National Preventive Health Strategy
The Australian Government has released the National Preventive Health Strategy 2021-2030, with a vision to improve the health and wellbeing of all Australians, and a focus on increasing physical activity …
Encouraging physical activity
Council spends money in a variety of ways to encourage physical activity, which has benefits for physical and mental health, both as individuals and as a community. In this article …
Aligning health policy and transport policy
Health policy and transport policy need to align; to avoid poor nutrition and lack of active transport, which can lead to diabetes: Learn more from Bridget Burdett’s post on LinkedIn. …
Welcome new champion – Katherine
Streets Alive Yarra is building an online record of broad community support for walking, cycling, public transport and place making. One way that we do this is to have professionals stand up …
Designing streets for kids
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) have released a new guide – Designing Streets for Kids. The guide points out that healthy kids means healthy adults. Streets for …
COVID-19 Response Trials
On Tuesday 23rd June Councillors will consider a Council Report on COVID-19 Response Trials. This follows on from previous good work from Council to provide more space for physical distancing, …