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| Healthy Queensland State Winners Announced | |
Community, school and workplace winners in the Premier's 2009 Healthy Queensland Awards.
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| HEALTHIEST COMMUNITY AWARD | |
There was a tie for the winner in the Healthy Communities Award category, as two entries were considered best practice examples of community-based healthy living initiatives that engaged the whole community, as follows:
• Texas Visitors Association Inc - awarded $200,00 to upgrade their Healthy Food community kitchen and increase physical activity infrastructure in the community; and
• Gladstone Regional Council - awarded $600,000 to continue their community engagement efforts and create All Ages Activity Areas within five communities in the Gladstone Region.
There was one highly commended entry for the Healthiest Community Award category, as follows:
• Cook Shire Council- awarded $200,000 to install floodlights at their Cooktown sporting oval so the local community members can play sport in the cooler part of the day and enter regional competitions. This builds on their sustained 5-year efforts to meet the heatlhy lifestyle needs of the community.
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The winner of the Healthiest School awardwas Emmanuel College on the Gold Coast for their ‘Emmanuel Active” activity reward initiative. Emmanuel College have been awarded $400,000 to cover their pool and enable sunsafe, year-round swimming as part of their physical activity incentives program.
There were three highly commended entries for the Healthiest School award category as follows:
• Trinity Beach State School - awarded $40,000 to further enhance their 'Bike-Bus' initiative to encourage physical activity and raise awareness in the local community, including development of a Road Safety Training area.
• Logan Healthy Schools Alliance - awarded $30,000 to continue their collaborative, healthy school-community partnerships and initiatives promoting health in their 11 schools.
• Shooting for the Stars Club - awarded $30,000 to further develop their inclusive inter-school activity club for students across their 21 schools in the Downs Education District.
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| HEALTHIEST WORKPLACE AWARD | |
The winner of the HealthiestWorkplace award was Jellinbah Mining Pty Ltd for their Wellness Program offered to all employees and their families. Jellinbah Mining Pty Ltd have been awarded $35,000, with matched funding from Jellinbah and Ford Health, for research on how to further enhance the engagement of workers, which will inform the future development and targeting of their Wellness Program.
There were three highly commended entries for the Healthiest Workplace award category, as follows:
• The University of Queensland - awarded $25,000 to continue encouraging physical activity at work with a web-based reminder and support system for their “Walk@Work” behaviour change program.
• Townsville City Council - awarded $25,000 to further support their efforst in transforming their workplace through their healthier workplace initiative and Healthy Catering Guidelines.
• Century Yuasa - awarded $15,000 seed funding to further enhance their healthy workplace program (which has included walking groups and cheap fruit and vegetable distribution, to date), towards their longer-term vision for establishing a staff gym.
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BRISBANE
COMMUNITY
AgForce Queensland
Australian Breastfeeding Association, Tarragindi Group
Brisbane City Council, New Leash on Life Program
SCHOOL
Kenmore District Kindergarten and Preschool
WORKPLACE
School of Human Movement Studies (UQ)
Sema Group Pty Ltd
QR Passenger Pty Ltd
COASTAL SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND
COMMUNITY
Gold Coast Recreation and Sport Inc
Community Breastfeeding Support Inc
Redcliffe Challenge Steering Committee
SCHOOL
Emmanuel College
Broadbeach State School
WORKPLACE
South Coast Youth and Education Service
SUNSHINE COAST
COMMUNITY
Mental Health Service, Sunshine Coast in partnership with the Good Life Centre, Buderim
Sunshine Coast TAFE, Exercise Specialist Clinic
Pomona and District Community House
SCHOOL
Glasshouse Country Christian College
WORKPLACE
Sunshine Coast TAFE, Workfit Program
Sunshine Coast Regional Office, Education Queensland
INLAND SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND
COMMUNITY
Youth Enterprise Trust
Meebunn-bia Outdoor Education
Ipswich City Council
SCHOOL
Marsden Primary School
Canterbury College
Logan Healthy Schools Alliance
WORKPLACE
Ipswich Hospital Foundation
Logan City Council, Team Top Health Program
Century Yuasa Batteries
DARLING DOWNS
COMMUNITY
Texas Visitors Association Inc
Feeling Fine in ’09, Stanthorpe
SCHOOL
The Downs Education District, the Shooting for the Stars Club
WORKPLACE
Active and Healthy Resource Centre, Esk
WIDE BAY BURNETT
COMMUNITY
Cooloola Emergency Service Cadet Program
South Burnett Regional Council
Kumbia K-Busters
Quay Street Physiotherapy, Bundaberg
SCHOOL
Murgon State High School
Mary Valley State College
WORKPLACE
Queensland Parks and Wildlife, Eurong Residential Rangers
CENTRAL QUEENSLAND
COMMUNITY
Gladstone Regional Council
SCHOOL
Rockhampton State High School
Boyne Island State School
WORKPLACE
Jellinbah Mining Pty Ltd
Women’s Health Centre Rockhampton
WHITSUNDAY ISAAC MACKAY
COMMUNITY
Coppabella Community Group Inc
Health Promotions Connections Inc, Bowen
SCHOOL
Dysart State High School
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Mackay
WORKPLACE
BMA Saraji Mine, Dysart
SOUTH WEST QUEENSLAND
COMMUNITY
Cunnamulla Aboriginal Corporation for Health
SCHOOL
St George State High School
WORKPLACE
Nil
WESTERN QUEENSLAND
COMMUNITY
Winton Health Action Team Inc (WHAT)
SCHOOL
Blackall State School
WORKPLACE
North and West Queensland Primary Health Care
NORTH QUEENSLAND
COMMUNITY
Charters Towers Neighbourhood Centre
Burdekin Shire Council
Queensland Knockouts Indigenous Corporation
Sun Safe Townsville (JCU)
SCHOOL
Pimlico State High School
Bambaroo State School P & C Association
WORKPLACE
Townsville City Council
FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND
COMMUNITY
Cook Shire Council
Apunipima Cape York Health Council
SCHOOL
Mossman State High School
Doomadgee State School
Mornington Island State School
Trinity Beach State School
WORKPLACE
Ergon Energy
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