The Health Promotion Branch has been funded by the Commonwealth Government through the National Partnership Agreement on Preventive Health (NPAPH), and by the ACT Government through the Healthy Kids, Healthy Future budget initiative.
The aim is to deliver a range of preventive health initiatives that improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people aged from birth to 25 years living the ACT.
About the ACT Healthy Children’s Initiative 2010/11 to 2014/15
The ACT Healthy Children’s Initiative is the name which has been given to the range of projects and campaigns to be delivered under the NPAPH and the Healthy Kids, Healthy Future initiative. Funding from both sources provides an unprecedented and unique opportunity to influence health-related behaviours in children and young people in the Canberra region.
A list of projects which are managed and/or funded by the Health Promotion Branch are listed below:
Early Childhood & Preschool
- Kids at Play – Active Play and Eating Well project (funding provided to the Heart Foundation ACT for project delivery)
Schools
- SmartStart For Kids! (funding provided to SmartStart For Kids! for program delivery).
- Healthy Transitions program (funding provided to the YWCA Canberra for program delivery)
- ACT Healthy School Canteens
- Active Travel to School Program.
The program is in the final stages of development and will be piloted in a number of schools in 2012. Key supporting documents can be downloaded here:
| Download: | Active Travel 2011 School Consultation Snapshot (PDF File - 1195k) Active Travel to School Literature Review (PDF File - 1286k) What you told us at the Active Travel to School Forum (PDF File - 350k) |
Sport and Recreation
- funding provided to Sport and Recreation Services and Nutrition Australia ACT for delivery.
The Healthy Food@Sport project focuses on supporting canteens run by community sports clubs/organisations to increase the range of healthy food and drink choices available to children and young people.
Healthy Food@Sport is a partnership between the Health Directorate, Sport and Recreation Services and Nutrition Australia ACT.
The project offers support to enable canteen managers to switch to healthier menus plus education sessions and resources for members on the benefits of healthy eating and drinking.
The project is currently being piloted by seven ACT community sports clubs/organisations:
- Basketball ACT
- Gungahlin Little Athletics Centre
- Kids Football Club (formally known as Players Football Club)
- Netball ACT
- South Canberra Netball Association
- Touch Football ACT
- Woden Valley Soccer Club
The pilot phase will expand and work with more community sports clubs/organisations during the Winter season of 2012.
Newsletters
| Download: | Issue 1: January 2012 - Project Introduction (PDF File - 365k) Issue 2: February 2012 - Healthy Eating and Hydration (PDF File - 363k) Issue 3: March 2012 - Healthy Catering and Fundraising (PDF File - 360k) Issue 4: April 2012 - Making Healthy Choices (PDF File - 370k) |
Fact Sheets
| Download: | Healthy Catering and Tips for Hosting End of Year Celebrations (PDF File - 280k) Healthy Food For Active Children (PDF File - 282k) Hydration for Active Children (PDF File - 282k) Sugar Content of Popular Drinks - Considerations for Children in Sport (PDF File - 426k) Tips for Using the Traffic Light System (PDF File - 289k) |
Contact Details
Grant Voysey
Senior Project Officer - Healthy Food@Sport
Sport and Recreation Services
Phone: (02) 6207 1696
grant.voysey@act.gov.au
Community
- Lifestyle Triple P (funding provided to ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services for program delivery)
- Service expansion of the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA),Canberra (funding provided to the ABA ACT/Southern NSW Branch)
- STEPS program (funding provided to the YWCA Canberra for program delivery)
- Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation Preventive Health program
- Food Skills project (funding provided to Nutrition Australia, ACT Branch for project delivery)
Research
- The ACT Healthy Young People Feasibility Study has been finalised and is now available online. Further details about the Study can be found here.
| Download: | ACT Healthy Young People Feasibility Study (PDF File - 2009k) |
- Further details about the ACT Healthy Children’s Initiative 2010/11 – 2014/15 can be found by downloading the following document:
| Download: | ACT Healthy Children's Initiative - A proposed approach (PDF File - 117k) |
Contact Us
For further information about the ACT Healthy Children’s Initiative, please contact us at the Health Promotion Branch on (02) 6207 9527 or via email at healthpromotion@act.gov.au
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