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10 Apr 2013

TeamUp for fitness and fun

By Jerril Rechter, VicHealth CEO

Community sport

24 Jun 2009

Warren Payne: Enhancing participation, sport and physical activity

Enhancing participation, sport and physical activity

Physical activity and sport

04 Jan 2012

Tim Gill - Expanding Children’s Horizons

Part 1 of the Tim Gill interview from the launch of the Streets Ahead Evaluation Report in Melbourne 17 October 2011.

Building connections

23 Jun 2014

Introducing a new VicHealth resource, Active for Life, brings together Australian and international research to challenge our current thinking and help decision makers identify changes we can all make to influence how much our children move each day.

VicHealth resource

22 Jul 2014

Put a spring in your step at Southern Cross Station

The Bourke Street stairs at Southern Cross Station have been transofrmed into a scenic garden to motivate commuters to ditch the escalator and take the stairs this winter.

Partner Release

08 Apr 2014

AFL players team up to get more Victorians moving

The AFL Players’ Association today announced it has joined forces with VicHealth and will take part in the TeamUp 20 Day Challenge, which encourages more Victorians to get moving and embrace an active

Partner Release

19 May 2014

Melbourne workers urged to get active this winter

City workers encouraged to move more, sit less and eat better 100 Ways to Move It Melbourne program of activities Victorian Coalition Government building a healthier Victoria.

Partner Release

01 Jun 2001

Exercise Recreation and Sport Survey

This survey enables study of many aspects of participation, such as the characteristics and choices of participants, and how these choices vary region by region. It represents the beginning of a concerted effort by VicHealth and Sport and Recreation Victoria to develop consistent and ongoing measurements of participation of exercise, recreation and sport.

Physical activity and sport

01 May 2006

A Winning Game Plan: Creating Opportunities in Sport & Active Recreation

Through VicHealth's Active Participation Grants, communitybased organisations are funded for one to two years to work in partnership with a diverse range of organisations within their community to develop opportunities for people who would not normally participate in traditional sport or active recreation.

Physical activity and sport

01 Mar 2008

Metro ACTIVE evaluation report

The Metro ACTIVE Program is intended to influence local governments to adopt an integrated planning approach to support residents to be physically active. VicHealth funded six councils under a two-level funding model, for two years.

Physical activity and sport

21 Jul 2010

PICSAR-Friends for Fitness

Vision-impaired people are playing tennis in a VicHealth-funded project run by Blind Sports Victoria and Tennis Victoria.

Blind Sports Victoria

30 Mar 2010

PICSAR - Learning for Life

Many of Victorias recently-arrived residents who come from different cultural backgrounds have not needed, or had the opportunity, to learn about water safety.

Water safety