Strong Spirit Strong Future
The Strong Spirit Strong Future- Promoting Healthy Women and Pregnancies project commenced in July 2010 and is funded under the Council of Australian Governments’ Closing the Gap funding until 30 June 2014. The project, designed for Aboriginal people and communities, aims to raise awareness of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) 2009 guidelines about alcohol use when planning a pregnancy, during pregnancy and when breastfeeding. This prevention based project includes the following strategies:
- development of culturally secure resources
- community awareness media campaign
- training and education for health professionals and other workers.
Campaign
Recently the project launched a media campaign which includes a television commercial featuring Mary G, and radio advertisements for women (metro and country), men (metro and country) and the whole of community (metro and country).
Publications
Strong Spirit Strong Future promotional resources are available to order by emailing this order form.
Training
Training is available for health workers who provide services to Aboriginal women, their families and communities.
Community Grants
Grants funding of up to $4000 is now available for community organisations that aim to support Aboriginal communities around Western Australia to develop localised resources or activities to promote and complement the Statewide Strong Spirit Strong Future: Promoting Healthy Women and Pregnancies project.
The grants funding pool is limited and the process will close when the pool funding is fully allocated or by 1 March 2012, whichever comes first.
To apply for a grant simply fill in the
grant application and
support kit, and return via
email.
For more information, to enquire about training or to order any promotional materials contact strong.future@health.wa.gov.au or call the Drug and Alcohol Office on (08) 9370 0333.