CareWays Community

CareWays Community CareWays has been offering Aged Care In-home Services and Community Support to Illawarra residents for more than 35 years. Full details on our Website.

CareWays has proudly delivered community support in the Illawarra for over 30 years, including:

AGED CARE IN HOME SUPPORT: supporting people to stay in their own home through services such as Personal Care, Domestic Assistance, Social Support, Respite Care and Meals on Wheels. COMMUNITY SERVICES – providing people of the Illawarra with support and early intervention programs. Including Youth Dro

p In programs, Food Support, Social Groups such as Craft, Patchwork, Painting and Computer Skills for Seniors and Events. VENUE HIRE: Room hire at Horsley Community Centre and Koonawarra Community Centres.

Find out more about the new Aged Care Act and reforms being introduced from 1 November. Contact CareWays to find out how...
07/08/2025

Find out more about the new Aged Care Act and reforms being introduced from 1 November. Contact CareWays to find out how we can help you or a loved one Stay In Your Own Home.

This animation explains how the new Aged Care Act comes together. Key changes include enhanced rights and protections for older people, stronger rules and re...

CareWays would like to thank our incredible Care Workers and Aged Care team who work with dedication, compassion and res...
07/08/2025

CareWays would like to thank our incredible Care Workers and Aged Care team who work with dedication, compassion and resilience to support our cherished older Australians and service users.

Our Care Workers and Aged Care Team enrich the lives of our service users every day with kindness, respect and professionalism.
Thank you for all that you do – not just today, but every day.
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Save the date for our Children's Week event, a FREE morning out for 0-5 year olds and their carers! Thursday 23rd of Oct...
05/08/2025

Save the date for our Children's Week event, a FREE morning out for 0-5 year olds and their carers!

Thursday 23rd of October, 9:30am-11:30am at Koonawarra Community Centre - more details to follow!

Contact us on 4261 8426 or send us an email at [email protected]

OzHarvest food available today from 3-4pm at Koonawarra Community Centre! 1 standard shopping bag per household, every 2...
01/08/2025

OzHarvest food available today from 3-4pm at Koonawarra Community Centre!

1 standard shopping bag per household, every 2 weeks in the 2530 postcode and every 4 weeks for anyone else!

Looking for something to do on Wednesday afternoons? Our friends at Wollongong Youth Services are running at program at ...
29/07/2025

Looking for something to do on Wednesday afternoons? Our friends at Wollongong Youth Services are running at program at Dapto Ribbonwood Centre. Contact them for more information!

We can't believe it's been 2 weeks since we had over 1000 people join us for NAIDOC at Koonawarra Community Centre. Than...
23/07/2025

We can't believe it's been 2 weeks since we had over 1000 people join us for NAIDOC at Koonawarra Community Centre.
Thank you to all our performers who wowed us, all the wonderful organisations who entertained us and all those who ensured we were full of food and drink!
Most importantly, thank you to everyone who shared the day with us. We hope you had a day full of culture, joy and community.

What's On at Community Centre Interested in something social, dancing, martial arts or do you have a young one who woul...
21/07/2025

What's On at Community Centre
Interested in something social, dancing, martial arts or do you have a young one who would enjoy Playgroup?

There are a number of classes now available at Horsley Community Centre.
Robothink, Clubbersize, Zumba, Taekidokai (martial arts), Bollywood dancing, Line Dancing, Illawarra Lace Group and Playgroup (under 5years).
Send a message to [email protected] and we can put you in touch with the group's organisers.

We also have room hire available which is great for social groups and meetings. See our website www.careways.org.au

Welcome to Term 3! We have some awesome free programs running out of Koonawarra Community Centre this term. CareWays Com...
21/07/2025

Welcome to Term 3!

We have some awesome free programs running out of Koonawarra Community Centre this term.

CareWays Community Free Koonawarra Youth Connect program returns this Thursday from 2:30pm - 4:30pm. We have some awesome activities set for this term, come down and see for yourself!

Healthy Cities Australia will be back next Monday for Active In-Betweens.

The Go4Fun Program will kick off on Tuesday 29th of July, contact Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District for more information.

A big THANK YOU to the wonderful children at Big Fat Smile for our beautiful artwork. We are so glad you could be part o...
16/07/2025

A big THANK YOU to the wonderful children at Big Fat Smile for our beautiful artwork. We are so glad you could be part of our NAIDOC celebrations!

There will be no food bags available this afternoon due to our NAIDOC event yesterday. We apologise for the inconvenienc...
11/07/2025

There will be no food bags available this afternoon due to our NAIDOC event yesterday. We apologise for the inconvenience.
We are still open for Coffee and a Catch-up.

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10/07/2025

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What a fantastic morning at the Koonawarra Community Centre NAIDOC Family Fun Day!

We loved being part of this vibrant celebration of culture, community, and connection. Our Teddy Bear Hospital was a crowd favourite — and we’re happy to report that every bear received top-quality care before heading home with a new family!

A big thank you to Salvos Stores Dapto for generously donating all the ‘patients’ — your support made today extra special. 💛

Thanks for joining us, Tania! 😀
10/07/2025

Thanks for joining us, Tania! 😀

Address

93-109 Princes Highway, Dapto
Wollongong, NSW
2530

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

1300 307 902

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The CareWays Community Story

CareWays Community is a not for profit organisation supporting people in the local community

HOW WE DO THIS

We work towards a connected, caring and supportive community by providing: IN HOME SUPPORT: supports people in the community through programs including Meals on Wheels, Personal Care, Domestic Assistance, Social Support and Respite Care. YOUTH SERVICES – providing young people of Dapto, Horsley, Koonawarra and Thirroul access to support, early intervention and mentoring. The service also provides a drop in service, Breakfast program, Holiday Activities, Events and Excursions. NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRES: Dapto & Thirroul Neighbourhood Centres providing community support services that connects people to information and services that promote community capacity building, increased resilience and improved safety in the community. COMMUNITY SENSORY ROOM - run at the Horsley Community Centre, open to the general public - see www.careways.org.au for full details. ASSISTED SCHOOL TRANSPORT – the program provides students who have a disability, transport assistance under the Assisted School Travel Program. COMMUNITY CENTRES: Horsley Community Centre & Koonawarra Community Centre: CareWays manages the centres, including hiring of rooms to the community.