A round up of news......
12 December 2019
CWGPCP News
Bookings Open - Free Diet and Mental Health Event: 20 February 2020
The Baw Baw Food Movement will be hosting a Diet and Mental Health Event on 20 February 2020 in Warragul.
What we eat every day plays a big role in our overall well-being.
This event will explore simple and practical tips to boost the mental health of adults and children through food. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and engage in group discussion.
The speaker will be Dr Tetyana Rocks. Tetyana is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Food & Mood Centre based at Deakin University. She is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian with extensive experience in tertiary and professional education.
Bookings essential - click here to register.
Free Mental Health Training: Let us know if you're interested!
The Black Dog Institute has recently been successful in winning a philanthropic grant which will allow them to deliver free, accredited, mental health training to health professionals and the community over the next three years in rural and regional parts of Australia.
Regional Victoria is an area of focus and they are able deliver in-house training to teams of health professionals on a variety of topics ranging from depression, perinatal mood issues through to advanced training in suicide prevention.
Thanks to this grant, they are able to deliver in house training sessions for free (they’re normally $360 per person) to groups of up to 25 people. All training is interactive and evidence based using case studies and peer discussion as the drivers for learning. Contact the CWGPCP team if you would like to learn more about this exciting opportunity - please email leonie.riddle@lchs.com.au.
Partner News
- GippSport currently have a new Business Administration Trainee role position vacancy.
- The Australian Government Department of Health encourages all stakeholders to participate a consultation on the development of a national obesity strategy for Australia (consultation closes 15 December).
- The BreastScreen van is currently in Moe until 17 December with free breast screens for local women over the age of 50 - the best way to find cancer early and save lives. Click here for more information and the promotional poster can also be shared across the region.
- Saver Plus matches your savings dollar-for-dollar, up to $500. Click here to view a short video about Stacey’s Saver Plus journey - a free program that provides financial education, budgeting and savings tips and helps families to pay for education costs. For more information, contact Rick, Berry Street, phone: (03) 5120 2542 or email: rpemberton@berrystreet.org.au.
- Infrastructure Victoria are updating Victoria’s 30-year infrastructure strategy and regional Victoria is a key focus of their work. Stakeholders are currently invited to make submissions on addressing regional disadvantage or comparative advantage, or both. (Submissions close Friday 7 February 2020).
Training, Conferences and Seminars
- Breastscreen Van at Moe - now until 17 December, Moe
- Free Training for Community Groups: Make the Most of Funding Opportunities with Council - Baw Baw Shire Council - 12 December, Drouin
- Webinar: An introductory session on Motor Neurone Disease (MND) for Health Professionals - MS Education - 12 December, online
- This Girl Can – Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Workshop (Save the Date) - VicHealth - 30 January 2020, Melbourne
- Bridges Out Of Poverty: Train the Trainer Certification - Gippsland PHN - 26-28 February 2020, Bairnsdale
- Advancing the Evidence: Migrant Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference - 27-28 February 2020, Melbourne
- Introductory and Advanced Community-based Social Marketing workshops - 3-6 March 2020, Melbourne
- National Early Years Summit - 11-12 March 2020, Melbourne
- 'PreventX' 2020 Annual Conference - Domestic Violence Resource Centre - 1 April 2020, Melbourne
- Communicating healthcare for young men through digital technology Conference - 14-16 June 2020, Melbourne
- Working From Our Strengths - The Chronic Illness Alliance (free online program)
- 'Diabetes Academy - What’s New in Diabetes?' (short course) - The University of Melbourne (online)
- 'Identifying and responding to domestic and family violence' (short course) - The University of Melbourne (online)
- SafeScript Modules - training access is open to all health professionals across Victoria; requires registration on the NPS MedicineWise website (online)
- Compact Courses- Training for community directors and fundraisers- Institute of Community Directors Australia (online)
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2019 Meetings
Baw Baw Emergency Food Relief meeting: Wednesday 5 February 2020, 10.30am, Quantum Support Services, William Street, Warragul
Food For All Latrobe Valley: Thursday 6 February 2020, 5.30pm, Moe Library, 1/29 George Street, Moe
Latrobe Prevention of Men’s Violence Against Women Network meeting: Tuesday 11 February 2020, Latrobe Community Health Service, Buckley Street, Morwell
Baw Baw 'Our Watch Our Issue' Network meeting: Thursday 13 February 2020, 8.30am, Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault, Albert Street, Warragul
Baw Baw Food Movement meeting: Thursday 20 February 2020, 9.30am, Community College Gippsland, Korumburra-Warragul Road, Warragul
CWGPCP Governance Group meeting: February 2020 (date to be confirmed), Latrobe Community Health Service, Fowler Street, Moe
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