Young carer grants
WITH increasing cost of living pressures, more young people are having to take up an unpaid caring role to look after family or friends. A grant program offering up to $3,768 to young carers aged 12-25 to assist with educational costs while they provide unpaid care, is now on offer, with applications closing Tuesday, September 12. Apply at youngcarersnetwork.com.au
Toddler found safe
A RIVERWOOD family has been reunited after a three-year-old girl was found wandering the streets. A school girl found the child walking alone along the footpath on Belmore Road North on the eastern side of Riverwood Railway Station last Thursday about 5pm. About 7.26pm, the child’s father attended Riverwood Police Station and was reunited with his daughter.