ALBURY will export “one of its great ideas” when Carevan opens for business in the NSW Central Coast next month.
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Last night Ed McCarthy, from the Central Coast Community Council, visited Albury’s Westside Community Centre to see how the charity is run.
Mr McCarthy said the council first realised a similar service was needed in his region during the 2011 Federal Census when welfare staff met people sleeping under bridges and in cars.
With the help of a vehicle donated by Albury’s Carevan, Mr McCarthy said he hoped to get the Central Coast service up and running by winter.
But the new operators would also bring additions to the Carevan brand, by offering after hours services and going mobile by taking the van to those who needed it.
But there won’t be delicious meals on the menu until they get into the swing of things, just tea, coffee and muesli bars.
Mr McCarthy said the Carevan, which helped feed the homeless and disadvantaged, “brings a sense of hope to people who are either giving up or have given up”.
