Tag: health safety and wellbeing
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Maroondah Hospital Recognition and Awards Ceremony
Maroondah Hospital, located in Ringwood East, holds an annual recognition and awards ceremony to highlight long serving staff and those with outstanding achievements. The ceremony provides recognition for the staff and volunteers who work within the hospital, in what is often a stressful and fast paced environment. The afternoon also included a presentation on a…
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Media Release: Enjoy a walk to fitness
During the month of October, Maroondah City Council is encouraging the community to get out and get active during the annual Walking to Fitness month. Councillor Alex Makin said this initiative targets all Maroondah residents, providing a calendar of walks throughout the month that caters for a wide range of interests and capabilities. “A range…
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Partners in Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee – defining the wellbeing of Maroondah
The Maroondah Partners in Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee comprises of internal council staff and external agencies to develop strategies and implement actions to improve the wellbeing of Maroondah. The group’s current priorities include council’s new Community Wellbeing Plan. This plan, which is expected to be finalised in mid 2009, will set council’s priorities for…
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The Good Life After Stroke Expo and Information Day
Stroke occurs when the supply of blood to the brain is suddenly disrupted through a blood clot or bleeding to the brain. Stroke effects over 53,000 Australians every year and is the second cause of death after Heart Disease. The Good Life After Stroke Expo and and Information Day was organised in partnership between Maroondah…
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Maroondah Hospital: Third Annual Charity Golf Day Thank You
Maroondah Hospital, located at Mount Dandenong Road, Ringwood East, is a community based hospital that opened in 1976. The hospital has 320 beds and sees over 50,000 emergency patients per year. This afternoon the hospital showcased the equipment that was purchased from the proceeds of its third Annual Charity Golf Day. This year’s golf day…
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Rotary Club of Ringwood – the GROW program
The Rotary Club of Ringwood is one of the many Rotary clubs that form District 9810 covering Melbourne’s eastern and southeastern suburbs. Tonight’s Rotary meeting included a speaker from GROW, a peer support program for people with mental illnesses. The organisation was formed in 1957 as a community based mental health movement organised and led…
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Media Release: Maroondah's immunisation team working with Royal Children's Hospital
Maroondah City Council’s Immunisation team is working with the Royal Children’s Hospital to establish HealthNuts, a research study on food allergy and children. Councillor Alex Makin said HealthNuts is being run by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) at the Royal Children’s Hospital. “The HealthNuts project team are working with Maroondah’s immunisation team to recruit…
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Partners in Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee – discussing Council's new wellbeing plan
While the Premier and Cabinet descended upon Maroondah as part of their ‘Community Cabinet’ — and left without an announcement towards the redevelopment of Ringwood Station, I was chairing Maroondah’s Partners in Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee to discuss council’s direction in community wellbeing. Today’s Partners in Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee discussed the charter…