Cancer Council celebrates new palliative care volunteer service in Muswellbrook
A brand new Upper Hunter Palliative Care Volunteer Service was launched yesterday at an event in Muswellbrook. After commencing in her role earlier in this ...
Clarence Valley golfers chip in for palliative care volunteers
Read the original Hackers help out palliative care service by Jarrard Potter in the Daily Examiner. While there were some rusty swings and hacks at ...
Volunteers needed for new palliative care service in Upper Hunter Valley
See the original story in the Hunter Valley News 18th July 2017. Volunteers are needed for a new Cancer Council service, offering emotional support and ...
Fair contribution to Dungog Palliative Care volunteering
See original story by Michelle Mexon in the Dungog Chronicle 6th July 2017. Legacy and palliative care have received a generous boost to their funds ...
Palliative care volunteers call-out for conference in Parkes
Event 20-21 July 2017. Palliative Care Volunteers attached to the not for profit Neighbourhood Central in Parkes are organising a Palliative Care Conference. Called Pain ...
Palliative Care volunteers between formal and informal care in Warrnambool
Dr Eric Fairbank leads the Warrnambool and District Community Hospice that started life as a community response to supporting people to die at home in ...
Palliative Care Volunteers Celebrate a Decade of Service
Palliative Care Support Volunteers from CRANES Community Support Programs, based in Grafton, gathered for a special morning tea on Wednesday last week to celebrate National ...
Anam Cara Community Hospice, Geelong
Large wall-hung quilts in the sitting room tell the story of the people of the Anam Cara community hospice past and present. The many hand-prints ...
Background paper responds to the growing interest in residential community hospice in NSW
Alex Huntir, Manager of the Volunteer Support Services Program, has recently looked at the experience of community hospice in the US, UK and NZ and ...
Community Hospice Forum – Save the date Thursday 21st July 2016!
Save the date! Palliative Care NSW is proud to announce that a Community Hospice Forum in July to discuss the role and future of community ...
Jessie Williams, Groundswell and death-talking workshops
On the day that I met her Jessie was off to host a ’10 Things to Know Before You Go’ workshop. As you do. “We ...
NZ, volunteering and Mary Potter Hospice
At the recent Volunteer Workshop in Melbourne Rachel McCarthy spoke about her work as Volunteer Manager with the Mary Potter Hospice in Wellington NZ and ...
Northern NSW palliative care service wins gold at local business awards
See original article in eHospice. Northern New South Wales’ Tweed Palliative Support (TPS) – the driving force behind the Wedgetail Retreat in the coastal hinterland ...
A celebration of service in the Blue Mountains
In a tribute to his late wife Eric Hall collected Malu Hall’s certificate for 10 years of volunteering service with the Blue Mountains Palliative Support ...
Clarence Valley Volunteers
Maggie Barnewall oversees the activity of the Clarence Valley Palliative Care Volunteer Support Service which is managed by Grafton based CRANES Community Support Programs, a ...
Dedicated Dungog volunteers gifted new care
After clocking up enough kilometres to drive around Australia almost 23 times, Dungog Shire Palliative Care Volunteers have a new vehicle to transport patients and ...
Ann Spillane and the Friends of St Vincent’s in Lismore
Despite having served as the coordinator of volunteers for 33 years with The Friends of St Vincent’s Hospital in Lismore, Ann Spillane says she likes ...
Community, hospice and Wedgetail Retreat
Meredith Dennis, President and Volunteer Manager, remembers the early beginnings of Tweed Palliative Support. “It started with a box of books, and training held in ...
Talking about Motor Neurone Disease
Gina Svolos has become well acquainted with the impact of motor neurone disease (MND) over her 8 years as Service Manager with MND NSW. “It’s ...