All sorts of 'Good Sorts'
- admin1356
- Jun 21
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 31
The Young Onset Dementia Collective’s (YODC) nomination of Fair Food’s lead volunteers, Mandy Everill as a ‘Good Sort’ was a no brainer.
“Mandy is the reason the opportunity for people with dementia to volunteer at Fair Food came about,” said Anne Logan, the driving force behind YODC.
Mandy watched the series and with a wealth of volunteering experience behind her, wondered what the team was up to now. Word reached the Young Onset Dementia Collective, and a plan was devised to open the Fair Food kitchen on a Monday so that anyone with younger onset dementia (YOD) could come and contribute.
TV1’s Good Sorts visited the Fair Food Hub and captured everything we love about Mandy and our group from the Young Onset Dementia Collective. The energy, the teamwork, and the pure heart everyone brings each week to the Fair Food kitchen is uplifting.
About Fair Food
Fair Food is Auckland’s original food rescue charity, turning surplus food into shared meals. Each week, they redirect good food from landfill to community groups across the region, feeding thousands and reducing waste. Their kitchen in Avondale is a hub of inclusive volunteering, where people of all backgrounds — including those with lived experience of dementia through Young Onset Dementia Collective — prepare hundreds of fresh meals for whānau doing it tough.
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Getting help needed is a living challenge for the group behind Young Onset Dementia Collective.
If we wait for Government, Ministry of Health or under-funded agencies, it will be too little too late for our people.
For many the situation is dire. Help is needed NOW so we made a collective conscious decision to do everything we can to help ourselves. Spouses, partners, carers of people living with younger onset dementia have real life reasons driving combined determination.
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