Celebrating health every day of the week
Mildura Early Learning Centre held a week of fun for children, families and the community to celebrate meeting their Achievement Program benchmarks and the healthy changes that come with them.
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Playground to Plate grants scheme — working collectively to support healthy schools
As part of the Playground to Plate grants scheme, the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education and Training, the Achievement Program and the Healthy Eating Advisory Service (HEAS) have formed an active collaboration that draws on and leverages each other’s work to assist schools to deliver pleasurable food education and facilitate a whole-school approach to health and wellbeing.
Mallee District Aboriginal Services launches Deadly Choices in Mildura: A tobacco, alcohol and sugar free event!
For the first time, Mallee District Aboriginal Services (MDAS) Mildura coordinated a big community event that was promoted as tobacco free, alcohol free and sugar free.
Detecting preventable health problems in newborns
A new video is now available aimed at newborn bloodspot screening staff in maternity services and explains what happens at the laboratory when the samples are received.
HEALing Matters at Resi ROCKS
This year’s Resi ROCKS event provided an opportunity for residential care workers from across Victoria to preview the new HEALing Matters initiative.
World 4 Kids OSHC creates a healthy eating revolution
World 4 Kids has shown leadership in the outside school hours care (OSHC) sector by implementing changes at all levels to improve the foods and drinks provided and promoted to children in 13 Victorian sites.
New kilojoule labelling scheme to encourage healthier eating
The kilojoule labelling scheme is part of a multi-strategy approach to encourage healthy eating and reduce the impact of obesity in Victoria.
Seat at the Table – everyone deserves a seat at the table!
Seat at the Table uses a co-design approach to improve engagement around mental health of young people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds in Melbourne’s western suburbs.