June Health and Wellbeing Update

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<<First Name>>,
welcome to the June edition of your monthly health & wellbeing update!

The Health Promotion Team at Central Bayside Community Health Services (CBCHS) are here to support early childhood services in Kingston to plan and implement health & wellbeing initiatives to help create a healthier environment for your learning community.

Each month, we aim to share valuable information like resources, events, professional learning opportunities, and grants to help support wellbeing in your service.

If you would like free support to build a positive and healthy environment within your service, please get in touch with our team to get started!

All the best,
Perissa - Health Promotion Team at CBCHS
e: pamirinia@cbchs.org.au | p: 8587 0374

FOR THE WHOLE SERVICE COMMUNITY

Webinar | Revolutionize your body from the inside out

Join in on this free webinar to hear from Dr. Michael Mosely about motivating insights into how the food you eat can affect your mental and physical health. For more information or to register, click here.

When: Thursday 17th June 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Webex

FOR STAFF & EDUCATORS

Expression of Interest| Healthy Little Smiles Workshop

CBCHS is partnering with Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) to provide educators with a free professional learning workshop to learn about good dental health in early childhood!

The Healthy Little Smiles workshop aims to increase the knowledge, skills and confidence of educators to engage with children and families to promote key aspects of dental health.

If you would be interested in participating in a free 90 minute face-to-face workshop from DHSV, please register your Expression of Interest by clicking below or emailing Perissa on pamirinia@cbchs.org.au directly.

For more information on the workshop, download the flyer here.

Healthy Little Smiles Professional Learning Expression of Interest

Expression of Interest |Mental Health First Aid Training

Approximately 20% of Australian adults experience a common mental illness each year.
CBCHS is offering local organisations/groups, including early childhood services) the opportunity to participate in a Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course that will help you develop the skills to support a friend, family member or co-worker.

CBCHS will be heavily subsidizing the course (normally $250pp), with only a $25 co-payment required for the course and course handbook.

If you are interested in participating in the 12 hour (split across two days) face-to-face MHFA course, which will be running from July 2021, please complete this Expression Of Interest below.

Places are limited, so please complete the form by Wednesday 16th June 2021.

Mental Health First Aid Course Expression of Interest

Professional Learning | Road Safety Education

As part of the Starting Out Safely program funded by the Depratment of Transport and delivered by ELAA, Louise Dorrat will be delivering free online road safety education professional learning. Join in on either Wednesday 23 June 6:00pm or Tuesday 29 June 6:00pm.
For more information and to register for a session, click here.

After completing the professional learning, services with a funded four-year-old kinder program can also apply for a free ThingleToodle session after.

That's Grant-tastic!

Life Education: Growing Good Garden Grants
Life Education and Yates are encouraging children to get into the garden to grow and learn healthy habits. Kinders and childcares are invited to apply for one of 10 garden grants worth $1,000 each. Applications close 18 June 2021.
For more information, click here.

DET: Building Blocks Grants
Services can apply for the Capacity Building stream of the Building Blocks Grants. This stream provides funding for projects that create additional kindergarten places for three or four year olds by building new, or expanding existing infrastructure. Applications close 27 June 2021.
For more information click here.

SAVE THE DATE

International Mud Day:
29 June

NAIDOC Week:
4 - 11 July

The creators of International Mud Day wanted to find a way to help all of the Children of the Earth feel closer to each other...and what better way to do it than through the Earth itself! The day aims to connect children around the world by playing in the mud - because regardless of age, race and religion, covered in mud, we all look the same!

Join others around the globe in a day of splashing, rolling, squishing, sliding, making mud pies and more!

Check out some resources that you can use to help plan your services Mud Day.

NAIDOC Week is a time to celebrate and acknowledge the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

This year’s theme – Heal Country! – calls for us to continue to seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction.

There are many ways your service can celebrate NAIDOC Week this year to recognise diverse cultures and promote a sense of belonging and inclusion - check out some ideas here.

The Health Promotion Team at CBCHS is funded by the Department of Health, allowing us to offer free and tailored health and wellbeing support to your early childhood service.

If you'd like to find out more about how we can support your service,
get in touch with Perissa on pamirinia@cbchs.org.au or 8587 0374

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