BEERWAH’s Carolyn Roberts has recently received a leadership award for her innovative Carers Assist Program.
The program aims to assist carers who themselves need care.
Ms Roberts has been involved in the community for many years, including as president of the Glasshouse Mountains Neighbourhood Centre, to this current program initiative.
However, her inspiration to create the program were from the years she cared for her late husband who passed away after battling Parkinson’s disease for six years, along with motivation from her friend Tanya Darvay.
Carolyn said the program will be an important addition to the community, as she hopes to continue to expand the program.
“Its just about getting out and educating the community as much as possible about what’s available for them and doing what we can to assist them,” she said.
“I’m hoping as we grow, we provide a lot more services and double the number of volunteer carers in a years’ time. We accept donations, but we run to support the community.”
As for the award her and her team received for their early efforts of their carers assist program, she said it was unexpected, but an honour, gaining more exposure from the recognition.
“The program is very new, and I’m stepping back from other commitments I have in the community so I can provide more assistance to carers in the sunshine coast area,” she said.
“It was a real surprise and totally unexpected, but it was an award for the whole team so there were ten of us present on the day that I received the award, and they were also recognised as well.”
If you are interested in enquiring about the carers assist program, you can call Carolyn on 0412 987 600 or email her at carolynjroberts36@gmail.com.