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Coffs Harbour City Council has submitted an application to the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing for the pilot phase of this grant program.

42 LGAs were selected and invited to apply, with the opportunity for up to 12 of those LGAs to serve as ‘learning-by-doing’ models to inform the on-going roll-out of the initiaitve.

Council’s proposal entitled Get REAL Healthy! project is specifically aimed at engaging Youth and Over 45s as they represent a high proportion of the Coffs Harbour population and good opportunities for intervention.

The objectives of the grants and our program are to:

• Increase awareness of and participation in healthy living (dietary, physical, lifestyle) activities by youth not in the workforce.
• Increase awareness of an participation in healthy living (dietary, physical, lifestyle) activities by older people not in the workforce.
• Develop an ongoing network of partner organisation to ensure maximum utilisation of existing resources and extend the reach of the program.

If successful, the application will be implemented in partnership with a number of government and non-government organisations including:

• North Coast Area Health Service
• Mid North Coast Division of General Practice
• Lintan Health Weight Loss Program
• CHESS
• Coffs Coast Community College
• Headspace MNC
• North Coast Youth Career Connections

More than 140 students from across the region had their eyes opened to possible careers in the health sector from general practice doctors to psychiatry and nursing, thanks to a ‘Hands On Health’ seminar in Coffs Harbour.

Students from Macksville to Grafton and west to Dorrigo travelled to the Norm Jordan Pavilion at the showground for the seminar, aimed at giving people a wider choice of career paths after school.

Students spent the day in groups speaking directly with people in the profession.

“The feedback from both the presenters and the students has been really positive,” North Coast Youth Career program manager Liz Wilkins said.

“They loved it – the best thing about the day was that the kids had an opportunity to actually speak with people who are in that profession.”

The seminar was a joint effort by Federally-funded North Coast Youth Career Connections, NSW Business Chamber and the Mid North Coast Division of General Practice and funding support provided by the Economic Development Unit of Coffs Harbour City Council.

A partnership between Coffs Harbour City Council and North Coast TAFE

Following an approach by the Coffs Coast Future of Ageing to Coffs Harbour City Council, the Council’s Economic Development Unit has sponsored a Workplace Readiness Program which will be run by NC TAFE in partnership with local representatives of the aged and community services industry. This collaboration will see a pilot program delivered to 24 TAFE students by the end of June and is designed to assist them with orientation to the Industry, providing them with a comprehensive overview of the Industry’s services prior to their study and entry to the workplace.

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