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Council Involvement with Senior Citizens Centres & Seniors Clubs
Report on 2013 Survey of Victorian Councils
March 2013
Jan Bruce
Positive Ageing Policy Adviser
Elderly Citizens Centres
• Long history• Older Persons Welfare Council (now COTA) actively
involved• State government subsidies post WWII• Councils had management responsibility for
subsidised clubs• Benevolent role of clubs:• 1982 – name changed to Senior Citizens Club• 1985 – moved to HACC program
History of Senior Citizens Club Numbers
1947 – 1 centre in Fitzroy
1948 – South Melbourne Council first to establish a centre
1970 – 182 centres – 30,000+ members
1985 – 376 centres – 56,000+ members
1986 – 379 centres – 57,000+ members
2012 – 288 centres – 55,000+ members
Plus in 2012 an additional:
68,000 members of ethno specific groups &
65,000 people as members of other seniors groups
MAV Survey
• 75 councils responded (95% response rate)• Range of information sought
– Number of buildings– Number and type of seniors clubs– Reviews, research, evaluations undertaken– Membership numbers of seniors clubs– Support provided by councils to clubs– Provision of meals to clubs– The issues facing councils around seniors facilities and
clubs
Buildings Used by Seniors Clubs
Total Metro Councils Rural & Regional City
Councils
No. % No. % No. %
Dedicated Senior Citizens buildings owned by council 288 45% 137 38% 151 55%
Other council owned facilities used by seniors groups 347 55% 221 62% 126 45%
100% 100% 100%
Total Council owned buildings 635 58% 358 52% 277 69%
Buildings not owned by council but used by seniors groups 451 42% 327 48% 124 31%
Totals 1,086 100% 683 100% 401 100%
Seniors Clubs
Estimated Number of
clubs
% of seniors
clubs
Metro Rural
Senior Citizens clubs 852 35% 639 (33%) 213 (38%)
Ethno specific Seniors clubs
735 30% 713 (38%) 22 (4%)
Other clubs 859* 35% 538 (29%) 321 (58%)
Estimated Total 2446 100% 1890 (77%) 556 (23%)
Club Membership
Estimates for Victoria
Estimates –Metro
Estimates -Rural
Senior citizens clubs 55,700 42,200 (27%) 13,500 (46%)
Ethno specific seniors clubs
68,000 66,800 (42%) 1,200 (4%)
Other** 65,000* 50,000 (31%) 14,700 (50%)
Total 188,700** 159,000 (100%) 29,400 (100%)
Older people and seniors club membership
Total Metro Rural
Over 60’s population (ABS Census 2011)
1,055,000 728,500 326,800
Location of over 60’s in Victoria 69% 31%
Estimated % of over 60’s as seniors citizen club member
5% 6% 4%
% of over 60’s as ethno-specific seniors club members
6% 9% 0.4%
% of all other seniors club members
6% 7% 5%
% of over 60’s as members of some type of senior's club
18% 22% 9%
Council support provided to seniors groups
Grants to support clubs with their activities
Rent subsidies for use of council owned facilities
Regularly bring seniors clubs together
Full-time position with part support role
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
69 69
52
44
74 74 74
6466 66
36
30
Council Support to Seniors Groups % of Councils - (1) All Council
Metro
Rural
Support provided by councils
Council provides rental assistance to some seniors clubs using facili-
ties not owned by council
Council regularly provides group based meals to clubs
Council assists some clubs with their management and reporting
responsibilities
Part-time position with part of role dedicated to supporting
clubs
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
39 39 37 35
4542
393534 36 36 34
Council Support to Seniors Groups % of Councils - (2)
All councilsMetroRural
Provision of Meals
Frequency of Group Meal Provision
Number of Councils
(n=35)daily 7
about once per week 25
about once a fortnight 4
about once per month 12
special occasions 10
rarely 7
Provision of Meals
daily about once per week about once a fortnight about once per month special occasions 0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
4
17
3
9
5
0
8
1
5
33
6
1
5
6
Number of councils providing meals to clubs & frequency of meal provision
Senior Citizen Clubs
Ethno Specific Clubs
Other groups
Council review of seniors clubs and centre issues
Number of councils %
Utilisation and management of seniors clubs
35 64%
Increasing recreation and social opportunities for a more diverse membership
29 53%
Meeting regulations and legislative requirements around food handling
24 44%
Meeting regulations and legislative requirements in relation to disability access
26 47%
More equitable use of council resources to support seniors groups
24 44%
Issues for Councils
-1
9
19
29
39
49
59
69
79
4341
39
2624
Very Important Seniors Citizens Centre and Club Issues - Number of Councils
Issues for Councils
Difficulty finding people to take on club management roles
Unable to attract new members and declining in size
Sense of ownership of buildings limits their use by others
Increasing demand for facilities for new seniors activities
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
77
62
52
4541
5052
23
Chart 1Very Important Seniors Citizens Centre and Club Issues -
% Metropolitan (n=31) & Rural (n=44)metro
rural
Issues for Councils
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
4542
3229
18
30
2325
Chart 2Very Important Seniors Citizens Centre and Club Issues -
% Metropolitan (n=31 & Rural(n=44) - 2
metro
rural
• Strong interest in a forum to discuss the issue
• May 17th tentative date to get some councils together to discuss issues with each other and seniors groups
• Session to be held at the MAV