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Collective Impact Mapping and Evaluation in the Outer East working towards a common goal: Water as a drink of choice where we live, work and play (2018)
The Integrated Health Planning Group (IHPG) is a group of health and wellbeing organisations coming together under a Collective Impact approach. The IHPG aims to improve the health of local communities in the Yarra Ranges through the implementation of initiatives that address reducing the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, and increasing the consumption of water. This forms the body of work towards one of their three priority areas: nutrition, physical activity and the prevention of violence against women.
Regional Principles of Food Security (2016)
A need was recognised to develop a document for: advocating for food security and guiding development and implementation of best practice programs. This need was identified through research that highlighted the Outer East Melbourne Region had a high risk of food insecurity. Five Regional Food Principles (RFP) were developed to guide practice and support advocacy in this area. This document aims to explore the literature, and test the application of the RFP by comparing them to current programs in the region.
2021 HotSpots Poster Resource
Heat health poster
From Farm To Fork: Investigating the food system to improve food security in the Eastern Metropolitan Region (2015)
This project aimed to investigate the current supply chain of fruit and vegetables in the Eastern Metropolitan Region, and to use a food systems approach to identify evidence-based, inter-sectorial and multi-strategy intervention options to address food insecurity. The project involved undertaking a literature review and stakeholder consultation to provide information about the current state of the food system and food insecurity in the region. Data was thematically analysed and coded into three main themes: Food Supply, Food Access and Governance.
Food Sensitive Planning and Urban Design (FSPUD) Project: Towards improving the food sensitivity of urban design in the Outer East (2013)
Using the Heart Foundation's 'Food-Sensitive Planning and Urban Design' (FSPUD) framework, an audit was conducted of Maroondah and Yarra Ranges to inform recommendations to improve the food system in the Outer East, and provide a 'vision for the future' at a higher urban planning level. Recommendations included: strengthening partnerships, strengthening integration of the food system in council policies and plans, supporting local food businesses, support for current food-related initiatives, strengthening sustainable options for waste and re-use of food, and advocating for planning strategies to support food-sensitive activities
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VicPCP acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Victoria, their diversity, histories and knowledge and their continuing connections to land and community. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and Elders of past, present and future generations[/col][col size=”4″ screen=”md”][/col][/row]