Royal Life Saving WA’s Heart Beat Club Grants
The Heart Beat Club is a community education course designed for parents and grandparents of children under the age of five. The three-hour session covers child and infant CPR and first aid for common childhood injuries.
Applications for a grant to host a free Heart Beat Club session in 2024 are invited from WA community organisations that support high-risk families and/or parents who may have barriers to accessing first aid training.
Latest Road Statistics
The Australian Road Safety Foundation has released the latest statistics from 2023.
Embrace Project survey
Embrace Multicultural Mental Health (the Embrace Project) run by Mental Health Australia provides a national focus on mental health and suicide prevention for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Help improve mental health in multicultural communities and participate the survey to inform decisions about funding in the mental health sector.
Safe Active Streets Webinar
Join Austroads and the Department of Transport on March 19 for an overview of the Safe Active Streets program. This webinar will provide an overview of the pilot program conducted with WA local governments to create 30 km/h environments with unique designs created that reflect local community needs and context.
Feeling the Heat: Stories and Strategies for Western Australia’s Rising Temperatures
Join the Conservation Council of WA’s Go Beyond Gas movement and the Western Australian Council of Social Service for a discussion of the health and social impacts of climate-fueled high heat and heat waves. We will delve into key concerns around high heat and heat waves and strategic methods of adaptation and mitigation.
Find Your Way to Okay
The Mental Health Commission have launched a WA young adult mental health campaign.
AIPN Awards
The Australasian Injury Prevention Network bi-annually hosts an awards event to recognise the diverse individuals and organisations contributions to injury prevention in Australia and New Zealand.
Nominations close 5pm ADST, Friday 16th February 2024.
Connectivity translated fact sheets
Connectivity has translated fact sheets “Domestic Violence Can Cause Concussion” and “Falls Can Cause Concussion” in 10 languages for ease of use.
Upcoming Training and Events
- 7 February 2024| Acting on the Commercial Determinants of Health for Injury Prevention
- 8 February 2024 | Feeling the Heat: Stories and Strategies for Western Australia’s Rising Temperatures
- 11-13 March 2024 | 15th Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference
- 12 March 2024 | PHAA Preventive Mental Health Symposium
- 16-17 March 2024 | WA Rural Health Conference
- 17 April 2024 | Active Balance for Falls Prevention training
- 24 April 2024 | Aboriginal Health Council of WA Community Controlled Health Sector Conference
- 30 April – 2 May 2024 | PHAA Preventive Health Conference
- May 7 | Tai Chi for Arthritis and Falls Prevention- Instructor Training