The Whittlesea Volunteer Resource Service, located in Epping Plaza, is an important organization in the community. They provide services to new citizens, the poor, the unemployed and the disabled; basically anyone in the area who requires help. Their mission is to aid in the “relief of poverty, sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, disability, destitution of helplessness within the City of Whittlesea.”
As the name suggests, volunteers are needed to help to provide these services. Volunteering to help those less fortunate and yourself not only helps people, it also makes you feel good about yourself and can provide you with benefits you might never have realized. Businesses in the Epping area can help their employees who wish to volunteer to help their community; starting a campaign to spread the word of the need is a good start. Local brochure printers can be hired to produce literature to hand out to employees describing the need for volunteers. They could also let their employees have a more flexible work schedule so that they could find time to volunteer. This does not only help the employee and the person who will benefit from them volunteering, it also helps in the standing of that business in the community and could bring them more business.
Specific service provided by the Whittlesea Volunteer Resource Service includes free legal service, free computer resources for those looking for a new job and transportation for the disabled. The Services also publishes a regular newspaper which keeps the community up-to-date on the need for volunteers.
