Older people

Ageing in Australia can and should be a time of possibility, opportunity and influence. Older people play a vital role in the Sunshine Coast community. Council recognises and respects the significant contribution older people make to the region.    

Healthy Sunshine Coast  has a large variety of health and wellbeing activities that are suitable for older people.

Check out the Healthy Sunshine Coast health and wellbeing activities.

Resources and services available for older people

• Heart Foundation Walking offer community-based walking groups with free weekly organised walks in your local area.
• Healthy Ageing Partnerships is a Sunshine Coast collaboration that brings together older people and industry partners to share information on positive ageing activities and services.
• LiveUp is a national platform designed to help you reimagine, reset and reconnect with living your life to the fullest.
• Footprints community work with vulnerable people, including older people, those that experience disability, mental illness and those at risk of homelessness, to access government and community support services. 
• Transport for older people including information support services, public transport and safety.
• Pensioner concessions for rates and pet registrations
• Access, inclusion and disability provides information on accessible recreation, tourism, transport and services, including the Accessible beach program. 
• Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS) involves visiting older people to provide friendship and companionship. Find out how it works, how to become a volunteer and how to request a visit. 
• Queensland Government Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
• Council of the Ageing Queensland

my strength and balance! Workshop

Healthy Sunshine Coast is proud to present my strength and balance! Workshop as part of the program.

Scheduled at three different locations across the Sunshine Coast (Coolum Beach, Landsborough and Caloundra) in October 2026 for Seniors Month, my strength and balance! Workshop is a falls prevention community workshop, with the long-term objective to support independence in over 65s.

An over-65 accredited Exercise Physiologist, Dr Elizabeth Pressick, will introduce participants to the importance of leg strength and balance, design their own individualised home program, all in the context of healthy ageing and the highly evidenced and successful Otago Exercise Program.

Participants take home a Workshop Handout, Practical Booklet (with all the exercises) and Thera band (stretch exercise band).

Cost is only $5 per workshop.

DATES:   

1. Coolum: Tuesday 13 October - Coolum Beach Uniting Church, 22 Elizabeth St, Coolum Beach

2. Landsborough: Tuesday 20 October - Landsborough School of Arts Memorial Hall, 485 Old Landsborough Rd, Landsborough

3. Caloundra: Monday 26 October - Caloundra CWA Hall, 17 Kalinga St, Caloundra

TIME:              9.30am - 11.30am

COST:             $5 per workshop

BOOKINGS :  HERE  

ENQUIRIES:  [email protected]