Healthy eating a poetic justice

Healthway’s partnership with The Literature Centre develop creative techniques to deliver exciting and engaging ways to increase awareness on the importance of healthy eating to its students. This year each workshop was tasked with a short poem based on a health message and entries submitted into its national Healthy Poem Competition. Three national winners were chosen, including …

Small grants to make a big health impact in school communities

Congratulations to the 55 schools across our State who will share in more than $217,000 to implement projects within the school community, which address increasing healthy eating and creating a smoke-free WA. Read the media statement here. School Funded amount Project name Project description Regional Schools Shark Bay Primary School Parents and Citizens’ Association Incorporated …

The new Lotterywest Healthway Grants Portal is now live!

Click here to visit the Portal. Frequently Asked Questions Lotterywest Healthway Grants Portal What are we doing? Healthway and Lotterywest are launching a new Grants Management System (GMS) to provide a better experience for grant applicants by introducing the Lotterywest Healthway Grants Portal. From 31 July 2023, you’ll be able to apply for grants, track …

Student placement

As part of her final year studies in Bachelor of Health Promotion at Curtin University, Tayla Fiorenza (pictured) completed her 100-hour Alcohol in Sport project with Healthway last month. The project aimed to review the current alcohol sponsorship environment within sports clubs. To begin, a literature review was conducted which showed that the sale and availability of …

2022 Targeted Research Round

Congratulations to the 2022 Targeted Research Round recipients! This round called for applications that investigate the impact of harmful industry marketing on children and young people. Funded projects were required to develop evidence to inform effective health promotion messaging for children and young people. It is envisioned that the research outcomes will strengthen current health …

Social and Emotional Wellbeing through the Arts funding program (SEW-Arts)

So far, more than $1 million in Healthway funding has been awarded to nearly 30 organisations across Western Australia to embed concepts from the Telethon Kids Institute research driven program Social and Emotional Wellbeing through the Arts. To find out more about SEW-Arts visit here. To find out if you are eligible for Healthway funding …

2022 Open Research Round recipients

Congratulations to the 2022 Open Research Round recipients! Our Open Research Round focuses on projects that address at least one of our strategic priorities and funding is available under Exploratory and Intervention categories: Our Exploratory Research Grants support exploratory or formative studies to address gaps in health promotion research, demonstrating the potential to influence health …

WA Community Impact Hub

Healthway is committed to working with WA not-for-profits and local governments to maximise the positive health impact of their funded projects to create a healthier WA together. An initiative of Healthway and Lotterywest, the Western Australian Community Impact Hub (The Impact Hub) provides a detailed look at projects supported by Healthway and Lotterywest and the …

Apply for a Visiting Fellowship Grant

Funding is available for organisations and institutions wishing to invite a leading expert in an area relevant to health promotion research or practice to WA to work with local health promotion groups. The Visiting Fellow will have health promotion experience and skills which will benefit the local research and health promotion community and other relevant …