NSW rural and regional communities are being encouraged to take up the fight against obesity and enter the Healthy Town Challenge, as part of an initiative launched by the Assistant Minister for Health, Jai Rowell.
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The minister said five towns would be selected to face off in the Healthy Towns Challenge, a joint initiative between NSW Health and Heart Foundation NSW.
“Towns outside the greater Sydney metropolitan area with populations between 1000 and 15,000 can enter to win a first prize of $5000,” Mr Rowell said.
The prize money can be put towards initiatives that further support the local community to be healthy, such as sports equipment, training or cooking classes.
Entries close on September 12 and the weight loss challenge will run from October 1 2014 to June 1 2015. The duration of the weight loss challenge is 24 weeks and the winning town will be announced in June 2015.
To enter: Forms are available from: http://www.preventivehealth.net.au/healthy-towns.html.
Email your town’s application to santosh.khanal@sswahs.nsw.gov.au or fax to: 02 8738 6371 by September 12.
Individual registration with Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service closes October 31 and all town participants must sign on in order to be counted towards the town’s total weight loss.
