Don’t miss your chance to attend a special screening of
THAT SUGAR FILM
1.30 or 6:30 pm on Wednesday 6th May 2015
Horsham Centre Cinemas - 41 Pynsent Street, Horsham
Tickets: $10. Available from the Horsham Centre Cinemas Phone 5382 1249 (during office hours Monday – Thursday 12.30
- 3.30 pm)
Exclusive Q&A Panel - Following the screening at 6.30 pm there
will be a panel discussion and the opportunity to participate in a
question and answer session with leading health experts and
members of the local community.
What is it all about? That Sugar Film highlights one man’s
journey to discover the truth about sugar. Damon Gameau
embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a
high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are
commonly perceived as ‘healthy’.
To watch the trailer and find out more visit the official website.
PLAY.SPORT.AUSTRALIA. NEW PARTICIPATION PLATFORM
Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Chair John Wylie AM has welcomed the launch of Play.Sport.Australia. –
Australia’s new national policy platform which aims to improve participation in organised sport.
Play.Sport.Australia. is the ASC’s grassroots complement to the national high performance plan Winning Edge, and is
built around better engagement with the community, stronger governance for sports and innovative ways to
improve their long-term financial sustainability.
“Play.Sport.Australia. will help sport collectively to “lift its game” when it came to improving participation rates,”
Wylie said. “At the end of the day, participation still remains the best measure of the strength of our sporting sector.
To read more click here.
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COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
IN THE GRAMPIANS REGION
Do you…
 Have an interest in preventing violence against women?
 Have involvement in your community’s White Ribbon Day Committee?
 Lead a prevention of violence against women project in your local area?
Then you should consider joining Women’s Health Grampians Community of Practice for the Prevention of Violence
against Women in the Grampians region!
What is a community of practice?
A community of practice is an effective way for people to share experiences, identify common challenges, solve
problems and learn – and thereby maximise opportunities to improve practice in real time.
The Community of Practice for the Prevention of Violence against Women in the Grampians Region is a new initiative
by WHG to support people with an interest in, or those working in the Prevention of Violence against Women to
implement good practice prevention projects.
Who can attend?
People who have an interest in prevention of violence against women or those who manage prevention of violence
against women projects are invited to attend.
What happens at a community of practice sessions?
Each session will run for approximately 6 hours and will include time for; • planned learning activities including guest
speakers where appropriate • project updates and information exchange and • networking over lunch. Sessions will
be held quarterly commencing in June 2015
Find out more or register by contacting Simone at Women’s Health Grampians [email protected] or 03 5322
4100
THAT SUGAR QUIZ
There is growing concern over the amount of sugar we are eating and how much this is affecting our health. What
do you know about sugar, the foods that it is found in and its health impacts? (ABC Health and Wellbeing)
To take the quiz click here.
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CAMP GALLIPOLI
This is a once in a life time experience for the now generation In partnership with the Horsham RSL and the HRCC
Supported by local service clubs
EVENT:Where:
Date:
Staring Time:
Horsham Sayer Park
April 24th & 25th
6.30 pm
What:11, 000 Voices Documentary; Film the Water Diviner; Arrival of the ANZAC Flame; Entertainment by local musicians;
Food and beverages available for purchase.
General Public Welcome also welcome - Tickets on Sale Now Horsham RSL Phone: 03 5382 5912 - Adult $10
Children $5.00 - Sleep out under the stars Numbers needs Online At:- http://www.trybooking.com.HEGD
Names of children urgently needed if they desire to camp out for the night. Contact person Brandi Galpin. Phone:Horsham College 03 5381 7100 for full details asap.
BUTOH RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP
on the Wimmera River, 15kms West of Horsham - Lead By Yumi Umiumare With locally based visual artist Anthony
Pelchen
This popular residential workshop is to expand body awareness, deepen consciousness and unleash internal
expression though a response to landscape. This 130 acre site near Mt Arapiles allows participants to move between
bush-land, sand dunes, open fields, river and elevated rock, opening up the senses to color, texture, sound and form.
Over the weekend, Yumi will introduce various methods of Butoh, Chi/Gravity exercises, breathing methods and
encourage a fuller expression and consciousness of well-being. Anthony will run a session of charcoal drawing that
tap into this and the overall energetic build-up over the weekend.
