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Boroondara | Manningham | Monash | Whitehorse
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Primary Care & Health Networks across the Inner East Catchment
Below is a listing of mostly professional networks that exist across the four municipalities of the Inner East. This is not an exhaustive list and the identified networks relate to the priority areas of the Inner East PCP.
A key agency is provided as the contact and will be able to provide information on where, when and how often the network meets.
Boroondara
Health
Boroondara Health Promotion Network
To fulfill a leadership role in health promotion that drives the development of a strategic, collaborative and integrated approach. Organisations and services who are service providers within the City of Boroondara
Contact - Inner East Community Health Service (IECHS) PH 9818 6703
PCP Foothold on Safety
A reference group for the Boroondara Falls Prevention project. Provides resource development, training & education, 4 week step safely program, awareness raising activities, develops a partnership approach
Contact - PCP Project Worker IECHS Boroondara PH 9818 6703.
Boroondara Mental Health Services Group
Network of services who provide a variety of support for people with a mental health issue. Meets on the fourth Thursday of the month, 10 am to 11 am, at the Hawthorn Community Mental Health Centre, 642 Burwood Road, Hawthorn East - between Auburn Road and Camberwell Road.
Contact - Community Project officer, St Vincent's Community Mental Health service PH: 9288 4806
Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre Agency Network
Meets to provide information and support to volunteer managers and coordinators of its member agencies bi-monthly at the City of Boroondara offices in Camberwell, on a Wednesday morning (dates for 2005 TBC),.
Contact - Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre Coordinator PH: 9882 5860
Boroondara Disability Services Network
Network of representatives from disability support agencies that service
the Boroondara area
Meet on a bi-monthly basis at City of Boroondara - Hawthorn Offices
Contact - A/Disability Access Officer ?City of Boroondara ph: 9278 4636,
Boroondara Day Services Network
Network of representatives of disability day services based in the
Boroondara area and surrounds
Meet on a bi-monthly basis at City of Boroondara - Hawthorn Offices
Contact - A/Disability Access Officer ?City of Boroondara ph: 9278 4636
Community
Neighbourhood House/Community Centres Management network
Managers of the ten centres within Boroondara meet quarterly.
Contact ?Recreation Development Officer, Leisure and Cultural Services Department, City of Boroondara PH : 9278 4765
Self Help & Mutual Support Network
A network of Statewide organisations that provide services in the areas of mental health and bereavement and are mostly based in Boroondara
Contact - The Compassionate Friends Bereaved Parent Support PH 9888 4034
Social Support Network
Network of social support agencies within Boroondara
Contact - Community Support Officer Community Planning Department, City of Boroondara PH 9278 4639
Boroondara Community Safety Advisory Committee
A partnership approach to community safety, responding, and providing advice and information on community safety and crime prevention policies, strategies and issues of concern to the community.
Contact: Social Planning Officer, Community Planning Department, City of Boroondara PH 9278 4476
Gambling Advisory Committee
Fosters a partnership approach to responsible gambling by responding & providing advice & information on gambling.
Contact - Coordinator Social Planning, Community Planning Department, City of Boroondara PH 9278 4703
Housing
Social Housing Network
Foster a partnership approach to social/affordable housing by responding, providing advice & information on housing, policies, strategies & issues of concern to the community.
Network provides a strategic leadership role in implementing the Boroondara Social Housing Policy and Action Plan.
Contact - Community Support Officer, Community Planning Department, City of Boroondara PH 9278 4639
Older Persons
Boroondara Aged Service Providers Association ( BASPA)
A network of 35 HACC funded agencies which seeks to strengthen the aged and communitycare service system with a planned, coordinated and integrated approach to enhancing the health, well-being and independence of the elders of
Boroondara. Meets every six weeks at the Elgin Street Centre, Elgin Street
Hawthorn. Contact - Coordinator, Service Planning & Development Health & Aged Services City of Boroondara Tel: 9278 4745
Boroondara
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Manningham
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Monash
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Whitehorse
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Below is a listing of mostly professional networks that exist across the four municipalities of the Inner East. This is not an exhaustive list and the identified networks relate to the priority areas of the Inner East PCP.
A key agency is provided as the contact and will be able to provide information on where, when and how often the network meets.
Boroondara
Health
Boroondara Health Promotion Network
To fulfill a leadership role in health promotion that drives the development of a strategic, collaborative and integrated approach. Organisations and services who are service providers within the City of Boroondara
Contact - Inner East Community Health Service (IECHS) PH 9818 6703
PCP Foothold on Safety
A reference group for the Boroondara Falls Prevention project. Provides resource development, training & education, 4 week step safely program, awareness raising activities, develops a partnership approach
Contact - PCP Project Worker IECHS Boroondara PH 9818 6703.
