amcs volunteer visiting program
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AMCS Volunteer Visiting Program in EnglishTRANSCRIPT
Friendly Visiting Program
General Contact
Australian Multicultural Community Services Inc. Suite 111, 44-56 Hampstead Road Maidstone, VIC 3012
Phone 03 9689 9170 Fax 03 9687 7446 Mail [email protected]
www.amcservices.org.au
Acknowledgment: The Friendly Visiting Program is supported by funding from the Commonwealth and Victorian Government under the HACC program.
The Community Visitor Scheme is funded by the Common-wealth Government, Department of Health and Ageing.
CommunityVisitor Scheme&
Inc. No A0048140C
Volunteer based visiting programs for socially isolated Polish & Eastern European elderly, who live at home or in aged care facilities.
About the Visiting Programs
Our Friendly Visiting Program and our Community Visitor Scheme program are volunteer based programs.
Our volunteers visit elderly people on a regular base. They offer their friendship and companionship and bring some quality time into our client’s lives.
The volunteer and the client may like to share activities such as: reading books and newspapers, go shopping, doing crafts or just sharing their life stories.
Who can get a visitor? » Friendly Visiting volunteers are visiting
socially isolated seniors and younger persons with disabilities from Polish and Eastern European backgrounds living in their own homes in Melbourne.
» Community Visitor Scheme volunteers are visiting socially isolated people from Polish and Eastern European backgrounds living in aged care facilities in Victoria.
How often are the visits? » Our Friendly Visiting volunteers visit our
clients once per week.
» Our Community Visitor Scheme volunteers visit our clients at least once per fortnight.
Costs? These services are free of charge.
We are always looking for volunteers!We welcome everyone over the age of 18 and we offer travel reimbursement as well as regular information sessions. Volunteering for AMCS means being part of a great team, sharing skills and making a positive difference to people’s live.
Program Contact
Looking for a visitor for a person in a care facility, please ask for the Community Visitor Scheme.Looking for a visitor for a person living independently at home, please ask for the Friendly Visiting Program.
Phone: 03 96899170 Email: [email protected] www.amcservices.org.au
Public transportBus stop: Hampstead Rd/Emu Rd (Maidstone)Bus 406 from Footscray Railway Station Bus 408 from Sunshine Railway Station
About AMCS
The Australian Multicultural Community Services (AMCS) is a community based organisation addressing the diverse and changing needs of multicultural communities in Australia. We provide information, advice and services to people and communities from diverse backgrounds to reach their full potential. The work with our customers is based on quality, respect and diversity, consumer satisfaction, and compliance.
We care, we support, we educate. This is what we’ve been doing for 30 years.