May 2020

Image: Courtney Bruce, West Coast Fever. 

Coached By Courtney  

Coached By Courtney is a new online initiative to create awareness and education among the WA netball community about the importance of healthy eating and regular physical activity. Healthway, promoting the LiveLighter message, are long time partners of West Coast Fever, and for the next two years will continue this support as an Elite Partner. Find out more.

Singing for Children  

West Australian Opera, with the support of Healthway and Act-Belong-Commit, is proud to offer free singing lessons for children. The Singing for Children initiative is led by Perry Joyce and explores the top 10 operas worldwide. Every Friday from now, until the 3 July, singing workshops will be available on the West Australian Opera YouTube channel. Singing is a fantastic way to keep mentally and physically healthy. Find out more.  

Image: West Australian Opera Act Belong Commit Singing For Children. 

Image: Volleyball WA Support Sport. Stay Home.

Support Sport. Stay Home. 

Volleyball WA launched ‘Support Sport. Stay Home.’ initiative to keep Western Australians healthy, and the volleyball community connected during COVID-19. The initiative includes a weekly challenge on social media and a range of webinars and online learning options including ‘Coping with COVID-19 without alcohol’ on the 23 of May. Find out more. 

Go for fruit and veg challenge 

Through our Go for 2&5 healthy eating partnership with Little Athletics WA, #PasstheBaton and Go for 2&5 Challenge of the week, is an online activity encouraging the Little A’s community to practice new skills with their favourite sport, and eat 2 fruit and 5 veg to fuel their bodies for good health and wellbeing. To get involved follow Little Athletics WA on Facebook. Find out more.

Image: Little Athletics WA Challenge of the Week. 

Image: Talk to Me is facilitated by Professor Sonya Girdler, Dr Ben Milbourn, and Craig Thompson from Curtin University, and Frank Zimmermann and Dr Viktor Kacic from Klinkum Aschaffenburg in Germany.

'Talk to Me' student course  

With support from a Healthway Exploratory Research Grant, Curtin University developed a Massive Open Online Course on mental health and suicide called 'Talk to Me: Improving mental health and suicide prevention in young adults'. Students can also access a two-week version of 'Talk to Me: Managing study, stress and mental health at university'. Improving the mental health and wellbeing of Western Australians is a key priority for Healthway. Find out more.

PhD opportunity with ECU 

Edith Cowan University is seeking a PhD candidate to undertake research with an established Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project team, investigating informal sport as a health and social resource for young people. Interested candidates should contact Professor Dawn Penney by email d.penney@ecu.edu.au or by calling 08 6304 2339. Find out more.

Image: Investigating informal sport as a health and social resource for young people.

Image: LiveLighter Master Swimming Healthy Recipe Challenge.

Healthy Recipe Winners  

Our partners at Masters Swimming WA teamed up with LiveLighter to offer members a chance to win great prizes by submitting their favourite healthy recipe. Congratulations to the winners for their fabulous creations of Tandoori Salmon with Beetroot Relish, Black Bean Brownies, Grain Free Granola, and Beetroot Hummus. Find out more. 

Developing skills off the field   

With no hockey being played, Hockey WA’s Development Officers across the state have been using this time to upskill. Hockey WA hosted online education seminars on  governance, volunteers and healthy club policies. Healthy clubs is a key priority for us, and our partnership with Hockey WA is a great example of health promotion planning and education that is achieving positive health outcomes. Find out more.

Image: Hockey WA Development Officer Zoom Seminars.

Image: WA Football Junior Go for 2 & 5 Healthway partnership.

Junior footy work out  

Through our Go for 2 & 5 healthy eating partnership with WA Football, junior footballers around the state can participate in #WorkOutWednesday. The online initiative is about kids having fun with the football in their backyard. The skills and drills videos are facilitated by the junior coaching team, and focus on fundamental movement. Find out more. 

COVID-19 and new applications

For new applications we will prioritise funding to the needs of the community at this time. It will be a condition of any new funding, that any activities undertaken will not contravene government measures relating to COVID-19 including that relating to social distancing. For more information visit our website or phone us on 133 777. Find out more.

Image: Healthway COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions.