Regular domestic support for a person who lives with chronic illness
ME/CFS Canterbury/West Coast Charitable Trust managed by Volunteering Canterbury
Our clients live with chronic illness that restrict their ability to manage household chores. Help is required for domestic chores such as:
- Tidying
- Washing dishes
- Vacuuming
- Cleaning surfaces, floors and windows
- Washing, drying and folding laundry
- Changing bed linen
- Preparing food
Specific tasks to be discussed and agreed between volunteer and client. Volunteers are free to indicate what they are willing to do and what they are not.
Are you?
- Competent and experienced with doing housework?
- Warm, kind, non-judgmental, and calm manner
Recent testimonies...
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“If I hadn't met with the Nurse who validated my experience of my chronic illness and advocated for me with my GP to obtain a diagnosis, I would not be here. Life had got too hard."
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"I love this organisation, so caring and respectful in everything that they do, and always looking to progress forward."
Did you know?
People with ME/CFS, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and long COVID have a reduced level of functionality that means they cannot complete normal activities of daily living. An additional burden is that doing too much physically or mentally can trigger Post-Exertional Malaise – a worsening of symptoms that can last for days or more. Many people with ME/CFS are house or bed bound, are unable to work, and do not have access to adequate financial, home and mobility supports through the welfare and health systems.