Goldfields Consumer Engagement
Purpose
The Goldfields Consumer Engagement page is designed to support and reinforce the community engagement activities currently being undertaken in this region, including the Northern Goldfields Interagency meeting and the Youth Forum meetings.
Through these meetings participating organisations are committed to facilitating joint initiatives that help strengthen the community and improve the coordination of services in the region. It is recognised that Community, Local, State and Non-Government organisations input into discussion topics and initiatives is essential for strengthening the community and improving service coordination.
Objective
This page will give members of the community the opportunity to converse, share ideas and opinions, and reach decisions on pressing matters that may fall outside of the timelines of meetings, as well as receive regular updates from participating organisations. This page supports meeting documents, highlights relevant news items and upcoming events and show cases good new stories..
We hope that you find this resource valuable and look forward to your input.
Tell your story
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R u ok? Leonora has a Blue Tree
Local stakeholders and the Shire of Leonora came together recently to paint a designated tree blue in the town of Leonora, Northern Goldfields, prompting locals to talk about mental health and ask: “r u ok?”. Norma Heaton from HOPE Community Services has a vision to paint trees blue along the Northern Goldfield highway, from Kalgoorlie to Laverton. This project has touched Norma personally due to lived experience.
The Blue Tree Project started as a reminder for people to check in on their loved ones and to bring awareness to mental health issues and suicide prevention. The colour blue represents a... Continue reading
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Shooting Stars Good News - Leonora Officially Launched
Glass Jar Australia are thrilled to officially launch their Leonora site!!! Allowing them to continue to work towards Closing the Gap in school competition for Aboriginal girls across the state!
Leonora is the first program based in Goldfields, located 833km northeast of Perth and will target up to 35 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls from Year’s 4-10 at Leonora District High School. It’s fantastic to see Shooting Stars open its first program in Western Australia’s Goldfields!
This site is generously supported by a number of financial and community contributors that helped to get the site off the ground. The... Continue reading
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Grow Local Expansion 2019
What is Grow Local?
Grow Local was developed by WA Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) in 2017 in response to difficulties in recruiting and retaining culturally appropriate mental health workers to support Aboriginal people.
It was identified as a need during the filming of Bus of Hope, a documentary that followed a group of people from Leonora as they embarked on a journey to Alice Springs, sharing their personal stories of how suicide has impacted their lives and their tight-knit community.
It is a specially designed Certificate IV in Mental Health whose objectives are to:
- Train local people who... Continue reading
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Leonora Woman’s groupfirst event for 2019!
Hope Community Services facilitated its first woman’s group for 2019 this week thanks to Norma Heaton and Nadia Aly. The ladies requested “spices” as the theme and wanted to learn how to cook with different spices. The ladies prepared the food under guidance from Nadia and a fabulous meal was served.
The Group will be held every fortnight on a Monday at Meedac and all ladies are welcome to join in. The theme will change every fortnight – This is a great opportunity to have a yarn and catch up friends and enjoy different themes chosen by the ladies.
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Children ‘s Week – Hammond Park Kalgoorlie 2018
WA Primary Health Alliance’s attended the Children’s week in Kalgoorlie at Hammond Park to promote My Health Record, Immunisation and services funded by WA Primary Health Alliance in the Goldfields. The event was supported by Kalgoorlie-Boulder Early Years Strategy Group and organisations who provide services to children and young people in the Goldfields.
Picture Above - Ghadah and her daughter in Hammond Park
About 200 parents and children attended the event. Some day care centres brought in the children for the activities. There were lots of activities including the popular potato competition to win a fruit basket for the best... Continue reading
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Changing Scenes, Redefining Lives by Theatre of Transformation Australia
Due to illness this project has been placed on hold until further notice. For updates, please keep an eye on this story!
Late last year, WA Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) conducted a Youth Forum in Leonora, Northern Goldfields. The youth came together with service providers, community members (including Elders) and community agencies to identify needs in the region regarding youth mental health and develop a greater understanding of what was needed in the community.
One of the Youth Forum outcomes that emerged, was a request for grief counselling for them and their families. WAPHA has carefully responded by funding a... Continue reading
Great Documents to Share
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Goldfields GP and Pharmacy Christmas opening hours 2021 (273 KB) (pdf)
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COVID-19 Helpful information
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WAPHA Goldfields Funded Services Brochure 2020 (1.87 MB) (pdf)
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Nursing Australia podcast: COVID vaccine - Immunising the nation
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Guide to Funerals and Sorry Business during COVID 19
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Health Direct Website - Coronavirus
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COVID 19 AU Key Insights
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Healthy WA website - Coronavirus
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Alcohol and Drug Foundation
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Strong Spirit Strong Mind website - COVID
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Strong Spirit Strong Mind COVID poster (3.8 MB) (pdf)
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Aboriginal Health Council of WA Covid-19 Response Toolkit for Member Services (834 KB) (pdf)
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MindSpot Brief Guide to Telehealth March 2020.pdf (186 KB) (pdf)
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Think Mental Health
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Lotterywest-COVID-19-Fund-QA (94.8 KB) (pdf)
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Managing your mental health at home (345 KB) (pdf)
Who's listening
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Regional Manager – Goldfields/Country WA PHN
Phone 0429 628 435 Email sarah.brown@wapha.org.au -
Phone 0439 276 534 Email raelene.craft@wapha.org.au -
Phone 0427 401 088 Email triahna.coombs@wapha.org.au