"My experience with Connect Local has been very positive. Cannot speak highly enough of how I have been taken care of. I got more out of the program than I hoped for. Connect Local is very knowledgeable in different areas of supports for older people."

- Jennifer

"I can't tell you how glad I am that I met with you (Community Connector). I am so thankful for the time you have spent with me."

- Anne

"Connect Local has been a positive experience for me. It has brought me in contact with a wider community and has decidedly changed my feelings for the better."

- John

"That was the best group I think I have ever attended. I am SO happy!"

- Jean, after attending the Murrumbeena Uniting Church Knitting Group

"Thank you, it’s very beneficial for me to have things to do and meet people and it’s beneficial for my health."

- Mark

"I found the information provided by Connect Local very helpful and I am thrilled to have found a friend through the program too."

- Elaine

"Lynn (our connector) was very helpful, caring, and thoughtful. She made constructive suggestions and followed up on her ideas."

- Paul

"It is gently run. You are not being hassled, and yet it is so successful in the way that you can meet the people who you can and want to. You are not pushed into anything. They focus on what you want, not what they think you should want."

- Margaret

"Connect Local gives you a start, it is up to the person to do the rest and get engaged."

- Eddie

"Connect Local provided me great assistance to look for vounteer opportunities and supported me by visiting the organisation together. I would recommend it to people who need the service."

- Khin Khin

"Quite unexpectedly and out of the blue (thanks to HARP) I was engaged with Connect Local in the form of a Community Connector, who arrived at my door. What resulted was positive engagement with a number of activities that I would have never found if it was not for her. I am very grateful to Ann for bringing that about."

- John F

"Three words to describe the Connect Local program are: Inspiration, nurturing and supportive.

It provided a foundation of listening that then supported action. I felt really heard and understood."

- Jill

"Connect Local is very helpful.

BIG THANK YOU to them!

They spend time and effort on following things through. Very informative as well."

- Miriam

"It's very approachable. You don’t get forced to do anything. You get to think out loud about what you want to do, which is something you don’t get a chance to do a lot of. It's an organisation that can give you some ideas about places you didn’t know existed. The whole point is that there are no wrong answers, and you are totally in control of what goes on."

- Tania

"The whole team is friendly, approachable, and incredibly knowledgeable. It’s reassuring to know there’s an organisation so well tapped into what’s happening locally and ready to support us."

- Nell, The Meeting Place, Murrumbeena

"The level of loneliness out there is really quite high and that's why I think that Connect Local is so vital!"

- Jules, Moongala Women's Community House