Beyond Words article in ‘The Senior’ (Feb 2025)
One of our storytellers was interviewed by Eileen of 'The Senior'. At 91, Pauline has seen a lot of change and was thrilled to have her story documented by her…
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What is it like being a volunteer biographer?
Experienced biographer Catherine shares what is it like to be a volunteer biographer. Each new biography comes with day one nerves Entering the aged care residence for the first time…
Beyond Words expands to the Macedon Ranges & Hepburn Shire
We were recently featured in the Midland Express newspaper due to our expansion of our biography program into Kyneton, Trentham and Daylesford. Andrea, one of our biographers, kindly agreed to…
Seeking Operations & Volunteer Coordinator
A unique opportunity to support and develop a growing community of exceptional volunteers who are passionate about the work of Beyond Words in celebrating the stories of people in aged…
What inspired you to write biographies? An interview with Nigel, a volunteer biographer, editor and board member.
Find out what led one of our volunteer biographers, Nigel, to Beyond Words.
Celebrating Stories from Aged Care
My name is Sophie and I’m a volunteer with Beyond Words. Every week for the last two months, I’ve had the privilege of sitting down with 72-year-old Joan* at the…
One of our team is in the Parkville News
Daniel Kavanagh, our Volunteer Coordinator and Aged Care Residence Liaison was recently featured in the Parkville News newsletter. Please find the article from October 2022 in the attached PDF.
