Meals on Wheels Volunteers Replaced
After around 40 years of community volunteer involvement, volunteers are no longer being used in the Glen Innes Meals on Wheels service. As of 1 July 2025, the delivery of meals is being carried out entirely by paid staff from Life Choices Support Services (LC-SS), a division of Glen Innes Severn Council, using its existing workforce. Council has pointed to changes in aged care legislation as the main reason for the transition, stating that a professional delivery model ensures compliance with increasingly stringent requirements for training, documentation, accountability, and oversight. “The meal delivery service will transition to a professional service…