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How a community group is helping fight the loneliness epidemic
Plus a couple of little tips for the weekend ahead.
A little bit of feel good Friday news for you today: A chat with the Sharon Officer, the brains behind the Shorehaven Yarners. I’ll just leave you with a quote from the article, and you can read the rest below:
“Unfortunately she broke her back which meant she was out of action for, I think, two months and she couldn’t come and sit on the hard chairs at the cafe… So, we took the whole group to her house and took morning tea with us because she was going stir crazy having to be at home all of the time.”
Troy Mutton, Editor-In-Chief, Perth is OK!
COMMUNITY
Knit one, purl one: How this community group is helping fight the loneliness epidemic
On any given Thursday morning at a beachside cafe in Perth’s north, you’ll find The Shorehaven Yarners, a group of women who are weaving together a tight-knit community. “A lot of the ladies said to me it’s changed their lives…”
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