VIC Melbourne and Greater Victoria
The goldfields city, and the towns around it.
Ballarat is a regional city with grand old buildings, cold winters and a large surrounding catchment of small towns that look to it for everything. Wendouree, Sebastopol and Alfredton hold most of the newer housing, while the heritage streets closer in have homes that were never designed for anyone with limited mobility.
Winter is the defining factor. Heating, meals and simply getting out of the house matter more here between May and September, and support plans that ignore the cold do not survive their first frost. Beyond the city we cover the closer towns, and we are honest about where travel makes a short shift impractical.
Inside the city the distances are small and the rosters hold well. Beyond it we cover the closer towns, and we will tell you plainly where the drive makes a short weekly shift impractical rather than book it and let it quietly lapse.
Not on the list? It is not a no. Ring and ask, and we will check the roster rather than guess.
Every Grove service runs across this area. Which ones your funding covers is the separate question.
Creswick, Buninyong, Bacchus Marsh and the closer towns, yes. Further out we would rather check the roster and tell you plainly than promise a regular shift we cannot fill.
Yes, and in Ballarat we ask about it directly. Making sure the house is warm and there is proper food in it is a normal part of a winter shift here.
Yes, and here we ask about it directly. Making sure the heater is on, the house is warm before someone gets up, and there is proper hot food in it is a normal part of a Ballarat winter shift rather than an extra.
Tell us your street and what is hard at the moment. We will tell you what we can staff there, and when.