Boroondara Mental Health Services Group
Network of services who provide a variety of support for people with a mental health issue. Meets on the fourth Thursday of the month, 10 am to 11 am, at the Hawthorn Community Mental Health Centre, 642 Burwood Road, Hawthorn East - between Auburn Road and Camberwell Road.
Contact - Community Project officer, St Vincent's Community Mental Health service PH: 9288 4806
Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre Agency Network
Meets to provide information and support to volunteer managers and coordinators of its member agencies bi-monthly at the City of Boroondara offices in Camberwell, on a Wednesday morning (dates for 2005 TBC),.
Contact - Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre Coordinator PH: 9882 5860
Boroondara Disability Services Network
Network of representatives from disability support agencies that service
the Boroondara area
Meet on a bi-monthly basis at City of Boroondara - Hawthorn Offices
Contact - A/Disability Access Officer ?City of Boroondara ph: 9278 4636,
Boroondara Day Services Network
Network of representatives of disability day services based in the
Boroondara area and surrounds
Meet on a bi-monthly basis at City of Boroondara - Hawthorn Offices
Contact - A/Disability Access Officer ?City of Boroondara ph: 9278 4636
Community
Neighbourhood House/Community Centres Management network
Managers of the ten centres within Boroondara meet quarterly.
Contact ?Recreation Development Officer, Leisure and Cultural Services Department, City of Boroondara PH : 9278 4765
Self Help & Mutual Support Network
A network of Statewide organisations that provide services in the areas of mental health and bereavement and are mostly based in Boroondara
Contact - The Compassionate Friends Bereaved Parent Support PH 9888 4034
Social Support Network
Network of social support agencies within Boroondara
Contact - Community Support Officer Community Planning Department, City of Boroondara PH 9278 4639
Boroondara Community Safety Advisory Committee
A partnership approach to community safety, responding, and providing advice and information on community safety and crime prevention policies, strategies and issues of concern to the community.
Contact: Social Planning Officer, Community Planning Department, City of Boroondara PH 9278 4476
Gambling Advisory Committee
Fosters a partnership approach to responsible gambling by responding & providing advice & information on gambling.
Contact - Coordinator Social Planning, Community Planning Department, City of Boroondara PH 9278 4703
Housing
Social Housing Network
Foster a partnership approach to social/affordable housing by responding, providing advice & information on housing, policies, strategies & issues of concern to the community.
Network provides a strategic leadership role in implementing the Boroondara Social Housing Policy and Action Plan.
Contact - Community Support Officer, Community Planning Department, City of Boroondara PH 9278 4639
Older Persons
Boroondara Aged Service Providers Association ( BASPA)
A network of 35 HACC funded agencies which seeks to strengthen the aged and communitycare service system with a planned, coordinated and integrated approach to enhancing the health, well-being and independence of the elders of
Boroondara. Meets every six weeks at the Elgin Street Centre, Elgin Street
Hawthorn. Contact - Coordinator, Service Planning & Development Health & Aged Services City of Boroondara Tel: 9278 4745
Boroondara
Click here for the City of Boroondara Web Site
Manningham
Click here for the City of Manningham Web Site
Monash
Click here for the City of Monash Web Site
Whitehorse
Click here for the City of Whitehorse Web Site
Inner East Health Promotion Network
For representatives within and outside the health sector in the Inner East who have an interest in health promotion. Meets monthly (February - November) on the second Thursday of the month, from 2:30pm - 4:30pm Contact – Eastern Regional DHS Health Promotion Officer PH 9843-6698
Inner East Healthy Ageing/ Falls Prevention Steering Reference group
For those with an interest in prevention of falls for older people. This group works to plan, implement, evaluation, and provide skills advice and expertise to the Inner East Falls Prevention Project. Meets 10.30am-12.30pm on the first Thurs of the month. Contact - Inner East Health Promotion Coordinator PH 9262 6108.
For representatives within and outside the health sector in the Inner East who have an interest in health promotion. Meets monthly (February - November) on the second Thursday of the month, from 2:30pm - 4:30pm Contact – Eastern Regional DHS Health Promotion Officer PH 9843-6698
Inner East Healthy Ageing/ Falls Prevention Steering Reference group
For those with an interest in prevention of falls for older people. This group works to plan, implement, evaluation, and provide skills advice and expertise to the Inner East Falls Prevention Project. Meets 10.30am-12.30pm on the first Thurs of the month. Contact - Inner East Health Promotion Coordinator PH 9262 6108.
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