Community Health and Wellbeing

Looking after yourself and your family

We understand this is a difficult time for many in our community, our village, and we hope the following health and wellbeing resources help guide you through this challenging period.

Staying active

• Home-based Body Weight Circuit – requires minimal to no equipment
• Physical Activities for the whole family

Staying calm

• Mindfulness
• Sleep – a video from one of our School psychologists on getting a better sleep

Staying well

• The Australian Psychological Society has some great information sheets on coping with the anxiety generated by COVID-19
• We recommend the Beyond Blue website, which has excellent resources on looking after yourself during the COVID-19 outbreak as well as a comprehensive list of options for support including a chat function, lists of national helplines and assistance to find a health professional.
• A one-pager from our Director of Care, Dr Meredith Rayner, about helping others and yourself

Staying encouraged

• Simple 3.5 minute animation on ways to manage the worrying thoughts and difficult emotions and how to find your resilience and hope

Looking after your family

• For parents, the Raising Children Network has lots of reliable resources to help parents of kids of all ages https://raisingchildren.net.au/.
• This resource is a good start, it pulls together information on useful topics relevant to COVID-19 and kids including eating, routines, screen time, staying active, keeping kids entertained and more.
• Here’s the landing page for a series of parenting articles about COVID-19 

Having fun together

• Some wonderful suggestions for Indoor and Outdoor play with younger (and older!) children from the Centre for Early Education

Contacts

I want information to read

• Beyond Blue – General advice on mental health, including coping during Coronavirus
• Raising Children’s Network – Advice on a range or parenting issues, including coping during Coronavirus

I need someone to talk to

• Beyond Blue Support Service – Chat service at  www.beyondblue.org.au or phone 1300 22 4636
• Kids Helpline – Children and Teens Chat www.kidshelpline.com.au or phone 1800 55 1800
• Headspace – Young people aged 12- 25 – https://headspace.org.au/eheadspace/

I’m in crisis

• Lifeline – www.lifeline.org.au   OR 13 11 14
• Suicide Call Back Service – 1300 659 467