All Victorians deserve to live healthy happy lives. This category recognises a health promotion organisation or program that works to support Victorians facing greater barriers to health and wellbeing, including, but not limited to, people with disability, people on low incomes, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victorians, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people living in regional/rural areas and LGBTIQ+ Victorians.
2022 finalists for the Driving Health Equity Award
Joey and the Heatwave
Enliven Victoria
Addressing climate change vulnerability and susceptibility among young migrant families in Melbourne’s South East, particularly among mothers and children, through a culturally-responsive, co-designed children’s storybook titled Joey and The Heatwave.
Feed Me Right
Barwon Child, Youth & Family
Feed Me Right targets the health and wellbeing of young people experiencing homelessness in the Geelong region through healthy food start-up packs, group cooking classes and food literacy education.
Hawks for All - Inclusive Schools Program
Hawks Community Foundation
Giving students a better understanding of disability and to build empathy, all while learning to play AFL Blind and Wheelchair AFL.
Smartphone Stories
Cinespace Inc.
Working with diverse local communities in the arts (screen), with a series of workshops teaching people to make films on smartphones, followed by community screening events.
Transomatics
Arts Gen
The Transomatics podcast offered two seasons, featuring 12 episodes of gender-diverse informed movement and breathwork to build a space that is all trans and gender diverse inclusive.