Julie Logan who manages Wagga's Meals on Wheels said the organisation was using COVID-safe measures to continue delivering hot food to people's doorsteps.

"With our clients we do contactless delivery so instead of taking the meals into the house we knock on the door and wait for them to answer and they take in," she said.

Ms Logan said some clients who need it do still have volunteers come into the home to help them plate up, but the need to keep a distance has made one important aspect of their daily work difficult.

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"Normally we would spend a little bit of time with them and have a chat but it is more difficult now because you have to maintain the space, it's certainly much harder to have that chat," she said.

"It is a problem because no family can come in and talk to them and do a quick check in and just see how they're going.

"We also know some people are not going to the doctors as much so it's a bit hard to pin down when they're deteriorating."

She advised any neighbours of elderly or vulnerable people living alone to check in with them in a COVID-safe way when they can.

"I think if people just look out for their neighbours and if you notice anything that's a little bit different or that doesn't sit right just check in," she said.

Over at CareVan, volunteers haven't let the pandemic slow their roll.

Despite having had to close for the first week of lockdown, director Lynne Graham said they have now managed to return to the kitchen.

Not only are they still cooking, but they are meeting an increasing demand for food - the group went through almost 500 of their stocked meals in just two weeks in August.

"There has been an increase in demand," Mrs Graham said.

"When the service providers come in I chat to them at the front door and I am getting the sense that just gradually over the last few weeks things are starting to get a little bit worse, especially for people who have got no access to some form of income because they might have lost their job or had reduced hours."

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