We are calling on all local councils, schools, community organisations and health services to take the lead, register workplace teams and encourage the rest of Victoria to follow suit and improve their health and well-being.
This initiative was about putting the community in the driver’s seat with the belief that local people are the experts in developing and implementing ideas that help people and families, like themselves, live healthy lives.
Rowan View Preschool’s creative approach to wellbeing has changed the way kids and families talk about mental health in their preschool.
The Live4Life initiative commenced in 2009 in response to a reported increase in anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide amongst young people in the rural communities of the Macedon Ranges Shire.
Victoria has launched a comprehensive vaccination program for viral hepatitis and meningococcal in populations that have seen outbreaks of both illnesses.
One Primary Care Partnership discovered their own potential for health and wellbeing while promoting the Achievement Program.
A universal kindergarten dental group visiting program in the Sunraysia Region has a big impact on reaching local Aboriginal children.
The communities of Numurkah and Shepparton, in partnership with Deakin University, are developing a place based response to the rise in obesity and overweight amongst local children.