| Program Details | Target Group | Partners | Tools | Contact Person |
| Jean Haile’s Women’s Health Week 1st week in September – various health activities over the week | Women | n/a | n/a | Sharon Munn
Ph: 5392 2865 |
| Program Details | Target Group | Partners | Tools | Contact Person |
| Early Learning – provides education and care for children from birth to school age. A wide range of activities & experiences are provided to support children’s learning & development in a safe & friendly environment across communities of the Wimmera. Services include childcare and kindergarten | Children aged 0 – School Age | n/a | n/a | Katrina Scimone
Ph: 5362 2927 Rowena Wasley Ph: 5362 4010 |
| ChildFIRST – the first point of contact for families who need some assistance with the day to day upbringing of their children | Families with children aged up to 18 who are vulnerable or at risk | Child Protection Unit and other local community service providers | n/a | Josh Koenig
Ph: 5362 4054 |
| Early Parenting Support – a point of contact across the region to provide information & support to families who are having a baby & will assist in linking them into appropriate supports | Families | Wimmera Health Care Group | Outcome star/ collaborative plan | Louise Netherway
Ph: 5362 2943 |
| Integrated Family Services -Family Support. Provides a range of caring professional services to support parents and parents to be. Assists children, young people and families experiencing the impacts of multiple (or co-occurring) issues, which could include: attachment with children, behaviour management, limited school attendance, family violence, mental illness, alcohol and substance use, disability, unemployment, debts, housing instability or homelessness. Works to build on family strengths and enhance parenting abilities and maximise child’s development opportunities. | Families with high risk children 0-18 years. | n/a | Outcome star/ collaborative plan | Louise Netherway
Ph: 5362 2943 |
| Therapeutic Residential Care – provides a home for young people aged 11 – 17 who have lived through neglect and abuse in their day to day lives. Through DHHS referral only. | Young people | DHHS | n/a | Philip Yew Ph: 5362 4015 |
| School Focused Youth Service (SFYS) – delivers services that utilise a range of approaches that include short and long term responses to address the needs of young people aged between 10 and 18 to re-engage them in education. | Young people who are at risk of disengaging from education | n/a | n/a | Kate Waterworth Ph: 53622 945 |
| Disability Services – provides a range of services and support to help people with disabilities to develop the day to day skills they need to live as independently as possible. | People with disabilities aged 0-65 with an approved NDIS plan. | NDIA | Outcome star/ collaborative plan | Client Engagement
Ph: 1800 195 114 |
| Shared Supported Accommodation – provides a holistic home style environment to support residents to be involved in their own daily living choices | People with disability who meet the criteria under the Disability Act 2006 | n/a | n/a | Nicole Lee Ph: 5382 6457 |
| Wimmera Strengthening Parent Support Program– focus is families who have a child or children aged up to 18 years of age that have an intellectual disability, physical disability, developmental delay, sensory or an acquired brain injury. | Carers of children with disability | n/a | n/a | Julie Dunmill
Ph: 5362 4042 |
| Out of Home Care – provides foster care, kinship care & residential care placements for children who are unable to live at home. Also provides training and support for carers. | Children up to 18 years who are unable to live at home and their carer. | n/a | Outcome star/ collaborative plan | Julie Bergen
Ph: 5362 2960 |
| Emergency Relief – helps people deal with their immediate financial crisis situation in a way that maintains the dignity of the individual and encourages self-reliance. | Anyone in immediate financial crisis | Horsham Christian Emergency Food Centre, Stawell Interchurch Council | n/a | Client Engagement Ph: 1800 195 114 |
| Youth programs – Creating Connections (a specialised program for young people aged 16 – 25 who are experiencing homelessness). The Youth Outreach Service (supports young people aged 16 – 25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness). | Youth aged 16-25 who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness | n/a | Outcome star/ collaborative plan | Kate Waterworth Ph: 5362 2945 |
| Pre-school Field Officer (PSFO) – supports the access and participation of children with developmental concerns and additional needs in four year old funded kindergarten also coordinated the Kindergarten Inclusion Support Service. | Any family/ teacher/ professional with a child attending funded four year old kindergarten with parental consent. | DET | n/a | Jenny Carter Ph: 5362 4084 |
| Kindergarten Inclusion Support (KIS) – builds capacity of funded four year old kindergarten programs to support the inclusion of children with a disability. | Children with a diagnosed disability (defined by Disability Act 2006) with high support needs, complex medical needs, or undergoing continuing assessment of a possible disability. | DET | n/a | Jenny Carter Ph: 5362 4084 |
| Housing programs – range of short, medium & long term & transitional housing or crisis housing options for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness | People who are homeless or at risk of homelessness | DHHS | Housing establishment fund | Client Engagement
Ph: 1800 195 114 |
| Entry point can assist people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness through referrals to a range of support and supported accommodation services. Services include accommodation, advocacy, and links to health, education, employment services and outreach support. | People who are homeless or at risk of homelessness | DHHS | Housing establishment fund | Client Engagement
Ph: 1800 195 114 |
| Leaving Care – assesses the needs of young people leaving care without family support and assists them in the transition to independence. | 15 years and over | n/a | n/a | Julie Bergen
Ph: 5362 4000 |
| Program Details | Target Group | Partners | Tools | Contact Person |
| Bus trips including Swan Hill and Mildura | All | WBNC, Volunteer driver | n/a | Carol Paech
Ph: 5072 6130 |
| Community forum | All | Victoria Police, Ambulance, Fire/SES | Education and support, introduce
Good Sam app |
Carol Paech
Ph: 5072 6130 |
| International Women’s Day | All | Local women | Education and support | Carol Paech
Ph: 5072 6130 |
| Biggest Morning tea | All | McGrath Breast Care Nurse | Education and support | Carol Paech
Ph: 5072 6130 |
| Healthy Ageing and Staying connected | 55+ years | RACV | Education and support | Carol Paech
Ph: 5072 6130 |
| Lake Lascelles Walk | All | Heart Foundation
YCHANGe Walking group |
Healthy eating and active lifestyle | Carol Paech
Ph: 5072 6130 |
| Flu vaccine | All in need | GP | Healthy lifestyle | Carol Paech
Ph: 50726130 |
| Program Details | Target Group | Partners | Tools | Contact Person |
| Cardiac Rehab: 8-week rehabilitation program for clients that have had a cardiac procedure or cardiac conditions and risk factors.
(A maintenance group is also available for members who have completed the 8 week program but would like continue support) |
Individuals with any cardiac condition or procedure | Wimmera Health Care Group, Heart Foundation | Teleconference & support from the Heart Foundation | Kimberlee Howe / Nicole Schneider & Janine Clark
Ph: 5391 4267 |