Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service Limited ANNUAL REPORT 2024/2025 82 Funded by: Federal Dept of Social Services – National Indigenous Australians Agency NSW Health – Rural Doctors Network – Western NSW Primary Health Network Celebrating over 39 years of Service since 1986 Healthy for Life The Program provides services to the communities of Walgett, Namoi, Gingie and Collarenebri. It is a well-being program spanning all of life age groups and empowers people to make healthy food, nutrition and lifestyle choices, supporting their chronic conditions, promoting selfmanagement and reducing risk factors. Activities included, but are not limited to: Anzac Day Parade Are you ok Day Supermarket Audit Walgett Careers expo Family Cooking sessions Fruit and vegetable water deliveries Children’s Cooking Sessions Meal of the Month Cooking demonstrations Supporting the primary school Garden Network meetings International Women’s Week Native Grains Nursing services – Too Deadly for Diabetes. This is a 10-week dietary and exercise program for people with diabetes, or at risk of developing diabetes. The Community Garden continues to develop and are currently in a transition phase in preparation for expansion. Expansion will include extended shade coverage increasing productivity of the gardens. The produce is used to supplement healthy food diets of our chronic care clients. Additional people of families at need within the community that are identified are also offered fruit and vegetable boxes as part of the program. The Community Garden Network program meets quarterly and is seasonally themed. The program is well received and the community come together to share ideas over a meal with educational gardening input, swapping tips, seeds and produce. The network is designed to support and encourage people to grow more produce at home and there are no criteria for joining the Network, participants can be very experienced gardeners or novices, where everyone is welcome. The Meal of the Month program promotes healthy eating by encouraging and educating the community about healthier recipes and food choices. Each month a recipe is created based on seasonal, available, healthy and affordable ingredients, with a competition held to assess the uptake of the sessions. Tastings are held at the local supermarket. This program is no longer active, since January 2025. Program replaced with Community cooking, and school nutrition program. Under the guidance of the Healthy for Life Modifications Officer, the following programs were offered: Community Exercise sessions held in Apex Park Individual exercise programs Community Garden Network meetings Maintaining Community Gardens and veggie box distribution to Chronic Disease clients Falls Prevention Program Meal of the Month Walking Group (Winter) Community Health Promotion at Walgett Show Yoga promotion Outreach lifestyle programs to surrounding areas
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