CVS
Community Visitors Scheme (CVS)
The Community Visitors Scheme is a two way program, designed to add to the quality of life of a resident & enhance your feelings through community involvement. Having a community visitor can increase the self-esteem and general wellbeing of the recipients. As a community visitor you could sit and chat, work on a hobby with the resident, go for a walk, discuss local news & so much more.
The Riverina Community College is looking for community visitors who can provide as little as one hour per week to visit a resident who may be at risk of experiencing isolation due to family, social, cultural reasons or a disability.
The CVS is a Commonwealth Government funded scheme and is available to people residing in an Australian Government subsidised aged care home or living in their own home and in the receipt of a Home Care Package.
With as little as one hour a fortnight, you can make the world of difference in someone’s life. Befriending a resident can be fun for both of you and increase your self esteem and connection to the community.
Riverina Community College is operating a program that uses volunteers to visit people living within the communities of Wagga Wagga & surrounds, Leeton Narrandera, Gundagai, Harden, Junee, Tumut, Lockhart, Temora and Deniliquin.
The aims of the CVS program;
- Improve the quality of life of the care recipient
- Increase self esteem and well being
- Reduce the feelings of anxiety
- Reduce the feelings of isolation & loneliness
- Increase the feelings of connectivity to the community
Volunteers with a social group at an aged care facility
Volunteers and residents enjoying time together