading suggestions, fun things to do at home, [...]
Mini Movers Sessions
Grab a ball, head outside and get active with these fun games! Mini Movers brings you sessions you can do at home with the kids! There are chances throughout the video [...]
Resilience Gymnastics – Online Classes
Resilience Gymnastics are providing live online gymnastics classes for boys and girls via Zoom. All classes are $10 each and are led by a qualified gymnastics coach. They have a [...]
5 Ways to Stay Active as a Family
While the weekly routine of local sport competitions, swimming lessons or dance classes might not be running as usual, physical activity for kids is as important as ever before. Being [...]
Free Online Netball Clinics for Kids
Join the netball community from all over Australia in these free kids online clinics every Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:00am-3:00pm. Each clinic includes Netball specific workouts, skills, fitness, nutrition and [...]
Werribee Obedience Dog Club Training Video #1 – Bridging & Focus
The Werribee Obedience Dog Club have put together a series of videos to help you with the basics of training your dog at home. This video is all about 'Bridging [...]
Daggy Dancing
Wyndham, let’s shake it off, shake it off! Jacq of All Trades shows us how to shake, shimmy and moonwalk our way to a good time. Find out more [...]
Werribee Obedience Dog Club Training Video Series
The Werribee Obedience Dog Club have put together a series of videos to help you with the basics of training your dog at home. This is accessible via their Facebook and [...]
True North Portal
True North is a new website that houses a series of short video clips featuring sportspeople sharing their personal values and life journeys to help inspire young people across Australia, [...]
The Huddle Activity Book
The team at The Huddle are providing all kids and families their Play Book full of fun and entertaining activities that can be completed over time with the help of [...]
Why West is Best
Our footy family and the wider community are facing some challenging times. However, we are still working towards the 2020 season and we are encouraging you to stay active during [...]
Mini Movers Challenges
Join the team from Mini Movers for challenges that are perfect for all kindergarten kids to get active and entertained around the home! Challenge #1 Challenge #2 Challenge #3 Challenge [...]
Western United FC – Virtual Hangout!
Introducing the WUWU Virtual Hangout! During this time of social isolation, it's important that the Green & Black family stays united. Sadly, they can't visit the kids at school or [...]
Sport
Kick It with Victory
The Kick It with Victory online resource provides participants with football sessions which encourage them to remain active at home and to learn and develop new and existing skills When [...]
Footy Fit Football at Home Videos
FOOTYFIT Football is your training community where you can improve your skills, fitness and knowledge of the game to help take you to the next level. Our programs focus on [...]
interACTIVE Community Classes
Missing your football fix? Check out Werribee interACTIVE Community Classes which are now available on the Werribee Football Club YouTube Channel There are a variety of sessions you can do at home with the family anytime! These are also designed [...]
Mini Movers Sessions
Grab a ball, head outside and get active with these fun games! Mini Movers brings you sessions you can do at home with the kids! There are chances throughout the video [...]
Special Olympics School of Strength
Welcome to the Special Olympics School of Strength Here you can work out with these videos to help you stay fit and reach your athletic goals. Watch them in order [...]
Free Online Netball Clinics for Kids
Join the netball community from all over Australia in these free kids online clinics every Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9:00am-3:00pm. Each clinic includes Netball specific workouts, skills, fitness, nutrition and [...]
Football Play at Home Challenge
While it is important to practise social distancing during this time of uncertainty, it has never been more important to be active, connect with each other and keep your skills [...]
Wyndham Basketball Online Coaching Clinics
As a way to keep coaches across the country engaged and connected, Wyndham Basketball are coordinating a series of weekly FREE Online Coaches Clinics, featuring some of Australia’s best coaching [...]
NAB AFL Auskick at Home
Warm ups, obstacle courses, kicking, marking, tapping practice - NAB AFL Auskick at Home has it all. Join some AFL & AFLW stars for some skills at home. Sessions with [...]
Werribee Football Club: Practicing at Home
Want to keep your footy skills sharp? ‘Choco’ has you covered with some help from Essendon star Dylan Shiel! Proudly brought to you by The Gordon. Mark Williams: Check out these [...]
#HockeyatHome with Hockey Australia
Hockey Australia (HA) is producing a series of daily unique hockey video content aimed at helping you and your family keep healthy, active, engaged and entertained. Watch now
Walking Football
Walking Football is a program run in partnership with Active Ageing Australia offering a social, small sided and sustainable version of football specifically modified for older Australians. To help support [...]
Football Skills Hub for Players
Football Federation Australia, in collaboration with Member Federations, has launched the official Skills Hub as another component of the #PlayAtHomeChallenge. The Skills Hub allows you to stay connected with the [...]
Werribee Obedience Dog Club Training Video Series
The Werribee Obedience Dog Club have put together a series of videos to help you with the basics of training your dog at home. This is accessible via their Facebook and [...]
True North Portal
True North is a new website that houses a series of short video clips featuring sportspeople sharing their personal values and life journeys to help inspire young people across Australia, [...]
Western United FC – Virtual Hangout!
Introducing the WUWU Virtual Hangout! During this time of social isolation, it's important that the Green & Black family stays united. Sadly, they can't visit the kids at school or [...]
Player Resources – Wyndham Basketball Association
Wyndham Basketball have produced a number of skill challenge videos to suit any age and ability. You can do these in your own home and they provide a mix of [...]
Active Aging
2020 Seniors Festival Reimagined
Due to the COVID-19 State of Emergency restrictions, this year the Seniors Festival is being brought direct to you a little differently. Whilst there are no face to face events [...]
Chair & Low Impact Exercises at Home
Join in these easy to follow chair based and low impact exercises sessions from WynActive to get you moving, having fun, and enjoying the benefits of some activity at home - All without the impact on your joints. [...]
Home Exercises to Improve Your Posture
Posture is so much more than just sitting up straight. Our posture is important because it gives us feedback about where we have been with our bodies. It lets you [...]
Recently Returned Podcast: In Conversation with Marcus Riley
Author and ageing advocate Marcus Riley joins librarian Sophie for this special guest episode of Recently Returned. They talk about his book Booming: A Life-Changing Philosophy for Ageing Well; ageism; tips on [...]
Safe Exercise at Home
Physical Activity for older Australians is a great way to continue moving functionally at home, reducing the risk of falls and supporting mental wellbeing. During covid-19 it can be difficult to find ways to [...]
Fitter for Life Gymnastics
Fitter for Life is a fun class that aims to help you improve your mobility, strength and coordination; the activities in the program can be catered to you and tailored [...]
Health & Wellness for Seniors
The Live Well has put together a series of great workouts, exercises and videos for senior Australians to keep active at home. There is a wide variety of options to [...]
Yoga & Stretching at Home – WynActive
Take some time out to relax your mind, reduce your stress levels and stretch out your muscles with a variety of Yoga and Stretching inspired sessions. Yoga Class #1 Stretch [...]
Walking Football
Walking Football is a program run in partnership with Active Ageing Australia offering a social, small sided and sustainable version of football specifically modified for older Australians. To help support [...]