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Healthy Sports Rewards
Vic-first project halts junk food vouchers in kids’ sport.
The Healthy Sports Reward initiative will see some junior clubs in the Frankston, Bendigo, Yarra Ranges, Shepparton and Nillumbik council areas replace vouchers for fast food and takeaway with healthy activities, like free or discounted access to a local pool or tennis court.
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This Girl Can Victoria
This Girl Can Week: supporting Victorian women to be active again after COVID
Newly-released VicHealth research suggests that during 2020 and the Coronavirus pandemic, women’s physical activity levels were more severely impacted than men’s, with half of Victorian women exercising less than before Coronavirus and 3 in 4 women stopping sport.
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Reimagining Health Grants
Boost to grassroots organisations as Victorians reconnect
VicHealth is seeking to support hundreds of grassroots organisations across the state to help their communities reconnect and improve their health following the impact of coronavirus and 2020 bushfires.
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Mental Health Royal Commission
VicHealth welcomes findings and recommendations from Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System Final Report
Health promotion foundation VicHealth has welcomed the final report of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. VicHealth applauds the leadership of courageous Victorians with lived experience whose contribution resulted in crucial recommendations to help rebuild Victoria’s mental health system.
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Partner release
Push to protect children from unhealthy food marketing
The Obesity Policy Coalition (OPC) has today released ‘Brands off our kids!’, a report highlighting the tactics used by the processed food industry to target children with unhealthy food marketing and calling on government to set higher standards and stop the processed food industry setting its own rules.
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Active Women and Girls
VicHealth helping Vic women to get active and socially connect
Thousands more Victorian women, including many from bushfire-affected communities, will have the chance to get active and meet new people in 2021, thanks to $830,000 in new VicHealth funding to expand highly popular social sport programs.
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- 26.04.2021 Game on for girls’ cricket, footy and basketball Girls are more game than ever to play club sports traditionally played by boys, including cricket, footy and basketball, new research shows ...or a cupboard,” Ms Simmons said. The research, funded by VicHealth and Sport and Recreation Victoria, showed the growth of girls’ sport was… Kids News
- 26.04.2021 The new Ballarat Geotour brings benefits to Ballarat's people and businesses through geocaching … The Courier (Licensed by Copyright Agency)
- 24.04.2021 City of Greater Bendigo backs health food as rewards for kids over junk food vouchers … Bendigo Advertiser (Licensed by Copyright Agency)
- 23.04.2021 Why the days of fast food vouchers for outstanding junior sporting efforts could soon be over The days of getting a Maccas voucher for outstanding achievements in junior sport could soon be over. Five Victorian councils have signed ...up to a VicHealth trial that will see fast food vouchers dumped in favour of discounts for things like swimming lessons. VicHealth CEO… 3AW - Australia
- 21.04.2021 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth participate in dance workshop ABORIGINAL and Torres Strait Islander children have enjoyed a school holiday dance workshop run by the First Languages and Arts Training ...First Languages and Arts Training Indigenous Corporation and Chunky Move. The program was funded by a $10,000 VicHealth grant to have perfo… The HorshamTimes[au]
- 07.04.2021 Strong First Nation’s women of the Yarra Ranges By Jed Lanyon A new book sharing the stories, poems and artwork of First Nations women in the Yarra Ranges was recently launched ...Community Services Aboriginal Corporation (formerly HICSA), and funded by VicHealth’s Gender Equity for the Arts Program, was launched on… Mountain Views Mail - Star Community
- 06.04.2021 City of Whittlesea embraces This Girl Can Week - The North Central Review UNTIL last month, Wollert resident Nawal Jaleel didn’t know how to hold a softball bat or throw a ball, but after one introductory session ...hoped to see a big jump in interest over the next two years. Vic Health launched This Girl Can Week in 2018 with the aim to empower women… The North Central Review
- 06.04.2021 Big Alcohol and COVID-19: industry rules fail. Again. - InSight+ WE know some people are more likely to drink – and drink more – during times of uncertainty and stress. Unsurprisingly, the alcohol ...In a recent study led by the Global Obesity Centre at Deakin University and VicHealth, all COVID-19-related social media posts made by… Insight Plus
- 05.04.2021 Sustainability the star of holiday program WITH help from a VicHealth Reimagining Grant, Ballarat Youth Services are engaging their young community in sustainable, waste-free living ...WITH help from a VicHealth Reimagining Grant, Ballarat Youth Services are engaging their young community in sustainable, waste-free living.… timesnewsgroup
- 26.03.2021 I tried drinking 8 cups of water a day for a week In the middle of a week of unrelenting rainfall, I decided to drink more water. The rain had done an excellent job of advertising water, ...water, according to Better Health. I asked Dr Sandro Demaio, CEO of VicHealth, why this was the case. "Water is required for almost all our… ABC News
- 25.03.2021 Campaign to encourage Victorian girls and women back into sport Victorian women are being encouraged to get back into physical activity after last year's lockdowns forced the closures of gyms and the ...Insaurralde, Judo Instructor Yvette, judo class participant Melanie Fineberg, VicHealth's Head of This Girl Can campaign Andrea Swain is the… ABC News
- 21.03.2021 This Girl Can 2021 campaign supports Victorian women becoming active again following COVID March 21, 2021and three in four women stopping sport. According to a new VicHealth survey of over 1500 Victorian women, a major challenge faced when… Australasian Leisure Management
- 20.03.2021 The power of sports and art to help migrants and refugees settle in An event exploring the benefits young migrants and refugees have experienced from grassroots sports and arts initiatives has taken place in ...will inform our future granting.” Dr Sandro Demaio, the CEO of VicHealth, added that the opportunity for young migrant and refugee people to… Pro Bono Australia
- 14.03.2021 Four steps to becoming more patient When I tell Jayashri Kulkarni I want to find out how to become more patient, the Professor of Psychiatry is audibly excited. "This is a ...matter? "It is completely normal to feel a little bit impatient," says VicHealth CEO Sandro Demaio. "But, of course, too much can cause us… ABC News
- 09.03.2021 Apply for VicHealth grants to promote active lifestyles VicHealth grants are available for grassroots organisations that are keen to promote healthy and active living.VicHealth grants are available for grassroots organisations that are keen to promote healthy and active living. Funding of $3000, $10,000… The Riverine Herald
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