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Welcome to the July edition of the monthly South Coast PCP News for 2021. For additional updates please follow us on facebook, and instagram, or visit our website. 

Contents:

South Coast Prevention Update:

  • ‘Step Outside. Move Your Way’ - Free come & try event

Service Providers Network News:

  • Victorian Electoral Commission - book a free information session

Partner News:

  • VicHealth: Future Healthy
  • Eating Disorders Victoria: Body Project Australia
  • NAIDOC Week: Heal Country – 4 to 11 July 
  • Communities in Control Conference 2022
  • BreastScreen Victoria van returns to Foster with free breast screens 
  • Pathways for Carers
  • Latrobe University Study - Primary Care Workforce Survey
  • Berry Street - Bass Coast Kinder Registration

Webinars
Training, Grants & Other Opportunities 
Employment 
South Coast Prevention Update
‘Step Outside. Move Your Way’ - Free come & try event
Come & Try Tuesday is the perfect way to explore new ways of being active in your local community.

Our first Come & Try Tuesday is going to be a fun one with an easy paced 30-minute walk. Come along and join the Wonthaggi Medical Group Walkers and turn being active into something social and fun. 

If you require further information, please get in touch with the walk organiser Sue at nurse2@wonthaggimedicalgroup.com.au 


Service Providers Network News
Victorian Electoral Commission - book a free information session
Be Heard voter education sessions are now being held for the upcoming South Gippsland Shire Council elections. 
The VEC is delivering free online sessions to communities, including:
  • people with disabilities (especially people with intellectual disabilities) 
  • people experiencing homelessness
  • people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds
  • people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
  • young people from all communities.
Book a free session and find out:
  • who can vote
  • how to enrol  to vote
  • how to vote correctly
  • where to get help to vote.
The close of roll is Friday 27 August at 4pm. Book a free session here or call 131 832 to find out more. 

Partner News 
VicHealth: Future Healthy
VicHealth has a vision for Victoria where no young person is denied a future that is healthy. To deliver on this vision, VicHealth is developing an exciting major initiative - Future Healthy. We can’t wait to share more with you! Sign up to the Future Healthy mailing list to make sure you don’t miss out.

Register for updates.




 

Eating Disorders Victoria: Body Project Australia
We are excited to announce the dates for our upcoming Body Project Australia online program that will be open to young women (aged 18 to 25) in the Gippsland community.

Body Project Australia is an group-based program for young women that has been delivered worldwide. The programs aims to help participants to challenge societal messages that focus on an ideal body, and to start to engage in strategies to improve their relationship with their own body.
 
Who is this program for? This program is for women aged 18 to 25 years old who identify as having body dissatisfaction (they have negative thoughts and/or feelings about their body).

How will the program run? The program will be delivered through four x 1.5hr Zoom sessions with two facilitators (she/her) and a small group (max 10ppl).
 
When will the program run?

  • Wednesday 28/07/21, 5:30pm-7pm
  • Wednesday 04/08/21, 5:30pm-7pm
  • Wednesday 11/08/21, 5:30pm-7pm
  • Wednesday 18/08/21, 5:30pm-7pm

Register here

NAIDOC Week: Heal Country – 4 to 11 July 
NAIDOC Week is a fantastic opportunity to take part in a range of activities to support and celebrate your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. This year, the theme is Heal Country. This NAIDOC Week calls for everyone to continue to seek greater protections of the lands, waters, sacred sites and cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction. Find out how you can get involved this year. 

Communities in Control Conference 2022
Communities in Control provides an excellent chance for organisations around the country to bring their entire teams together for two days of learning, community building and celebration.

If you have a group of 20+ and would like a bespoke quote for your team's attendance, please email service@ourcommunity.com.au and provide some details about your organisation, including your group size. A member of our team will be back to you promptly.

The 2022 conference will be held at the Moonee Valley Racing Club in Moonee Ponds, Victoria on May 23 and 24. It will also run live online
Register here.
BreastScreen Victoria van returns to Foster with free breast screens
From 23 August – 24 September 2021, BreastScreen Victoria’s hot pink van will return to Foster to provide free breast screens to the community.
 
Women aged between 50 and 74 should have a free breast screen every two years. They are the best way to find breast cancer early, before there are symptoms and when treatment is most successful.
 
All breast screens are with a female radiographer, in a friendly and safe environment. You don’t need a doctor’s referral or Medicare card, and screens only take 10 minutes.
 
BreastScreen Victoria has safety measures in place to protect clients and staff against the risk of COVID-19. This includes mandatory face masks and spaced out appointments to allow for physical distancing, and more cleaning in between appointments. More information about screening during COVID-19 can be found on the BreastScreen Victoria website.
The van will be at South Gippsland Hospital – 87 Station Road, Foster.
 
Appointments for the Foster van can be made online  or by calling 13 20 50.









 


 
Pathways for Carers 
Are you the CARER of a person with a disability or mental illness or an elderly person in or around Wonthaggi or Rhyll? Come along to connect with other carers and spend time outdoors for a gentle walk in nature! Complimentary morning tea with guest speaker during and after the walk.
Rhyll 
When: Tuesday mornings 
  • 8 June 
  • 20 July 
  • 17 August 
  • 7 September 
  • 5 October 
  • 9 November 
Where: Rhyll Park, Lock Rd (tennis club carpark) 
Wonthaggi 
When: Monday mornings 
  • 21 June 
  • 19 July 
  • 16 August 
  • 13 September 
  • 11 October 
  • 29 November 
Where: Wonthaggi Wetlands - South Dudley entrance car park 
For enquiries call 1800 242 696. To learn more click here.
Latrobe University Study - Primary Care Workforce Survey 
We are seeking participants for a Primary Care Workforce Survey  as part of the Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future project. The survey is interested in learning more about primary workforce views across regional and rural Victoria on providing trauma-informed primary care services for clients who are parents (including Aboriginal parents). Please help through your feedback by completing the 15 minute survey.
All the study information can be found on my study profile. 


 
Berry Street - Bass Coast Kinder Registration 
Berry Street and Bass Coast Shire Council present 2022 Kinder Registration Information Session for Bass Coast Families. An introduction to the new central registration process, covering: 
  • Bass Coast kinder registration and enrolment
  • 2022 registration for 3 and 4 year old enrolment 
  • supports for children with different needs
  • childcare subsidy schemes
  • dates and age cut offs. 
Where:
11am Thursday July 1st - Wonthaggi Library
11am Tuesday July 6th - Corinella Community Centre
11am Thursday July 8th - Inverloch Library
11am Wednesday July 14th - Phillip Island Library
11am Thursday July 15th - San Remo Library

For questions or further information, contact Imogen Whittaker iwhittaker@berrystreet.org.au. To register click here.
Webinars 
Some webinars may be available to view after the date 

Training, Grants & Other Opportunities

Employment
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Next edition: 12 August 2021
Information cut off: 5 August 2021
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