The Heart Foundation Healthy Community Awards showcase councils working to improve heart health, through building a sense of community, encouraging people to be physically active, smoke-free and make healthy food choices.
In 2011, the two Councils to receive national awards for best practice in creating a healthy community were Bellingen Shire Council in New South Wales (population of 15,000 or less) and Hobart City Council in Tasmania (populations greater than 15,000).
State Winners were:
- Central Goldfields Shire Council (Victorian Winner and National Highly Commended)
- Goondiwindi Regional Council (Queensland)
- Dorset Council (Tasmania)
- Shire of West Arthur (Western Australia)
- Port Macquarie–Hastings Council (New South Wales)
- Darwin City Council (Northern Territory)
- Cairns Regional Council (Queensland)
- The Barossa Council (South Australia)
- Manningham City Council (Victoria)
- City of Vincent (Western Australia)
If your Council is working to create a healthy community, you are invited to submit an entry for the 2012 Heart Foundation Healthy Community Awards, which offer $38,000 in cash awards, a high level of exposure for winners and an easy electronic application process.
Entries open Monday 26 March and close Friday 25 May 2012.
For further information visit www.heartfoundation.org.au/lga or call 1300 36 27 87.
*Copy supplied by Heart Foundation
