Members of The Knitwits, who have weekly crafting sessions at the Mandurah Seniors Centre, have been busy making individual flowers to contribute to their patch of the ‘road’, symbolising the path towards a brighter, equitable and safer future for older people.
The group, which formed in 2012, contributed to the project for the first time last year, making hundreds of flowers for the Purple Road.
This year, The Knitwits have again made hundreds of flowers for the project, with each handmade flower telling a story of courage and perseverance and illustrating the challenges seniors face which can include several different forms of elder abuse.