Connect You Too News

Connect You Too has been busy helping the community get out and about during July 2025.

In July 2025, we did a total of 2,738 trips with a total of 92,298 service kms for 526 customers. Our popular destinations included 35 trips to Ballina; 143 trips to Coffs Harbour; 7 trips to the Gold Coast; 888 trips to Grafton; 167 trips to Lismore and 305 trips to the Yamba/Maclean area.

We managed to get the community to 1,315 Specialist and GP appointments; 33 Hospital visits (Day Surgery drop off/pick-up); 422 social trips & 764 shopping trips.

In July, our social trips travelled to Glenreagh for lunch at the Golden Dog Hotel. 48 customers enjoyed this outing. This month we are visiting Summerland Antiques before having lunch at the Ballina RSL.

 Our monthly shoppers visited Lismore in July and are due to visit Coffs Harbour this month.

 In July 2025, our fortnightly shopping buses to Grafton Shoppingworld had travellers from Glenreagh (11); Brooms Head (18); Iluka (27); Wooli (12) and Yamba/Maclean (5).

 We also transported 73 customers from Malabugilmah and Baryulgil into Grafton for medical and shopping services during July 2025.

Our Clarence Meals service delivered 2195 meals,444 desserts and 98 soups during July 2025. We were able to do welfare checks, have a quick chat and help our customers see a friendly face.

Clarence Meals provides delivered meals to Iluka, Maclean and Yamba and surrounds from suppliers including Gourmet Meals, Lite n’ Easy and Meals on Wheels Grafton. For more information call 6646 6742. 

If you need help with transport or meals, call Connect You Too at Townsend on 6645 3200 to see if you qualify for any subsidies or assistance.

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR OPEN DAY

Everyone is invited to Connect You Too’s “Around the World” Safari Open Day on Wednesday 17^th September between 10am and 1pm. There will be plenty of activities, displays, games, giveaways, food and music for everyone to enjoy. We are offering free transport to our open day too! Call to book your seat on 6645 3200.

Connect You Too’s mission is connecting people. so they achieve quality of life and choice of community support services. An example of how we do this, is through our many shopping and socialising bus trips.

Did you know, Connect You Too offers a monthly shopping bus to various locations including Lismore, Coffs Harbour, Tweed City and Robina? They depart Yamba, Maclean and Iluka once a month.

Did you know, Connect You Too offers a fortnightly shopping bus to Yamba Fair for customers in the Maclean and Yamba areas?

Did you know, Connect You Too offers fortnightly shopping buses to Grafton Shoppingworld? They travel to Grafton from Glenreagh on Mondays; from Iluka on Wednesdays; from Brooms Head and Wooli on Thursdays and from Maclean and Yamba on Fridays.

During the past financial year, Connect You Too transported 4,715 customers on social trips and 7,873 customers on shopping trips.

We help connect the community to their banking, groceries, bill payments, Centrelink, private appointments and even the coffee shop.

If you need help with transport or meals, call Connect You Too at Townsend on 6645 3200 and see how we can help you.

Connect You Too (CU2) travelled to the Grafton Showground on Thursday 10th July, to take part in the 2025 NAIDOC Week Community Fun Day, hosted by the Bulgarr Ngaru Medical Aboriginal Corporation.

It was a great day to honour and recognise the history, culture, and achievements of First Nations people.

The warm winter sunshine welcomed hundreds of visitors to enjoy live entertainment including traditional music and performances by the Garimaa Ngahri Dancers, market stalls, children’s rides and games, food vans, a BBQ lunch, and an Elders tent. This year’s theme was The Next Generation: Strength, Vision, and Legacy.

Connect You Too set up an information stand on the day, handing out showbags, brochures, magnets and pens.

The Clarence Meals team of Lesley and Denise handed out meal samples for the large crowd to try.

“The curried prawns with pilaf rice and the barramundi with lemon butter sauce proved very popular”, Lesley said.

“We handed out samples of some of our desserts too. The fruit pavlova and sticky date pudding options were a hit”, said Denise.

It was a great fun filled day providing us with a great opportunity to promote CU2 to the community.