Wellbeing - Supports

Bellarine Community Health and Wellbeing Hub

Bellarine Community Health has secured funding for a Health and Wellbeing Hub accommodating headspace Youth services and a range of other services across all ages in Ocean Grove. This is a great outcome for health and community services on the Bellarine. BCH currently operates from a shared space which limits our service delivery and a new facility will enable us to meet the future health needs of the community. We are interested in hearing from you, our community, about the sort of services and support you would like us to consider as part of the project. We are particularly interested to hear from families that support children (0 – 12) and adolescents (12-25) and from young people themselves, due to the growing number of residents in the area. Your input will assist us to develop the scope of the design and enable the architects to put together concept plans. It will also assist us to determine the size of the land required to accommodate the types of services the community need now and into the future.

Please complete the survey, which will only take about 5 minutes, by going to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OGHWHUB2

The survey closes on Monday 19th October and the survey results will be published on the BCH website by mid November at https://www.bch.org.au/projects/oceangrove Further information will be available shortly so keep an eye out on the BCH website or follow us on Facebook for more updates on the progression of the project.

We greatly appreciate and value your input.

Regards

Caroline Jordan

BCH Community Engagement & Development Manager

Wellbeing Resources:

Mindfulness: Smiling Mind.

Barwon Health – 24/7 mental health service and support for young people and families 1300 094 187

Department of Health and Human Services Mental Health resources - https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/mental-health-resources-coronavirus-covid-19

Beyond Blue - https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

Quarantine at Home - Coping Tips

COVID-19: An Online Safety Kit for Parents and Carers

Podcast: Parental as Anything - Coronavirus Special

Gratitude: The How and Why of Practising Gratitude

Empathy: Empathy Activities for Kids

Mindfulness: Keeping Calm - Meditation Time

Kindness: #TheKindnessPandemic

Please make contact with us if you need help or support.

Surfside Primary School Support

We as a school community are not going to be immune to hardship and despair during this ever changing situation and we all know of families who are now out of work, suffering hardship and despair. There are a number of ways that we can support as a school so please feel free to reach out at anytime for whatever you need. If we are unable to help out directly we can point you in the right direction:

Email - peter.walsh@eduation.vic.gov.au  or  gillian.hodgson@education.vic.gov.au

Feed Me Bellarine - we are a Feed me Bellarine drop off and collection point so if you require meals or would like to drop off some meals please use the above contacts and we will provide the appropriate support