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Thank you everyone for helping to save the Volunteer Medical Companion Service! You've done it!.

Thanks to you, the Volunteer Medical Companion Service will continue to operate.

Thanks to the wonderful support from generous Victorians, the Board of Travellers Aid Australia are now able to keep the service operating for another year.

Thanks to wonderful support from people and organisations across Victoria, our goal of $76,000 has now been achieved!

Special thanks to Yarra Trams, Transport Connections Program, RACV City Club and other supporters including winefoodhotel, the Country Women's Association and the Victorian Farmers Federation, as well as the hundreds of individuals who have contributed personally.

About the Medical Companion Service

The Travellers Aid Medical Companion Service provides volunteer travel companions to country people and people who need assistance to attend medical appointments in Melbourne.

For thousands of regional Victorians travelling to Melbourne each year for medical appointments, health anxieties are intensified by the stress of having to travel very long distances to the city and then navigate their way around an unfamiliar city to access their health or specialist appointment.

Others need help because they are visually impaired, have other disabilities, are too unwell to navigate transport alone, or are simply unfamiliar with the city.

Travellers Aid Australia is a registered charity and has been providing assistance to travellers in need since 1916, Your gift will help fund the recruitment, co-ordination and training of volunteers, and their fares while accompanying their clients.

Donate by mail or phone

To donate by mail: Send your cheque or money order postage free to Reply Paid 87141, Travellers Aid Australia, L3, 225 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000.

To donate by phone: call (03) 9654 2600 with your credit card.