Healthy Cities Illawarra

📢 📢 📢 We are once again participating in the Bolsta Raffle to raise money for our Active In-Betweens program 🛴 🏀 🌷 - targeting 8-12 year olds in socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the Illawarra. Major Prize is $20,000 Cash. Second prize is $2,000 cash. Third prize is $1,000 Cash. It is drawn on May 31st - so get your tickets today!

CEO Update:

Ambassador Retirement!! Thank you to one of our founding Healthy Cities Ambassadors, Les Dion for three years of support. Les has been generous with his business expertise and advice on transport issues we have asked of him, and featured in our digital campaign, putting a human face to people who ride bikes - More than a Cyclist Illawarra. Thank you Les for championing a healthy city!

We’re #hiring. Are you passionate about making a positive impact on community health? Are you skilled in stakeholder engagement, fostering collaboration and driving initiatives that benefit individuals and communities? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Healthy Cities Illawarra team as a Community Collaboration Facilitator, Asthma Projects. This is a new position, funded by Asthma Australia through the Pearl Sheppard Fund. Details about how to apply below and on our website https://lnkd.in/g6RcHSgH

This year's Illawarra Women's Day of Dance and Culture is fast approaching! The event has established itself over the last two years to be a welcomed event for women to meet new people, learn about their community and feel part of the community. Through this platform, we begin to connect women with social and health services they require to live a full life in the Illawarra. It is an affordable celebration at the conclusion of International Women's Week - great food by Balinese Spice Magic, great company, fun cultural dance and women's health and social service providers in attendance. Hope to see you on Fri 15th March - Wollongong Town Hall, thanks to sponsorship from Wollongong City Council, University of Wollongong, Taylor Made Outcomes.

Come again Korean Healthy Cities Partnership!

On Tuesday, together with University of Wollongong and Wollongong City Council, we hosted 26 colleagues from the Korean Healthy Cities Partnership on their Australian Study Tour. They heard about projects in Active Transport from Jackson Lenham and Michael Tran, Active in Betweens by Jenny Norman and Kelly Andrews delivered a presentation about our recent Regional Food Donation Pilot porgram, fuded by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA). The group toured UOW Early Start, visited Bellambi Neighbourhood Centre, then in the evening, a formal welcome reception was enjoyed with local dignitaries as we signed a Memorandum of Understanding to help expand and enhance the Healthy Cities movement in our respective countries.

We are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the Korean Healthy Cities Partnership delegates next week as they visit the Illawarra as part of their Australian Study Tour. UNSW's Cities Institute are hosting a webinar where you can hear about the rich experience of Healthy Cities in the Republic of Korea. Since 2003, local governments in Korea have actively embraced the healthy cities movement by becoming members of the Alliance for Healthy Cities. The Korea Healthy Cities Partnership, which a membership of over 100 local governments, serves as the national chapter of the Alliance for Healthy Cities. Don't miss the opportunity to learn about the thriving healthy cities movement in Korea! (Webinar) Healthy Cities in Korea Date: Monday, 19 February 2024  Time: 12:00-13:15 Registration: https://lnkd.in/gU3WV4ZB Agenda : Opening remarks and introductions Prof Peter Poulet, Director, UNSW Cities Institute Korea Healthy Cities Study Tour to Australia - overview and background Dr Jinhee Kim, Scientia Fellow, UNSW Cities Institute Korea Healthy Cities Partnership - introduction and key activities Hon Taek Lim, Mayor of Gwangju Dong-gu, Chair, Korea Healthy Cities Partnership National policies to support local governments' healthy cities initiatives Ms Seungwon Shin, Korea Health Promotion Institute Health impact assessment as a tool to promote healthy public policies Dr Eunjin Choi, Korea Institute of Health and Social Affairs Q&A (consecutive Korean-English interpretation)

Happy New Year from the HCI Team - our doors are now open for 2024! We wish all our friends and supporters a very happy, peaceful, healthful, and successful 2024. 🎉   A shout out to our volunteer Pauline who, after 16 YEARS reached an incredible milestone just after Christmas of 200 plasma donations - and many whole blood donations in between! A single donation of blood or plasma can make a life-changing impact - helping patients facing surgeries, trauma, cancer, and various medical conditions. The need for donations is constant. Hospitals and clinics are always in need of a steady supply to meet the high demand - and when you donate, you're not just helping one person; you're potentially impacting multiple lives.   If you donate plasma every two weeks in 2024, you can hit 26 donations. That's up to 78 lives impacted! Your time, kindness and plasma creates a ripple effect of hope and healing.    There are many ways to contribute to a happy, healthy Illawarra in 2024 - maybe Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is up your alley?