The Peak Hill HEART (Healthy Eating, Activity & Resilience Together) Project is part of the Building Healthy Communities Challenge.

Local ideas can make a big difference. The Building Healthy Communities Challenge helps bring great community health ideas to life.

Each year, two rural or regional communities across Western NSW are selected to take part in the challenge. With funding and support from the Health Promotion team, towns can deliver a local initiative that helps people live healthier, more connected lives.

The challenge is designed to support local initiatives that help people in the community live healthier lives.

To be eligible, proposals must focus on at least one of the following areas:

• Improving the Healthy Built Environment (e.g. outdoor spaces, walking paths)
• Increasing community physical activity
• Promoting healthy eating
• Supporting people to quit smoking or vaping
• Strengthening community connection and wellbeing

To be eligible, you must meet these criteria:

• Be from a rural or regional town within Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD) and is serviced by WNSWLHD
• Your town must have a population under 5,000
• Only one application per Local Government Area will be selected as a finalist
• Previous towns who were selected as finalist towns are not eligible to apply

Peak Hill was successful with their application in 2025. Central West Lachlan Landcare (CWLL) are supporting the community to deliver initiatives that are approved by Western NSW Local Health District to bring benefits to the Peak Hill Community.

If Peak Hill are chosen as the winning town with initiatives that are long-standing to benefit the community, they can potentially receive another $4,000 to contribute to initiatives within the community to promote long standing health benefits.

We are kicking off 2026, with two events to promote the project and encourage healthy eating and activity, with indigenous chef, Mindy Woods. We would love you to join us! There is heaps more planned.

Peak Hill Crop Swap and Community Garden Open Day

Central West Lachlan Landcare Peak Hill Dinner