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“I can’t cut pumpkin,” Faye Searle says with a laugh when asked what limitations she still has nearly 13 years after suffering a stroke. The response is typical of Faye’s incredible determination to ‘do the work’ and live life to the fullest. Of course, there’s other things...
On the last Wednesday in August every year National Meals on Wheels Day is celebrated. It is an opportunity to highlight the significant contribution that is made to communities across Australia by over 700 Meals on Wheels services and some 80,000 volunteers. Meals on Wheels delivery has...
Enid O’Connor loves her job as a diversional therapist/activities coordinator so much she doesn’t even call it work – she calls it play....
Being able to speak like all the other kids is really important to five-year-old Danielle Woolstencroft’s confidence, according to her mum Glenda. Every week Danielle and Glenda are doing a 50-minute session with Timboon and District Healthcare Service speech pathologist Narelle Jukes and the work is...
The postponement of her wedding and not having the freedom to visit family in the UK was the inspiration behind an emotional photo that has won Chloe Jackson first place in the Timboon and District Healthcare Service’s 2020 Photography Competition. Chloe moved to Timboon from the...
By Sabine McKenzie TDHS Community Engagement Officer Being kind to yourself and others is now more important than ever as we go through the second wave of the Coronavirus. We are all in this together and random acts of kindness will not only improve the lives of...
Being healthy is something that most of us aim for. We brush our teeth twice a day. We go for a jog around the neighbourhood. We eat a handful of nuts instead of chomping on a chocolate. We see our doctor whenever we don’t feel well. But...
We've had such a wonderful response from community members making face masks that we can start handing them out to community members most in need. From 11.59pm tonight, all Victorians are required to wear a face mask in public places. Anyone in our community who is...
Two new Corangamite Shire residents have wasted no time putting roots down in the local community, with Stephanie Hargreaves and Alison Byrne joining the Board of Directors at Timboon and District Healthcare Service (TDHS). The pair join incumbents Anthony DeJong, Chris Stewart, Toinette Hutchins, Claire Murphy,...
A small army of volunteers has begun making as many face masks as they can to help Timboon and District Healthcare Service (TDHS) and the community through the COVID-19 pandemic. With staff and visitors now required to wear face masks on site, the demand is high...
