Members of the community can support MDHS in a variety of ways.

Volunteering

Volunteers are generous donors of their time and effort and enhance the person-centred care provided by MDHS staff to community members, and residents at our three residential communities. Volunteers are an integral part of the team at MDHS who assist in many areas of the health service and make an enormous contribution to the organisation. MDHS is grateful for the wealth of knowledge, skills and time volunteers share to enhance service delivery within the health service.

We have volunteers in a range of roles at each MDHS campus, who assist staff, residents and patients.

For further information on volunteering at MDHS, please contact us on 5461 0333.

Community Advisors

When the people who use our services, and the people who support them, are involved in the making of decisions about their health service, it has a positive impact on health outcomes and the wellbeing of our community.

A Community Advisor is someone who provides advice and feedback that helps us plan, develop and deliver services. A Community Advisor may have direct experience using the health service as a consumer, or as a carer or family member of someone who has. They may also be a local resident who wants to be part of improving the health and wellbeing of our community.

When people from our community share their experiences with us, we get a better understanding of what matters to them. We can then use this information to make all sorts of decisions. Like what services to develop and how to make sure they get to the people who really need them.

Community Advisors:

• Share broad consumer, carer, cultural or community perspectives
• Represent the diverse voices of our community
• Contribute specialist knowledge and expertise
• Offer valuable insights into local issues and community networks
• Identify and advocate for consumer and community perspectives in decision-making
• Report back to the community.

Ways to get involved include:

• Join a committee such as our Community Advisory Committee (CAC), Best Care or Clinical Governance committees
• Help with the review and development of publications and content
• Participate in focus groups or co-design forums
• Assisting with recruitment
• Share your experience using our services, or caring for someone who has.

If you use health services, support someone who does, or just want to be part of building the kind of community you want to live in, we want to hear from you.

Together we can change the healthcare story in our community.

Like to know more?

• Call us on 5440 2301, or
• Email your questions to [email protected].

Eligibility

We’re looking for people who reflect the diversity of our local community. Training and support is provided.

People who are currently employed by MDHS, work at another health service, or are registered health practitioners are ineligible to apply. Former staff may apply if they left more than 12 months ago.

Want to apply?

Complete a Consumer Advisor application form here.

Email it to [email protected] or mail to:

Community Engagement Partner

MDHS PO Box 155

Maryborough Vic 3465

Fundraising events

MDHS runs several fundraising events each year. Our Charity Golf Day is a regular feature on the fundraising calendar, held in March every year with our partners True Foods and Maryborough Golf Club. Find out more about the MDHS Charity Golf Day.

Auxiliaries

Over the years, many hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised by our Auxiliaries to benefit many different areas of the health service by purchasing much-needed equipment and assisting in developing facilities for residents and patients.

If you would like to become a member or find out more about our auxiliaries, please contact us on 5461 0333.

Donations

All donations and bequests are gratefully received and assist MDHS in purchases of much-needed equipment.

No donation is too small in assisting MDHS achieve its goals of building services and facilities for the local community. Many local community groups make regular donations to all campuses of MDHS, to enable purchases of much needed equipment to assist service delivery or improve facilities.

Leaving a Bequest to MDHS

A bequest is a request left in a person’s Will to ensure that person’s wishes are fulfilled, and a request of money or property can be left to be used for a specific purpose.

Continue your life’s work

During your lifetime, you may support and contribute to a range of organisations in your community. By leaving a gift in your Will to Maryborough District Health Service, your bequest can provide funding for the future towards new medical equipment, medical technologies or health-related projects that help patients in your local hospital.

How can leaving a gift help?

Through generous donations and bequests, MDHS can fund medical equipment that would otherwise not be funded, specialist nursing training and funding towards health projects that make a substantial difference to the lives of many patients.

Many new projects are planned and have the potential to make a real difference. Your bequest can help make future projects a reality and, by leaving a legacy, you give meaning to your life’s work.

Preparing your will

It is essential that you seek legal advice when making your Will. Should you wish to support Maryborough District Health Service with a gift in your will, the appropriate wording is as follows:

“I give, devise and bequeath to Maryborough District Health Service for the use and benefit of Maryborough District Health Service at Maryborough, Victoria. I declare that the receipt of the chief executive officer or other authorised officer for the time being of the said Maryborough District Health Service shall be full and sufficient discharge to my executor for administration of this bequest.”