Minister Swinbourn MLC presenting Dr Stephanie Godrich (Edith Cowan University) with a Healthway grant at the Foodbank WA Hunger Report Breakfast October 2026.

Food security in action

A $345,412 Healthway grant is bringing communities together across regional WA to improve access to healthy, affordable food and strengthen local food systems for the future.

Led by Edith Cowan University and the WA Council of Social Service, the initiative will connect community gardens, food relief providers, growers, health services and local organisations to develop practical, locally led solutions that improve food security.

Activities will be delivered across the Goldfields, Great Southern, Kimberley, Midwest, Peel, Pilbara, South West and Wheatbelt, with a focus on building on each region's unique strengths, needs and local knowledge.

Image courtesy: Hockey WA

A more active Australia

Being active is one of the best things we can do for our health and wellbeing, yet many Australians aren't getting enough movement in their day.

To mark the launch of the latest Blueprint for an Active Australia from the Heart Foundation, join the upcoming webinar to explore the report's key recommendations and the actions needed to support a more active Australia.

The Blueprint also features a Healthway case study, highlighting how healthy sponsorship and policy settings can help create healthier sporting environments for children, young people and communities.

Help shape play in WA

Play helps children grow, learn, build confidence, develop friendships and thrive.

That's why the WA Government is developing Australia's first Play Strategy, and wants to hear from communities across Western Australia

Whether you're a parent, carer, educator, community member or work in a role that supports children, your insights will help shape more opportunities for children to play where they live, learn and grow.

With support from a trusted adult, children up to eight years of age can also share what play means to them.

The survey is open until 11 November 2026.

Professor Ilona Kickbusch

Professor Ilona Kickbusch in conversation

Forty years after reshaping the global health landscape, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion continues to influence how we build healthier communities.

Join Healthway and the Australian Health Promotion Association for a conversation with Professor Ilona Kickbusch, one of the Charter's lead architects, as she reflects on its legacy and explores the public health challenges and opportunities that will shape our future.

📅 Tuesday 3 November
🕤 9:30am – 11:30am
💻Online tickets still available! 

Help shape vaping prevention in WA

Cancer Council WA's Clear the Air program, funded by Healthway, is seeking young adults aged 18 to 24 years with current or past experience using nicotine products to join its Youth Advisory Group.

Youth Advisors will help shape campaigns, resources and support programs while building valuable leadership and co-design skills, ensuring young people's voices are heard.

Abstracts still open! 

The 2027 Public Health Association of Australia Preventive Health Conference is heading to Healthway’s home city, Boorloo (Perth). 

Next year’s theme, Prevention: It’s Everybody’s Business, reflects a simple but important truth: creating healthier communities takes more than the health system alone. Some of the greatest opportunities to improve health and wellbeing come from addressing the social, political, environmental, economic and commercial factors that shape our lives.

If you're working to advance health and wellbeing in your community, organisation or field of research, now is the time to share your work.

Abstract submissions close on 9 November 2026.

Free Physical Literacy Week 2026 Seminar

Join Professor Gareth Stratton, Healthway Visiting Fellow, and Professor Michael Rosenberg from UWA's KIDDO program for a special Physical Literacy Week seminar.

Learn how measuring physical literacy can help support children to be more active, improve teaching and inform policy. You'll also get a first look at KIDDO's latest fundamental movement skill findings from more than 36,000 WA children.

📅 Friday 6 November
🕙 10:00am - 11:30am
📍 John Bloomfield Lecture Theatre, UWA

Turning public health plans into action

Has your local government recently published a Public Health Plan? Healthway can help bring it to life through our Public Health Plan Activation Grants.

Funding is available for activities that support or complement strategies identified in Public Health Plans, helping create healthy, more active communities aligning with Healthway’s priority health areas.

Bring creativity into the classroom

The Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport is offering grants of up to $20,000 through its Creative Learning Residencies program.

Open to WA schools, teaching artists, creative practitioners and local governments, the program supports artist-in-residence projects that deliver innovative learning experiences for students from Kindy to Year 12 in a range of curriculum areas.