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Active Living

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Active living is one of the key actions to increase overall wellbeing and prevent chronic disease in the Alpine Shire. Our health promotion work involves creating supportive environments in the community which make being physically active an easier choice.

Active Alpine Group

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The group aims to increase and promote opportunities to be active in the Alpine Shire and in turn promote health and wellbeing, social connection and a healthy, thriving community. 

The AAG was formed in 2019 after Gateway Health and Alpine Health conducted an Alpine Active Living Mapping Project looking at barriers and enablers for the community to be active and what could be done to support them to be active. We create an annual action plan keeping these recommendations in mind trying to address them where possible.

We have purpose. We have outcomes. Our achievements are a credit to this. 

Current Projects

 
New Outdoor Fitness Equipment for Myrtleford and Porepunkah

Alpine Health as Project Lead and Gateway Health as part of AAG in partnership with the Rotary Club of Myrtleford and the Lions Club of Bright are thrilled to announce that Outdoor Fitness Equipment has been installed in Apex Park, Myrtleford and Riverside Park, Porepunkah and is ready for the community to use.Funding was received from the Victorian Government, the Commonwealth Government and the Bendigo Bank.

We have an exciting year ahead commencing with an official launch towards the end of Feb for both sites.Additionally we will also run a number of free Outdoor Exercise Classes at the sites as well as developing a Volunteer Peer Led Exercise video to support other organisations and community groups to run their own classes.

Outdoor Fitness Equipment (OFE) – Volunteer Peer Led Exercise Classes

Funded classes for Tawonga OFE have now concluded.   During 2022-2023 we received funding to run a series of free exercise classes. One participant commented “It’s so much more fun exercising with people rather than on my own.”

We still want groups to be able to meet at the equipment and be social, have fun and exercise together even though funded classes have finished.

We encourage other organisations or community groups to run their own classes using peer led volunteers.  To help with this we have created a ‘How to run a group fitness session video’.  The video is to support classes that can be at the Outdoor Fitness Equipment located at Rotary Park, Mount Beauty or Pioneer Memorial Park, Tawonga.

If you are a community group or organisation that might like to start up a class, but would like some guidance please get in contact.  We are happy to share our learnings from running our classes.  You may like to read our case study that also captures many of our learnings when it comes to running Outdoor Fitness Exercise classes click here.

Coming soon a manual to also support the running of peer led volunteer exercise classes at the OFE that has similar information that is presented in the video.  Keep checking back here for the manual. 

Contact

We welcome anyone who is interested in improving their health and wellbeing through physical activity to contact Maureen Ryland - Health Promotion Officer on 0437 366 982 | [email protected]

Resources

Our Achievements

  • Submissions of grant applications to install and promote Outdoor Fitness Equipment (2021/22):
    • Bushfire Recovery Victoria - Local Economic Recovery and Community Facilities Grants.
    • Bright Bendigo Bank
    • Central Hume Primary Care Partnership Grants
  • Establishment of a community run Myrtleford parkrun– Funding received from the Bright Bendigo Bank, Alpine Shire Council, Alpine Health and the Rotary Club of Myrtleford (2021)
  • Consultation sought for input into Alpine Shire Council’s, Council Plan (including Municipal Health and Wellbeing Plan) and Active Sport and Recreation Plan (2021).
  • Calendar of events for Active April 2019 and 2021 (2020 cancelled due to restrictions from Covid 19).
  • Support for the Rotary Club of Mt Beauty in one of their successful grant applications for Outdoor Fitness Equipment installed in Mt Beauty and Tawonga (2020).
  • Support Alpine Pole walking groups with establishment and promotion in Myrtleford, Mt Beauty and Bright (2019/2020).
    • 2020 feature story on Nordic Walking celebrating 30 years of Exercise & Sport Science Australia (ESSA) ESSA 30 Years | Story #8
  • Consulted community and provided feedback on Alpine Shire Council’s Walks and Trails Guides (2019)

Alpine Active Living – Mapping Project

  • Alpine Active Living – Mapping Project Findings Summary (2018) – A summary of the findings of the Alpine Active Living Project which gathered data through stakeholder engagement, a community survey and mapping analysis in order to determine opportunities and barriers that exist, and in turn, influence rates of physical activity in the shire. Based on this information gathered, this report provides recommendations that aim to benefit the health of communities within the Alpine Shire.
  • Alpine Active Living – Mapping Project Findings Report (2018) – This project gathered data through stakeholder engagement, a community survey and mapping analysis in order to determine opportunities and barriers that exist, and in turn, influence rates of physical activity in the shire. Based on this information gathered, this report provides recommendations that aim to benefit the health of communities within the Alpine Shire.

Scoping and Costing Outdoor Fitness Equipment in the Alpine Shire

Scoping and Costing Outdoor Fitness Equipment for the Alpine Shire – Report 2019 – This report aims to investigate the need and support for potential outdoor fitness equipment (OFE) across the Alpine Shire. The report provides evidence for installations of OFE and looks at local demographic needs through local population statistics and community consultation. This report has been successfully used by a community group to achieve funding for the installation of outdoor fitness equipment. Alpine Health encourages the use of the report to assist community group with funding applications.

View the Report

Physical Activity Participation in Regional Areas of Australia – Literature Review

This review aims to understand the barriers and opportunities for participation in physical activity in regional areas to provide evidence to inform public health interventions.

View the Literature Review

Central Hume PCP – Making Physical Activity a Priority – Case Study (2020)

Active Alpine Better with Partners – Case Study (2019)

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