SGGPCP is very excited to announce that we have been selected as a finalist for You’re Enough, in the Preventing Harm from Alcohol category for the 2016 VicHealth Awards. The You’re Enough campaign sends a positive message to young people
Walk to School
Primary students from 15 schools within the Southern Grampians have been getting active throughout October as they walk to and from school for VicHealth’s Walk to School month. Southern Grampians Shire Council is pleased to be supporting Walk to School
Physical Activity in the Workplace
As part of our Physical Activity Benchmark, staff at SGGPCP are very excited about their new standing boardroom tables (there are stools to go with the tables to enable sitting or standing as required). We have also added to our
Families swap traffic time for together time this October
Primary students from 15 schools within the Southern Grampians will be getting active as they walk to and from school for VicHealth’s Walk to School month. Southern Grampians Shire Council is pleased to be supporting local schools and families by
Being Well Expo
Hamilton’s very first Being Well Expo was held at HILAC over the weekend with a large crowd of 900 people attending workshops, talks and demonstrations from our local health, fitness and wellbeing service providers. GenR8 Change had a booth at
Being Well Expo
Keen to learn more about the fantastic health and well-being services available in our region? Join us at the 2016 Being Well Expo! This Sunday 25th September, 10am-3pm at HILAC. The Being Well Expo was an original action arising from
Enhancing Networks for Resilience Project
Jo Brown presented the Enhancing Networks for Resilience Project at the 6th International Conference on Building Resilience in Auckland last week. The work of SGGPCP around networks and disaster resilience was very well received and many new links were made
Pregnant Pause: Be a hero, take zero
‘Pregnant Pause’ is an innovative health promotion campaign encouraging Australians to go alcohol free during their pregnancy or the pregnancy of a loved one. Pregnant Pause is an initiative of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE), and takes
Crazy Ideas Pitch Day
Early in August GenR8 Change was involved in the Crazy Ideas forum, where over 100 local young people came together to come up with some crazy ideas for positive change within our community. Many of these ideas revolved around improving
Farewell Penny and welcome back Claire
Farewell Penny – Penny Fraser has accepted one of the new positions funded from the NHMRC Grant for Obesity Prevention in the Great South Coast, with Deakin University. Penny has been with SGGPCP for seven years, commencing as Office Coordinator