Volunteer encourages others to sign up

WATCH: Trudy Parsons encourages others to join the Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme.

Transcript

00:00 You've been part of the Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme for five and a half years now.

00:06 Why did you first get involved?

00:08 I like to help people and there's so many lonely, especially elderly people,

00:14 so I just want to give back and help as many people as I can.

00:18 Describe to people who might not know what you do, what is it?

00:21 How do you help these people on a weekly basis?

00:23 Well, you can go around to their home once a fortnight or once a week.

00:28 I asked one of my ladies if she'd like me to come once a month when I first met her,

00:32 or once a fortnight or once a week, and she said, "Oh, once a week, please."

00:36 And you can sit with them and have a cup of tea or you just talk

00:39 or you can go for a little walk down the street, whatever they like to do,

00:43 just so that they've got some company.

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