Tasmanian LBT members may wish to respond to the following appeal from Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Disability Services and Community Development.
'Tasmanians are being urged to register to volunteer as part of a
coordinated response to COVID-19 to deliver a range of essential
services in Tasmanian communities. As part of our Economic and Support Package, the Tasmanian Government
provided $130,000 to mobilise volunteers through EVCREW (emergency
volunteers crew), as well as engagement with local councils. So far another 300 volunteers have responded to the call to mobilise
Tasmania’s very own volunteer army for the pandemic response, on top of
more than 12,000 emergency volunteers who had already registered to
respond to natural disasters. Volunteers can be tasked with delivering a range of essential
services such as community transport, meal delivery, social connection,
and shopping. They may also help with food packaging, shopping, dropping
off food and medical supplies. Importantly, as a volunteer you will be briefed on ways to protect your health and safety while working in this environment. With many of Tasmania’s volunteers over 65 years old and much more
vulnerable to the virus, we need more volunteers to put their hand up to
ensure Tasmanians get the help they need during the pandemic. COVID-19 is presenting challenges we have never had to deal with
before, but overwhelmingly Tasmanians have taken the responsibility of
physical distancing seriously, which is allowing us all to work together
through this. On behalf of the Tasmanian Government I’d like to express my
gratitude for the rapid response and hard work that many community
sector organisations and their volunteers have delivered to support our
entire community, especially those who would have found
this situation far tougher without it. Tasmanians who now wish to volunteer can register for EVCREW at https://www.volunteeringtas.org.au/for-volunteers/emergency-volunteering/ ' |
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