Community Activities & Projects
The Health Promotion team at West Wimmera Health Service work closely with our communities, always doing their best to listen to what people want and need at the local level to increase opportunities for health and wellbeing.
Explore our activities and projects below and discover how you and your community can get involved.
To find out more about our Health Promotion team and their latest projects, email: health.promotion@wwhs.net.au
What we offer
This podcast features a series of stories about looking after yourself whilst on the farm. The choices you make can change your life; hear it from those that have done it. Hosted by Brigitte Muir.
Each of our towns and surrounds is unique. These local profiles provide a snapshot of the health and wellbeing of the town using a range of data sources.
Grants of up to $10,000 are available to community groups to address improvements to health and wellbeing in their towns.
An annual cooking competition, getting locals involved in using plant-based and locally sourced ingredients to create a meal the whole family can enjoy.
A chance to discuss health differently and talk about what will enhance health and wellbeing in your community.
Every year we conduct a community survey asking people what makes their community healthy and what might need some improvement.
Find your local recreational spaces. Our Health Promotion team is currently working with West Wimmera Shire Council to trial an online version of the guide.
About Health Promotion
So what is Health Promotion anyway? Usually, people think of contacting a health service when they are already unwell or concerned about their individual health. But what keeps people healthy in the first place? That is where the Health Promotion team can help!
What is Health?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines health as:
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What is Health Promotion?
The WHO definition of health promotion is:
The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.
What do we do?
We work across a broad range of communities and issues, always focussing on the social determinants of health but also supporting and/or developing smaller scale projects.
The social determinants of health are the conditions in which we are born, we grow and age, and in which we live and work. The factors below impact on our health and wellbeing.