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The body practices, active meditation and drawing will act as powerful counterpoints and as opportunities to filter
one into the other, strengthening the links between the external environment and the internal landscape.
No dance, singing or drawing experience required!
Costs: $330/300 (Vegetarian meals included) - Booking and Enquiry: [email protected]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND REGULATION - SENIOR PAROLE OFFICER - HORSHAM
Applications close midnight on Sunday 19 April 2015.
This key position is responsible for delivering quality case management to a complex caseload of the highest priority
prisoners on parole, including Serious Violent Offenders (SVOs) under correctional supervision.
As a Senior Parole Officer, you will be required to work autonomously to ensure that prisoners on parole are case
managed in line with the Corrections Victoria (CV) Offender Management Framework. In doing so, you will apply
sound professional judgement in the ongoing identification and assessment of individual risk, with a paramount
consideration for community safety, escalating situations where necessary.
Within this role, you will have the opportunity to provide advice and mentoring to other CCS staff in effective case
management practices. In addition, you will also be responsible for the meticulous management of Community
Correctional Services (CCS) offender files, and as such, detail focus is essential.
If you or someone you know might be interested, please visit www.careers.vic.gov.au (reference:
VG/SPO_HORSHAM_MAR2015) for more information or speak to Glenn Jolley, Recruitment Services on (03) 8684
1091
CDA is seeking feedback about the present education experiences of students
with disability and families. We are calling on members and supporters to
complete a survey about what is experienced on a daily basis. In particular we
are seeking information and your views about what support is being provided
to students with disability and the opportunities available for families and care
givers to contribute and participate in their childs learning and wider school
experience.
If you could please share the survey with your networks to assist CDA in this important area of our work that would
be greatly appreciated.
The survey is available at http://questionpro.com/t/AFal4ZSXmI Please note that the survey closes on Monday 20
April 2015.
EATING DISORDERS & OBESITY CONFERENCE
The 2nd Annual Australian & New Zealand Eating Disorders and Obesity Conference will be held at Outrigger, Surfers
Paradise, May 18-19, 2015. The Conference will explore contemporary best practice, multidisciplinary care and
research into the epidemiology, clinical manifestations and treatments relating to eating disorders and obesity. It will
bring together clinical practitioners, mental health experts and public health administrators and academics from
Australia, New Zealand, the USA and South East Asia. It will cover assessment, prevention, treatment and recovery.
To register or view more click here.
STEPPING UP - WHEN ARTHRITIS OR PAIN GETS YOU DOWN
Stepping Up is a 6 to 8 week internet based program for people with arthritis, back pain or other musculoskeletal
conditions. For more information or to join a Stepping Up program, contact Ballarat Community Health (03) 5338
4593.
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presents IMPROVING HEALTH LITERACY WORKSHOP
Ever feel the information you’re providing is not being understood? Ever feel like you’ve lost
your client’s/patient’s attention before you’ve even begun?
Most people working in health spend a great deal of each day teaching their clients/patients about their
condition and how to manage it, but how many of us have ever been taught to teach?
This full day workshop is aimed at health professionals who want to enhance their communication and teaching
skills to ensure that every session with a client/patient becomes an opportunity to improve their client’s/patient’s
health literacy.
The Improving Health Literacy workshop is designed to: Familiarise you with learning styles and the factors that
promote successful communication and teaching; Enable you to develop enhanced techniques for questioning
and explaining, to engage clients/patients in thinking beyond the session; Increase your confidence in helping
clients/patients improve their health literacy
When
Where
9.30 am - 4:30 pm : Friday, 22 May 2015
Alfred Medical Research & Education Precinct (AMREP) - The Alfred hospital, Commercial
Road, Melbourne 3181
For further information, see the ADMA website.
WRITING FUNDING APPLICATIONS: THE NUTS AND BOLTS
Thursday 14th May, 2015, 09.00 – 13.00
This new workshop is a “how to” for writing applications for grants. It is likely to benefit health professionals or
administrators who have had limited experience writing grant applications. Experienced researchers from NARI will
provide tips on:
 effective use of language to get your message across
 useful statistics and facts to include
 budget preparation
Participants will also gain some practice by working on a real or fictional grant application with input from
facilitators. Workshop materials provided.
