Carer Friendly Communities

Three in five of us will care for someone during our lifetime and we all know someone who is caring right now. We work to educate our community to ensure that today’s carers are recognised, valued and supported and the carers of tomorrow are ready. See some examples of carer friendly communities in action below.

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Volunteers discuss the benefits of volunteering and giving back.

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Dawn’s Volunteering Story

“The satisfaction in volunteering is sometimes just the fact that you’ve done something. It’s lovely mixing with different people, so refreshing to hear about their lives and understand what they’re going through. Volunteering opens your eyes, in a nice way, it’s not at all miserable.”

Read Dawn’s volunteering journey at the Carers’ Centre

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“I feel I’m part of a team working to make things better for carers”

Margaret – volunteer and carer

“Through supporting the Carers’ Centre, I’ve been able to appreciate things I don’t currently have to face that carers do. I’ve also learnt a lot more about young carers. I had no idea some carers are so young, sometimes 4, 5, 6 years old, taking on carer roles and that’s kind of amazing to me.”

Carmen, volunteer

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