Senior’s Week was celebrated across Melbourne’s north last week, with the Homestead Community & Learning Centre marking the occasion with a special lunch.
In collaboration with the Homestead Community & Learning Centre and DPV Health, the Northern Turkish Women’s Association has been serving up free hot lunches every Wednesday during the school term since May 2022.
The Northern Turkish Women’s Association was established in 1993, and since then has been working actively to minimise cultural, financial, and language barriers and improve integration and participation rates of people from a range of diverse backgrounds.
They have helped a significant number of disadvantaged, isolated Turkish women and their families by developing their skills making integration into Australian Society a seamless process.
Centre leader Clare Swanson says the lunches are a win for everyone involved.
“We all look forward to Wednesdays for lunch,” she said.
“It’s a great reason to chat over Turkish tea or coffee, especially for our seniors.
“The Northern Turkish Women’s Association has created a warm, friendly space where people of all ages, backgrounds, and languages are welcome.”
Staff at Homestead Community & Learning Centre made themselves available to assist seniors in applying for a Victorian Seniors Card online.
This week, to continue the celebrations, the centre will welcome Hearing Australia staff who will offer free hearing tests tomorrow at the centre.
The centre offers other activities for seniors icluding tai chi, Keep Fit & Strong classes, walking groups and a Prime Movers exercise classes to senior card holders.
-Gerald Lynch
