FEBRUARY 2019

Image: Courtesy of Foodbank WA.

Food Sensations for Parents 

Healthway will work in partnership with Foodbank WA to deliver a new state-wide nutrition education program for parents of children from 0 to 5 years of age. Food Sensations for Parents is a free program that will provide parents with an understanding of healthy eating for their children. Find out more.

SunSmart triathlon clubs 

Triathlon WA and Healthway are working in partnership to provide the opportunity for clubs to expand their SunSmart practices and create a sun safe club culture for members. Fremantle Triathlon Club is proud to have been announced the round one Triathlon WA SunSmart Grants winning club. One of their key strategies will be to develop and implement a club policy.

Image: Courtesy of Triathlon WA.

Grants drive community participation

A dedicated tenpin bowling program for Western Australians with a disability is one of 18 sports projects recently funded through the Targeted Participation Program grants. This is a joint initiative between Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and Healthway. Find out more.

MAN V FAT league expands  

In February a new MAN v FAT Cockburn soccer league will kick-off. MAN v FAT is a weight-loss program based around a 15-week, six-a-side soccer league. The program was created in the United Kingdom, and brought to WA in 2018 through a collaboration between UWA Sport, the UWA Psychology of Active, Healthy Living Group, and Healthway.  Find out more.

Image: Courtesy of UWA, MAN V FAT.

Image: Courtersy of Surf Life Saving WA.

Surf Life Saving WA Comp

Surf Life Saving WA are holding a SunSmart photo competition in the lead up to the Championships in March. Upload a photo of yourself being SunSmart outdoors, showcasing as many of the Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek and Slide key messages, and describe why being SunSmart is important to you.  Find out more.

Festival without the fizz

The 2018 LiveLighter Manjimup Cherry Harmony Festival is the first Healthway sponsored event in WA to go soft drink free. In partnership with Healthway, the WA School Canteen Association and event organisers worked together to create a healthy environment. Mobile food vendors agreed not to sell soft drink and instead provide healthier options of water, sparkling water and 100% juices. Find out more.

Image: Courtesy of WASCA.

Image: Courtersy of Royal Lifesaving WA.

Lapping up the fruit and veg

Healthway is proud to support and work in partnership with Royal Lifesaving WA to support the Go for 2&5 Swim for Fruit program which aims to improve children's levels of physical activity, swimming skill development and overall consumption of fruit at pools in the Pilbara region . Find out more.

Throwback to the 90's

Healthway has been unrelenting in its pursuit of smoke-free environments in WA for nearly three decades. Parry Field (Belmont) was one of the first sporting venues in Australia to restrict smoking back in 1993. Subiaco Oval adopted a smoke-free policy in all seating and indoor areas at the beginning of the 1995 football season, followed by the WACA oval in 1996. Healthway continues to work in partnership to create a healthy and smoke-free WA.

Image: Courtesy of Cancer Council WA.