Welcome to Our Community of Active People with Parkinsons
About shakethefunup.com
Our Mission
Welcome to Shake the Fun Up, our inclusive community of active People with Parkinson's Disease.
We believe we can build a community through social activities centred around a physical, speech or cognition activity.
We are Sydney-based and hold two activities each month (subject to public holidays):
* First Wednesday morning of each month
* Last Tuesday evening of each month (changed some months due to special events)
We organise activities such as walking, karaoke, pub choir, pub trivia and games day. Each activity is followed by a meal (self-funded). If participants are unable to join in the main activity they are always welcome to join in for the meal
Our Team
The founding members are Shiufong, Paula, David and Sue.
We met in 2022 at a Young Onset Support Group (YOSG)
meeting and became friends. Each of us, like many other
people with Parkinson’s (PWPs), were aware of the positive
impact of exercise and had integrated swimming, PD
Warrior, boxing and gym classes into our regimes of
Parkinson’s disease (PD) management.
We decided to complement the traditional support group meeting, in which generally a speaker presents to an audience of PWPs. We wanted to incorporate activity and greater social interaction between PWPs and decided on holding events whereby each event comprised of an activity that stimulated physical, cognitive or vocal function, and follow this with an opportunity for further engagement over a lunch or dinner together.
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Things we need to say up front
• Shake the Fun Up is unfunded and managed by volunteers.
• Any cost associated with an activity is borne by members participating in the activity.
• Anyone participating in Shake the Fun Up activities must assess their ability to participate in the activity and does so at their own risk.
• In order to minimise internet trolls, we will ask how you heard of us and when you were diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. This is not intended to be intrusive in any way, but to protect those who wish to be part of this vibrant and active community
• Shake the Fun Up is not a Parkinson’s support group. Should you require information on topics such as medication, care, therapy and research, Parkinsons NSW runs support groups and hosts regular information sessions/webinars on these topics. (https://www.parkinsonsnsw.org.au)
Welcome to shakethefunup.com!
Join us on WhatsApp
Stay connected with us on WhatsApp for information on upcoming events and to join the conversation. https://chat.whatsapp.com/D5hRTM6VofW2ioSePIjZtw
Contact Us
Have questions or comments? Join us on WhatsApp or email ShakeTheFunUp@gmail.com