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Home > Active Living > Activity - general information > The 'Go for your life' Community Education Program

The 'Go for your life' Community Education Program

Activities and services

Fun and interactive activities to educate participants about the benefits of physical activity
Nutrition activities such as designing healthy meals and sweet drinks demonstrations
Wide variety of tip sheets on healthy eating, physical activity and healthy lifestyles
On-hand advice for other healthy lifestyle ideas.

Community events
Education programs can be tailored to your event, ensuring that activities are compatible for any audience. Health and wellbeing professionals will work with you to develop a program suited to your specific needs and aims of your community event.

Please note:

Priority will be given to events that are closely aligned with the ‘Go for your life’ messages of healthy eating and increased physical activity.
Large events (attracting over 500 Victorians) will also be given priority.
Due to high demand, the van may only attend during event peak times.

Schools
A ‘Go for your life’ project officer will contact your school prior to the event to discuss the program and lesson timetable. Each program can be tailored to coincide with the theme or unit of work your students are completing. 'Go for your life' encourages teachers to participate in the sessions, as the activities and language used can be adopted for use in the classroom.

Rural and regional visits
Reflecting that the 'Go for your life' van is a resource for all Victorians, we travel throughout regional Victoria, spending a number of days in each area. Communities are encouraged to organise events to coincide with a visit to their region.

Health and wellbeing officers
The ‘Go for your life’ Community Education team consists of suitably qualified teachers, exercise physiologists and health promotion officers. They have extensive experience in working with a wide variety of audiences.

Features of the ‘Go for your life’ vans
The vans are well equipped to provide a broad range of programs. Features include sporting equipment, activity sheets, and giveaways and tip sheets to encourage participants to continue being healthy and active.

Specifications of the ‘Go for your life’ vans
Due to high demand, there are now two 'Go for your life' vans on the road. The original vehicle has a gross mass of 3550 kg, is 6.37 metres long, almost 2 metres wide and has a high roof at almost 2.6 metres. The latest addition is 4.61 metres long, 1.97 metres wide and 2.04 metres high.

If the 'Go for your life' van sounds like it would add value to your event, complete the appropriate form below and send to goforyourlife@dhs.vic.gov.au or call 9096 9075 for further information.

Please note that the 'Go for your life' vans are now fully booked for 2009. We are now accepting expression of interest forms for 2010.

To view a video of what a visit from the 'Go for your life' van entails, visit one of the links below:

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Acknowledgement

This information has been sourced from 'Go for your life'.

Last updated: 11/23/2009

'Go for your life' Infoline - 1300 73 98 99