Coastlink seeks volunteers

Coastlink Respite Care is looking for volunteers to help support people aged over 18 who have mild disabilities.

Coastlink is a not-for-profit organisation which provides care and support to people with disabilities.

Peer support coordinator Ms Sharon Mansfield said that many of the group's clients lived on the Peninsula.

Coastlink was looking for people with a good driving record to drive its Toyota Commuter buses to pick up clients and take them to various venues.

"We have a large peer support program and we need volunteers from the Peninsula to help us take our clients to all kinds of exciting activities" Ms Mansfield said.

"Our clients love to go bowling, to the movies, out for dinner and to the theatre as well as going to lots of other places in the community.

"Age is no barrier and we welcome husband and wife teams where one partner drives and the other acts as bus host.

"Volunteers' expenses are all paid by Coastlink, so they can join in the activities and have a good time as well as assisting people with disabilities without it costing a cent.

"We are not asking people to commit to every day or even one day a week.

"If we could get 10 volunteers who offer to work one day a month, we would be able to offer so much more service to our clients."

Ms Mansfield said people were free to nominate which shifts they would like to do and how many shifts per month.

Coastlink operates mostly at weekends but there are some weekday shifts available.

It can be contacted on 4321 1022.

Press release, February 4 Lynne Rainford