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Balwyn Evergreen Centre - BVRC

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The Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre is advertising this role on behalf of The Balwyn Evergreen Centre.

Evergreen Connections Visits is a community visitors program that matches volunteer visitors with eligible older people who are experiencing loneliness and social isolation across Eastern Melbourne.

It's a wonderful opportunity for us to help vulnerable members of the community and ease the burden of social isolation, which we know can lead to poor health outcomes. With regular visits, both volunteers and older people can build meaningful connections and make a real difference in each other's lives.

Details:

  • Spend time with an older person - visits can be weekly or fortnightly, with a minimum of 20 visits per year
  • Visits can happen either on site at Balwyn Evergreen, in the older person’s home or in their residential aged care facility
  • Get to know each other, have a chat, share a common interest, go for a coffee/walk
  • Build connections and belonging to your community
  • Know you're making a real difference to someone's life and your own

You don’t need any special skills, just a willingness to spend time with someone. Balwyn Evergreen provides full and ongoing support to make sure you and the older person are the right fit. This role is flexible, based on when you’re available to visit. It could be during your lunch break or on the weekend, we don’t mind just as long as it’s regular.

This program is part of the Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme and funded by the Australian Government.