Education Courses
WILD AT HEART MUSIC COURSE
When: Wednesdays 12:00pm – 3.00pm
Where: Sol Green Community Centre, Cnr Montague & Coventry St, South Melbourne.
Bookings Essential: phone us on 8598 6600 to reserve your spot.
Develop your musical, songwriting, recording and performing skills at these group classes in South Melbourne. Great opportunity to connect with other musicians and have fun playing the instruments you love.
What you will learn:
- Songwriting
- Recording
- Playing with others
- Performance
- In past years groups have gone onto perform live gigs.
Contact us to join (03) 8598 6600
WORK THIS WAY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
When: Wednesdays 12:00pm – 2:00pm
When: Thursdays 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Where: 14 Acland St, St Kilda
Bookings Essential: phone us on 8598 6600 to reserve your spot.
Get hands on, practical experience in either Cooking or Gardening, with the potential to move into work experience with a local employer. Along the way you will have opportunities to obtain relevant certificates such as Safe Food Handling, RSA and First Aid.
This is a fantastic program for those looking to upskill, change careers or take a step towards gaining employment.
What you will learn:
COOKING STREAM
- Food safety
- Responsible Service of Alcohol
- Cooking for groups
- Catering, and more.
GARDENING STREAM
- Growing from seed
- Planting
- Maintenance gardening
- Selling produce at market, and more.
For eligibility and further information please call (03) 8598 6600 or click the button below:
COMPUTER CLASSES
When: Mondays, 1:30pm -3:30pm
Where: Alma Road Community House – 200 Alma Road, St Kilda East
Bookings Essential: phone us on 8598 6600 to reserve your spot.
When: Thursdays, 2:00pm -4:00pm
Where: 161 Chapel St, St Kilda
Bookings Essential: phone us on 8598 6600 to reserve your spot.
Online classes also available!
Get connected to the digital world and expand your horizons. Our classes are welcoming, accessible and open to all levels of computer literacy. If you find using computers and getting online intimidating, then this class is for you!
What you will learn:
- Social media
- Search engines
- Job search
- Online banking and paying bills
- Connecting with family and friends digitally
- …and more!
For eligibility and further information please call (03) 8598 6600 or click the button below:
ART CLASSES
When: Thursdays, 1.00 – 3.00pm
Venue: Alma Road Community House, 200 Alma Road, St Kilda East
Bookings Essential: phone us on 8598 6600 to reserve your spot.
Bring out your inner creativity! Create different forms of art by mastering different techniques in painting, mosaic and more. No prior art experience necessary
What you will learn:
- Develop techniques in drawing, mosaics, painting, lino-cut, mixed media.
- Create your own artwork.
- Display your work.
- Learn about the visual arts industry.
For eligibility and further information please call (03) 8598 6600 or click the button below:
FAMILY IN FOCUS ONLINE COURSE
Self paced learning, join any time!
The Family in Focus course is for parents who want to build on knowledge, and explore new skills that they can pass this on to their children. There will be a range of modules available in the coming months, including Digital Literacy and Resilience.
The first module, Financial Wellbeing is available now. The first 8 people to register will receive a free copy of the Barefoot Investor for Families book.
What you will learn:
- My relationship with money.
- Managing debt.
- Building savings.
- Teaching my children about money.
For eligibility and further information please call (03) 8598 6600 or click the button below:
PORT TO PIER BLOGGING COURSE
When: Tuesdays 9.30am – 12.00pm
Venue: 219 Esplanade East, Port Melbourne
Learn how to create a blog and share it online with others.
What you will learn:
- Simple audio, visual and text content for blogs.
- Basic recording and editing techniques through interviewing.
- Photography skills, image creation and illustration for web.
- Writing techniques.
- Pre and post production skills.
- Uploading to digital platform.
For eligibility and further information please call (03) 8598 6600 or click the button below:
Whilst face to face classes were on hold, our team put together some online resources for you to engage with. These short videos cover financial topics as well as health and wellbeing through COVID-19.
Topics:
- Managing your energy bills;
- Mental wellbeing and COVID-19;
- Dealing with debt;
- Borrowing money.
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Recreational Activities
When: Tuesdays at 2pm
Cost: $5.00, bookings are essential
Venue: ONLINE via Zoom (usually at PCYC: 179 Inkerman St, St Kilda)
Do something for your health and wellbeing and meet some new people along the way. Classes are run in a welcoming and non-judgmental space and all levels are encouraged to join!
Classes are currently being held online via Zoom and include time for a group catch up. Come along to connect with other like-minded folk.
To join, please fill in the information form and email it to info-support@ppcg.org.au
When: Saturdays, every 5-6 weeks (all day activity)
Next Session: Saturday 11 September, 2021
Cost: $6.00, bookings are essential
Venue: Various locations within 2 hours driving from the City of Port Phillip
Escape the city, enjoy the beauty and tranquility of the bush and some gentle exercise. Lunch is provided. Transport is in a mini bus with pick up points in Port Phillip.
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