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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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Reimagining health grants
$3.9m in grants to help Vic communities in COVID-19 recovery
460 local organisations across Victoria will share in more than $3.9million in VicHealth grants to support their communities to connect socially, get active and access healthy, affordable food in the new COVID-normal.
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Mental Health Awareness
Australian musicians share personal mental health challenges
VicHealth and Mushroom Group are today joining forces to launch SOUND CHECK, a new platform featuring Australian musicians openly sharing their personal mental health and wellbeing experiences with young people, in a bid to help them feel less alone.
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Everyday Creativity grants and Art of Good Health grants
Arts and culture: bridging the gap towards better health
Victorians will have more opportunities to participate in arts, cultural and creative activities to improve their health and build social connections through health promotion foundation VicHealth’s latest grants.
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Loneliness
Loneliness and social isolation a growing health risk for young Australians
A new research report from health promotion foundation VicHealth and Swinburne University of Technology has found young Australians are experiencing alarming levels of loneliness and social isolation putting them at risk of social anxiety and depression.
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- 22.07.2021 Proud2Play launches Parklife in support of the rainbow community Proud2Play have announced the launch of an exciting new program for the rainbow community which will see social sport sessions run across ...sessions run across five sites in Melbourne. Funded by a VicHealth Reimagining Health grant, the Proud2Play initiative will provide free and… Soccerscene
- 19.07.2021 I tracked all the alcohol I drank for a month. Here's what I learned How many drinks do you have in a week? Every time a doctor asks this question, I go blank. I regularly drink, but I've never done the maths ...14 What the numbers don't show When I went to Dr Sandro Demaio, CEO of VicHealth, he encouraged me to look beyond the numbers. "Don't just… ABC News
- 14.07.2021 ‘A Splash of Circus’ awaits The entire July 14, 2021 edition of The Weekly Advertiser is available online. READ IT HERE!the Wimmera. Arapiles Community Theatre Natimuk will use a $10,000 VicHealth grant to offer a series of circus workshops for young people… The Weekly Advertiser
- 14.07.2021 New boats for canoe club The Yarrawonga Mulwala Amateur Canoe Club (YMACC) will add to its fleet of new kayaks after receiving two grants recently. The club ...healthy, affordable food. This much-needed funding from VicHealth aims to ensure local organisations can continue supporting our community… Yarrawonga Chronicle
- 02.07.2021 Girls get active in their own way FROM term one 2022, the Shire’s new Move Your Way program will help girls between twelve and fifteen years to find the right non-organised ...is looking forward to running this great initiative thanks to grant funding from VicHealth.” Move Your Way activities will be welcoming,… timesnewsgroup
- 28.06.2021 Lantern festival to return Tara Murray The colours and celebrations of the lantern festival will return to St Alban’s Alfrieda Street Mall later this year. The ...each other.” The Pasefika Hub in Sunshine and North Sunshine Tennis Club also received funding in this round of the VicHealth grants.… Brimbank & North West | Star Weekly
- 28.06.2021 Garden to grow friends By Cam Lucadou-Wells Seeds of self-sufficiency are set to be sown for refugee families struggling to put food on the table ...in seed funding from Greater Dandenong Council. With the help of VicHealth, the charity is also installing garden pods at refugee families’… Dandenong Journal - Star Community
- 28.06.2021 Mental health charity to call Woodend home By Oliver Lees A health promotion charity that focuses on improving mental health standards for young people in rural communities has ...look after its young people.” Live4Life was awarded the 2018 VicHealth Award for improving mental wellbeing. The charity was also featured… Star Weekly
- 24.06.2021 Hopeworks wish grant-ed By Gabriella Payne For years now, the team at Hopeworks Community Solutions have been giving back to the community by helping ..., the five other organisations in the Bass electorate to receive a VicHealth ‘reimagining health grant’ include the Lang Lang United Soccer… Pakenham Gazette - Star Community
- 24.06.2021 A Pot of Courage becomes one of Ballarat's first Chatty Cafes to ease loneliness … The Courier (Licensed by Copyright Agency)
- 23.06.2021 Money to eat well and stay connected for Wimmera groups The entire June 23, 2021 edition of The Weekly Advertiser is available online. READ IT HERE!back on track in 2021 and beyond,” she said. VicHealth chief executive Dr Sandro Demaio said community organisations played a vital role in… The Weekly Advertiser
- 17.06.2021 VicHealth’s 2021 Reimagining Health grant to benefit 280 local organisations June 17, 2021food and be more physically active when restrictions allow." VicHealth Chief Executive Dr Sandro Demaio said local organisations, such as… Australasian Leisure Management
- 16.06.2021 Archers of Warrnambool running Arch Angles program … The Standard (Licensed by Copyright Agency)
- 10.06.2021 Smartphone stories workshop coming to Cohuna Published on 10 June 2021 Budding filmmakers or those wanting to learn how to capture memorable moments with their smartphone are ...email [email protected] . Smartphone Stories is supported by VicHealth, the City of Port Philip, Cinespace and the Australian Council… Gannawarra Shire Council
- 05.06.2021 The 'black Superman' who inspired Lovett-Murray to bring The Ripple Effect to life “I dealt with it the wrong way and used my fists when I needed to be smarter, but as I got older, I got better at learning to deal with it ...means calling it out even when it makes us feel uncomfortable. “VicHealth is proud to support this powerful documentary and hope it will… St Kilda Football Club
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