MEDIA RELEASE: Meals on Wheels Australia calls for government support ahead of the 2025 Federal Election, addressing funding, volunteer shortages, and aged care policy to sustain vital meal services for older Australians.
Meals on Wheels Australia calls for government support ahead of the 2025 Federal Election, addressing funding, volunteer shortages, and aged care policy to sustain vital meal services for older Australians.
MEDIA RELEASE: Meals on Wheels Australia warmly welcomes the Federal Government’s $37 million cost-of-living funding boost for aged care meals services.
Meals on Wheels Australia warmly welcomes the Federal Government’s $37 million cost-of-living funding boost for aged care meals services. This timely investment will assist more than 500 meals providers nationwide in addressing increasing cost pressures and ensuring the delivery of nutritious, quality meals to older Australians in their homes.
MEDIA RELEASE: Care, connection and camaraderie: the secret ingredient of National Meals on Wheels Day
This National Meals on Wheels Day (Wednesday 28 August), thousands of volunteers will serve up care, connection and camaraderie to Australians in need, a key ingredient of the iconic, essential service.
Meals on Wheels™ heads to Parliament House!
Meals on Wheels representatives, including staff, supporters and volunteers met with key Parliamentary stakeholders in Canberra on Thursday the 21st March.
ALISON MEIGHAN AWARD WINNERS FOR 2024 ANNOUNCED: WA service and Victorian team leader take out top gong!
Meals on Wheels™ Australia announces the winners of the organisation’s Alison Meighan Awards Program for 2024 with another regional WA service taking out the top gong for the second year running.
A special NMOWD message from Parliamentary Friends of Meals on Wheels Co-Chairs
A very special message from Parliamentary Friends of Meals on Wheels Co-Chairs, Mark Coulton MP and Steve Georganas MP ahead of National Meals on Wheels Day. Their appreciated support helps elevate the essential role we play in Australian communities and shares our purpose with fellow members of the Government and other key stakeholders. Thank you!
MEDIA RELEASE: Meals on Wheels Day 2023 celebrates 70 years of serving up #morethanjustameal to older Aussies
Today on National Meals on Wheels Day (Wednesday 30 August), the iconic and much-loved meal delivery service, Meals on Wheels, is celebrating 70 years of delivering #morethanjustameal to older Australians.
Meals on Wheels™ combats social isolation, one meal at a time
Every day, Meals on Wheels™ is serving up more than just a meal to older Australians in communities right across the country. With the help of our wonderful and committed volunteers, we’re helping to combat the national health issue of social isolation, one meal delivery at a time. A recent report into the social impact […]
Meals on Wheels™ delivers on the nutritional needs of older Australians
Eating well is an important factor in maintaining good health, wellbeing and independence as we age, particularly when you’re over 65. But currently, many older Australians are struggling to meet their changing nutritional needs and it’s putting them at risk. Around 1.2 million older Australians in communities right across the country are malnourished or at […]
Aged care industry expert, Paul Sadler, announced as new Meals on Wheels Chair.
After more than three decades working as a leader and influencer in the aged care sector, Paul Sadler is stepping into an exciting new role: Chair of the Meals on Wheels Australia Board.
