Healthier Eating Active Living (Heal)

The Healthier Eating and Active Living (HEAL) collaborative works across multiple social and systems levels to address barriers and enablers that will improve health and wellbeing across the G21 region.

HEAL aims to support the community to make healthy lifestyle changes with seven goals:

• Reducing the consumption of sugar sweetened beverages.
• Increasing water consumption.
• Increasing vegetable consumption.
• Increasing healthy food and drink, and active living in children’s settings.
• Increasing active travel.
• Increasing incidental activity.
• Increasing physical activity for women and girls in the G21 region.

Cross-sector Working Groups are working in consultation with the community to achieve these goals.

The G21 Health and Wellbeing team are also providing support to “Colac Otway Choose Change”. This Deakin University led project aims to tackle childhood obesity in partnership with Colac Area Health and Colac Otway Shire.

For further details about this initiative, please contact the Primary Care Partnership BSW at hwb@G21.com.au.

PLEASE NOTE:  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the HEAL initiative are adapting their work in support of a Healthy@Home campaign that encourages healthy behaviours in relation to food and nutrition, physical activity, mental health and positive relationships. To access useful information and resource supporting this work click here

STRATEGIC PRIORITY: ENABLING HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES

This project supports, encourages and promotes opportunities for increased physical activity and improved healthier eating in the G21 region

KEY DOCUMENTS

• G21 Healthier Eating and Active Living Orientation Guide
• G21 Healthier Eating and Active Living Plan 2019 – 2020
• G21 Healthier Eating and Active Living Summary Report 2019-2020 

HEAL aligns with a number of regional and state-wide health and wellbeing plans. These include:

• The Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing plan 2019–2023
• Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing outcomes framework
• All five municipal health and wellbeing plans in the G21 region.
  • City of Greater Geelong
  • Golden Plains Shire
  • Colac Otway Shire
  • Surf Coast Shire
  • Borough of Queenscliffe

PARTNERS

Barwon Health, Barwon Water, Bellarine Community Health, Borough of Queenscliffe, Colac Area Health, City of Greater Geelong, Colac Otway Shire, Golden Plains Shire, Hesse Rural Health, Leisure Networks, Surf Coast Shire, Women’s Health and Wellbeing Barwon South West, Kardinia Park Stadium Trust, Department of Health and Human Services and the Primary Care Partnership BSW.