Last week saw us deliver the final workshop of the Peak Hill Building Healthy Communities Challenge (BHCC).

The Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course was run with thirteen attendees at the Peak Hill Bowling Club. A big thanks to Phil Worrad from Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) who facilitated the training.

The Standard Mental Health First Aid course teaches participants how to provide initial support to another adult who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis, until professional help is received or the crisis resolves. This is now an internationally recognised course that remains current for three years.

Due to the popularity of the course, we are proposing that we run another two day training session in June if Peak Hill win the BHC Challenge.

We have been thrilled to have such amazing feedback through our survey that wrapped up yesterday. Thank you to everyone who has participated. Your feedback is invaluable.

Even though the program wraps up this week, the activities don’t! We look forward to hosting the community for a supper event at the Carrington to look at our final video for the program once the final decision is made regarding a Challenge winner. We have a Crop Swap planned for Saturday, 3 October. We hope to also have some training on jams and preserves on that day.

Through this project, we have seen the revitalization of the Peak Hill Community Garden, instigation of Crop Swap, Propagation Workshops and increased engagement at the Garden.

Future opportunities also include the Challenge to Change and the Marang Dhali Eating Well Program as potential undertakings.

The Line Dancing has been a wonderful community undertaking, driven undertaking encouraging people to stay active during the cooler weather…and, importantly, also stay connected. Line Dancers will be continuing on a Monday evening from 5.30pm at the Peak Hill Bowling Club.

We know that Peak Hill will continue reaping rewards as a result of involvement in the Challenge and we look forward to seeing the progress in the years ahead.

These initiatives….and much more, are possible with the support of the Peak Hill Building Healthy Communities Challenge, which is a challenge initiated by Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD).

We look forward to sharing the Challenge outcome with you in the weeks ahead.

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