Health and Wellbeing
Did you know there is a 'Community Kitchen' at Graham House in Murgon! Their Kitchen is open from 10am-midday each Monday. See below for more information and how you can be involved - or see their flyer!
And... if you're in the kitchen, why not check out the yummy recipes from RHealth and BIEDO!
Getting Healthy in the Inland Burnett
The Inland Burnett is a fantastic place to live and raise a family. There are always heaps of opportunities to get involved in activities, sporting groups, and health programs. Here are just some of the groups providing fantastic, healthy services in our region:
RHealth
RHealth is a primary health care organisation that delivers healthy programs and services in the South Burnett Current programs include Lighten Up/Living Strong, South Burnett Healthy Industries, Heart Foundation Area Coordinator, Reset Your Life, Healthy Lifestyle workshops, Good Food Choices program, community garden activities and engagement, Fun not Fussed with Food, Women’s Wellness Days, general healthy eating promotion e.g. Go for 2 & 5!
RHealth's Good Food Choices Program
Always looking for something healthy to eat when you’re on the run, but never know where to find it? The team at RHealth have come up with a fantastic new program called “Good Food Choices” and all you have to do is look for the logo (at right) next time you’re choosing your lunch or dinner in Kingaroy. The program aims to increase the consumption of healthy food outside the home and also to provide incentives to food businesses to make healthy choices available for customers. So far twelve venues have been accredited and 73 dishes given the tick of approval, with more on the way! And its hoped the program will extend to other towns in the South Burnett. Accredited meals must be low in fat (or a source of healthy fats), have at least one serve of vegetables, be a good source of fibre, low in salt and low in added sugar. If you’d like more information, contact Berneice Hilly at RHealth on 4162 5230. For a full list of accredited outlets and for more info on how the program is progressing, see the latest "Good Food Choices" newsletter.
Graham House Community Kitchen
Did you know there is a 'Community Kitchen' at Graham House in Murgon! The Community Kitchen is open every Monday from 10am - midday and is designed to help increase your confidence and skills in cooking and preparing delicious healthy meals. See the flyer for more information, or contact Rosemary or Dolly at Graham House on 4168 2828. The Kitchen project is run in conjunction with the South Burnett Regional Council's Healthy Communities Initiative and RHealth.
Active South Burnett
Active South Burnett is an initiative of a number of South Burnett organisations working in partnership to encourage local residents to become more physically active. Active South Burnett is driven by a committee comprised of representatives from a number of organisations promoting healthy living. Their slogan is Be healthy! Have fun!.
South Burnett PCYC
Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Clubs facilitate and encourage participation in sporting, recreation, cultural and welfare programs with an aim to improving the lives of individual members and the development of local communities throughout the state. The South Burnett PCYC is a busy facility based in Murgon. The services offered by the PCYC have grown significantly since 2009, with 700 members in 2010. Services include a fully equipped gymnasium, zumba, aerobics, day-care program, sports library, after holidays care, satellite program, skateboarding and gymnastics.
South Burnett Health Communities Committee
South Burnett Healthy Communities Committee (HCC) aims to create a region of active and healthy communities in the South Burnett. The committee was established in 2008 by the South Burnett Regional Council in response to a growing population and rising prevalence of chronic disease within the community. The groups involved meet on a monthly basis to drive a strategic direction for HCC activities in the region and comprises 16 members including the Australian Sports Commission, CTC Youth Services,, Darling Downs Population Health Unit, Department of Communities (Sport and Recreation), Disability Services Queensland, Go Getta Girls Running Group Inc (Community Member), Graham House Community Centre, Qld Health, RHealth, Rotary (Community Member), South Burnett Community Network, South Burnett PCYC, Tarong Energy, Endeavour Foundation, Burnett Inland Economic Development Organisation (BIEDO) and the South Burnett Regional Council. This group was responsible for commissioning the ‘South Burnett Healthy Communities Plan' which was adopted by Council on 3rd December 2010. It provides a solid policy framework to help achieve the Vision of ‘a region of active and healthy communities’.
Mundubbera - A Small Town with Big Plans for being healthy!
Activities in Mundubbera support the North Burnett Regional Council’s Regional Public Health Plan, Sport and Recreational Plans and five year corporate plan. On a local level, plans for encouraging the community to be healthy were given a massive boost following the arrival of Dave Holleran in 2008. He works on a voluntary basis alongside more than 25 local sport and recreation clubs, the Mundubbera Community Development Assoc and local health professionals to facilitate sport and fitness programs, activities and coaching in Mundubbera. Activities have been planned for all ages – the very young to very old. They occur at appropriate times of day for the target group, are fun and provide incentives for those who attend.
