Neighbourhood Carers Club
More than 12.3% of people living in Clunes are carers for another - a child, a parent or partner. Caring for someone else is a huge undertaking at the best of times. Finding a space to catch your breath and supports to build up your reserves can be hard, especially in rural towns. Join the Neighbourhood Carers' Club. Connect and learn from others.
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Register now and receive:
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Fortnightly networking meetings
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Free 'Self-Care' Journal
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Assisted registration to state and federal networks including Carers Victoria and
Neighbourhood Victoria's Carers Club
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Working with our club members we've identified additional strategies to ease the barriers that exist for rural carers:
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Local link worker to provide personalised support for individual carers and carer cohorts*
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Setting up a closed Facebook page for all of us to communicate – supported by a qualified facilitator*
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Art-supply vouchers to offset costs of art & meditation programs
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*Our Carers Support Committee of the Board is working on making these strategies a reality by seeking additional funding. For more details see below:
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Project Ready: Linking Rural Carers project plan
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The development of the parlour and the launch of the Neighbourhood Carers Club was funded by the
State Government of Victoria, Connecting Carer’s Support Program in 2023.
Caring People
Joining together
Caring for others can be lonely, often exhausting and certainly challenging. It is not a role anyone plans on undertaking, and we don't always know what we need to know or where to get help. It's trickier still in country areas, where our circumstances mean that supports are not as straight forward as they might be in the city. Connecting with others in similiar circumstances means we can share knowledge, bring experts to us and work out what supports would best help us, as we care for those we love.
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The partners we are working with to help support us do this include:
