November

Feature story
Issue 4 / 2012
Wintalyka
Blayney Meals on Wheels Finds a New Home
By Godfrey Mc Cormick
Blayney Meals on Wheels was recently forced to find a new home after their previous office in the
local hospital was not adequate for their future needs. Manager, Suellen managed to persuade the
local Council to lease them an empty house next to the recently completed Community Centre. The
building required some repairs and maintenance and a condition of the lease was that the expense
of the repairs and maintenance was the responsibility of the service. Money was negotiated for
this through ADHC and corporate sponsorship through Cadia Valley Mines for improvements and
furniture. A volunteer handyman has painted and tiled the place and from the funds from ADHC
furniture has been purchased for the lounge including a dining table and chairs and comfortable
sofas. It is intended to use this space as a drop in centre and augment their social support
program. It is envisaged that there will be social activities and coffee making facilities as there is a
good kitchen. Movies and DVDs are also on the cards and people will feel free to carry out crafts
and knitting there, and relieve social isolation. This is a good example of the combined synergy of
social support funding and food service funding to provide seamless support for clients’ social and
nutritional needs.
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