Team-based volunteering is a fun, interesting and meaningful way for Woodside employees to engage with each other in non-traditional settings outside the office. It also gives teams the opportunity to support community organisations by completing a worthwhile project that will last well beyond their single volunteer day.
St John of God Horizon House provides accommodation, support and care for young people between the ages of 16-22. The social outreach aims to break the cycle of homelessness and prepare young people for independent living. There are several houses in Western Australia and a team from Woodside were given the opportunity to visit and help at Horizon House, a house in Perth’s Northern Suburbs.
Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre is a not for profit organisation committed to the protection and welfare of native wildlife. On 13 October the Producing Assests and Gas Forecasting team headed to Kanyana to make possum boxes, mulch animal enclosures, prepare food for the animals, and do some general grounds keeping.
Meerilinga Children and Family Centres are a hub for child focussed learning programs and family based services. Each Centre has several services for children and families which include Early Learning programs, Playgroups, Parenting Support and Speech Therapy among others.
The Performance Excellence team spent a Friday afternoon in September gardening at Brightwater Transition Aged Care in Kingsley. Brightwater houses transitional residents with varying degrees of aging or neurological disabilities such as dementia, aiming to provide them with the means, knowledge, opportunity and strength to achieve their goals and enjoy life’s possibilities.