Presenters/Facilitators: Professor Colleen Doyle (Principal Research Fellow, Clinical Division, NARI); Betty
Haralambous (Research Fellow, NARI)
Venue:
Cost:
NARI Seminar Room, Building 9. National Ageing Research Institute Ltd, Gate 4, 34-54 Poplar Road,
Parkville, VIC. How do I get to NARI? Morning tea included.
$240 (including GST). Click here to register by Monday 27th April 2015
MEN’S HEALTH COMMUNITY GRANTS
Grants of up to $2,000 are available to plan, implement and evaluate a health promotion activity, to raise health
awareness for men in your local community. For further details click here.
WALKING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE
Did you know that taking a daily power walk can halve your risk of heart attack or stroke? Brisk walking gives your
heart a work-out, improves body strength and releases tension. You will feel refreshed and revived! If power
walking isn’t for you, just pick a pace that suits you. A gentle stroll will still do wonders for your health.
Read more here.
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FREE WEBINAR: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE - RESPONDING TO YOUR EMOTIONS
Each month ACHIEVE offers a complimentary webinar.
Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to identify and assess the emotions of oneself and others and then to use
that information to guide one's actions. While general intelligence is also important, emotional intelligence has
greater impact on one's ability to be productive and work well with others. In this webinar, you will learn how your
emotions work as well as the surprising truth about when to listen to them and when not to.
Click Here to access this month's free webinar.
Other Webinars:
Mental Health in the Workplace May 1 from 7pm - 8pm (GMT)
Emotional Intelligence – Responding to Your Emotions May 12 from 7pm - 8pm (GMT)
Leadership – The Essential Competencies May 29 from 7pm - 8pm (GMT)
Dealing with Difficult People June 11 from 7pm - 8pm (GMT)
Assertive Communication June 23 from 7pm - 8pm (GMT)
OUR WATCH NEWSLETTER
The Our Watch Newsletter is a bi-monthly newsletter with the aim to keep you up to date with Our Watch projects,
best practice primary prevention initiatives and insights from sector personalities, Our Watch Ambassadors and
survivor advocates.
After decades of near silence and minimisation of the extent of family and domestic violence public and political
momentum is building.
To view click here.
UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME
Arthritis and Osteoporosis Victoria cordially invites you to register for the second
webinar in our 2015 ‘Musculoskeletal Health’ webinar series which is
titled 'Understanding Complex Regional Pain Syndrome'.
Date: Monday, 20th April 2015
Time: 7pm - 8pm AEST
Target Audience: Health professionals of various disciplines across the musculoskeletal health and other sectors.
About the Presentation: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) can be difficult to understand and treat effectively.
Recently, much of the research into CRPS has turned to the role of the brain in this disorder. The spread of signs and
symptoms from the initial site of an injury to other body areas, together with the presence of intriguing perceptual
disturbances such as reduced tactile acuity and perception of a larger limb, point towards central mechanisms
playing a key role. During this webinar, Flavia will discuss the latest evidence from neuro-imaging and explore the
concept of ‘neuroplasticity’ in pain. Anne will then present an acute treatment plan and a longer term management
paradigm, informed by both the evidence and clinical experience with patients with both acute and chronic CRPS
and other persistent pain states.
Cost: $38 (inc GST) for individual Arthritis and Osteoporosis Victoria Health Professional Associate members and the
members of organisations and professional associations which are organisational Arthritis and Osteoporosis Victoria
Health Professional Associate members. $55 (inc GST) per webinar for non-members.
Register here.
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INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH LITERACY WEBINAR
This webinar is the first in a series of two webinars to be developed under the project Person Centred Care (PCC),
funded by the National Diabetes Service Scheme.
Time and date: 11:00am – 12:00pm (AEDT) Friday 24 April, 2015
This webinar is designed for CDEs, health practitioners and policy/program officers involved in providing direct
patient care or developing resources for people with diabetes. The webinar aims to provide an introduction to health
literacy principles, provide a brief overview of points to consider during consultations and when developing
resources for people with diabetes. It will also provide links to useful health literacy information and resources.
For further information and to register for the webinar, please visit the project webpage.
Register here.
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