Other Projects
For a complete list of major projects see our project list. For more information on our activities contact one of our Health Promotion Units.
| Health Promoting Schools |
Primary schools across Northern Sydney Central Coast are also supported to improve the health of members from the whole school community through Health Promotion activities:
| Central Coast |
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Primary Schools are supported by the Health Promoting Schools Network. This Network helps schools be up to date on the latest health promoing information as well as provinging a support to school based project like Live Life Well @ School. For more information visit: ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Northern Sydney |
The aim of the committee and its activities, is to increase and support school health promotion activities, through information sharing and linking back through representative organisations. One of the major activities undertaken by the group each year is the Health Promoting Schools Seeding Grants project. Schools are invited to apply for small seeding grants to undertake health promotion projects at their school. Past projects have included establishing vegetable gardens, improving physical activity facilities and starting fitness programs.
Click here for more information about the grants currently available.
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In the Northern Sydney area Health Promotion supports and maintains the Northern Sydney Health Promoting Schools Committee. The committee, which addresses primary and high schools, has representatives from Department of Education and Training, Catholic Education, Health Promotion, Child and Family Health Services, Parents & Citizens, and Parent & Friends organisations. | Northern Sydney Youth Health Promotion Team |
The Northern Sydney Youth Health Promotion Team promotes the health and well being of young people in the Northern Sydney area, with a focus on addressing youth health issues related to tobacco, alcohol and obesity.
The team does this by training and mentoring young people in a Youth Consultant role. There are around eight Youth Consultants aged between 14-21 years old representing all local government areas across the Northern Sydney area.
Under the supervision of a coordinator, the team runs workshops and consultations at high schools, presents on youth health issues to community organisations (eg businesses, police), promotes youth health issues through a variety of media and represents youth on Northern Sydney Central Coast Health committees and partnerships.
There are 2 major ways that the team promotes youth health issues:
- Youth website: In partnership with North Sydney Council, young people and service providers the Youth Consultants sustain and promote the www.Youthsource.org website (currently under major reconstruction).
- 'I-health' newsletter: A newsletter that deals with youth health issues including major Health Promotion issues like alcohol, tobacco and obesity.
Check out the latest I-Health newsletter (NB. 2Mb file)
| Urban Planning 4 Health |
It is not easy to respond to proposed Development Applications and other relevant plans in a timely way, yet most urban & land use planning decisions and policies have impacts on human health. Health Promotion started the Urban Planning 4 Health group as a strategy to help address the issue.
One of the outcomes has been the development the UP4Health Guidelines to assist Population Health staff to critically assess and respond constructively to Council/State/Regional development proposals and advocate for planning and design attributes that create supportive environments for an active, healthy lifestyle across the community.
| Make an Asthma Friendly Sports Policy |
With the help of Health Promotion's Asthma Kid, it’s easy to make an asthma friendly sports policy. You can reduce the dangers of asthma at your club, and even attract new members!
If you can correctly answer the eight questions in our asthma friendly quiz, your club will have an asthma policy for everyone to follow!
There are also asthma first aid posters, record forms and loads more useful information about asthma.
For more information, call your local asthma foundation on 1800 645 130 or visit the:
Asthma Australia website.
Like Asthma Kid says:
"Make an asthma friendly sports policy today!"
