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 Drop 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.

Wollongong City Council are currently developing a playspace strategy and are asking for community feedback until the en...
29/12/2025

Wollongong City Council are currently developing a playspace strategy and are asking for community feedback until the end of January - https://our.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/play-strategy
A good chance to have your say on the local community!

We’re developing a new Playspace Strategy to guide how playspaces are planned, designed and managed across the Wollongong Local Government Area for the next 20 years. We’re working with 180 Sport & Leisure Solutions to shape this next Playspace Strategy with our

23/12/2025
Wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas
22/12/2025

Wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas

Come and grab fresh fruit and vegetables today between 3pm-4pm at Koonawarra Community Centre. This is our last OzHarves...
18/12/2025

Come and grab fresh fruit and vegetables today between 3pm-4pm at Koonawarra Community Centre.
This is our last OzHarvest Friday of 2025, we will return on the 16th of January 2026.

Looking for something to do this school holidays? There's plenty of things happening for a variety of ages, in a variety...
18/12/2025

Looking for something to do this school holidays?
There's plenty of things happening for a variety of ages, in a variety of locations run by various local organisations!
Take a look through and contact the organisation running the program directly for more information.

If you or anyone you know, need a hamper or food support before Christmas, please call our Community Support Team on 426...
15/12/2025

If you or anyone you know, need a hamper or food support before Christmas, please call our Community Support Team on 4261 8426 or email us at neighbourhood@careways.org.au to check your eligibility!

A huge thank you to the Hayes Park Public School community for their incredible donations, which allowed us to create 84 non-perishable hampers to be given to community for Christmas and over the summer break period.
Thank you to the River of Life church for their donation of 10 non-perishable hampers!

Our second last OzHarvest pick up for the year is on tomorrow (Friday 12/12)! 3-4pm at Koonawarra Community Centre (36 F...
11/12/2025

Our second last OzHarvest pick up for the year is on tomorrow (Friday 12/12)!

3-4pm at Koonawarra Community Centre (36 Fowlers Road, Koonawarra) - one paper grocery bag per household.

This service is free - those from the 2530 postcode can pick up every 2 weeks and everyone else is once a month.

Please call us on 4261 8426 if you are unsure if you are 'due' to pick up or not.

Embers Robotics are coming to our playgroups this week! 🤖Children will be able to use Lego to create, then program these...
08/12/2025

Embers Robotics are coming to our playgroups this week! 🤖

Children will be able to use Lego to create, then program these creations to light up, make sound and move.
No need to book, just pop into our playgroups!

Reminder: our playgroups are targeted at 0-5 year olds and their families/carers.

Wednesday 10th December at Koonawarra Community Centre - 9:30am-11:30am
Thursday 11th December at Horsley Community Centre - 9:30am-11:30am

Our Aboriginal Community Program Officer Brendan has been working hard all term passing on his Yidaki playing expertises...
05/12/2025

Our Aboriginal Community Program Officer Brendan has been working hard all term passing on his Yidaki playing expertises! Well done to all the young people at Mount Brown Public School who performed last night!

19/11/2025

Services NSW have an Online shopping course that will assist you to learn how to shop online safely.

During the sales season, be aware of scams including fake shopping websites, dodgy posts and deals too good to be true.

Look out for these warning signs on the shopping sites you visit:
• prices much lower than anywhere else
• spelling mistakes and poor grammar
• no refund or return policy page
• vague or minimal contact information.

It takes 10 minutes to learn how to grab bargains more safely. Do the free online shopping course from ID Support NSW.

Thirroul Youth Drop In has been cancelled today 19th November. See everyone next week!
18/11/2025

Thirroul Youth Drop In has been cancelled today 19th November.
See everyone next week!

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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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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.