VIC Melbourne and Greater Victoria
The inner suburbs, the tram lines and the terraces.
Inner Melbourne is terraces, tram lines and apartment blocks, and a fair share of the homes we work in have a staircase that was built long before anyone thought about mobility. Winter here is long and genuinely cold, which changes what a good support shift looks like between June and September.
Cold months shift the balance of the work: fewer outings, more help at home, more attention to heating, meals and whether someone is actually leaving the house. Trams and trains make travel training worthwhile, and inner-suburb parking means we sort access before a first shift rather than during it.
Trams and trains make travel training genuinely worthwhile here, so a fair share of community access work is about building independence rather than providing a lift. Inner-suburb parking gets arranged before a first shift rather than during it.
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.
The inner north, inner west, inner east and the bayside suburbs, with separate teams for the south east and the western corridor. Give us your suburb and we will tell you which team you are with.
In practice, yes. People go out less and need more at home, so we revisit the roster going into winter rather than waiting for someone to tell us it has stopped working.
In practice, yes. People go out less and need more at home, so we revisit the roster going into winter rather than waiting for someone to tell us it has stopped working. Heating, meals and getting out at all become the priorities.
Tell us your street and what is hard at the moment. We will tell you what we can staff there, and when.