Creating an Inviting Workplace – The Exchange
Potential and culture are more important when hiring than experience, Sara Crowe told an audience of over 75 women at The Pig and Tinderbox on Thursday. Director of local marketing agency, C7EVEN Communications, Sara shared her career journey from hosting a ‘hippy club’ at age 12 to working for the Department of the Prime Minister […]
HealthWISE 2023-2027 Strategic Plan
The official launch of the HealthWISE Strategic Plan 2023-2027 took place at HealthWISE Ipswich on Tuesday 21 February, 2023. Queensland-based HealthWISE Board director Ann Houston introduced the plan: “HealthWISE was formed in 2015 and is a not for profit charity working across the New England North West region of NSW and Southern Queensland. Our vision […]
The Power of Perseverance – The Exchange
“I’m glad I finally said yes to something that terrified me,” comedian Mandy Nolan told a room of women gathered for The Exchange in Armidale. Referring to her run for a federal parliament seat earlier this year, despite missing out on the candidacy, she said watching her community engage with politics made her realise “You […]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and HealthWISE has a number of events running to support it!
Ask ‘R U OK?’ No qualifications needed.
Coffee lovers across the region were surprised with a free cup of their favourite drink this morning. For the third year in a row, HealthWISE shouted the morning rush in 23 cafés across the New England North West and southern Queensland to give locals a break and a reminder to look after one another, as […]
Celebrating Diversity: HealthWISE Cultivates a Safe Space for All
A celebration of diversity is coming to Armidale next month as NERAM and UNE co-host the Winter Blooming Festival on Jul 15-17. The event honours First Nations people, the LGBTQIA+ community, multiculturalism, the arts and allies. It will feature a range of speakers exploring topics affecting these communities, including Moree HealthWISE Aboriginal health worker Russell […]
HealthWISE Care Navigation program wins Primary Care award
A program working to connect Armidale’s Ezidi community with health care services has been recognised for its innovation and leadership. HealthWISE Armidale’s Care Navigation Program was named 2022 Primary Care Leader – Service Provider at the Primary Care Quality & Innovation Awards on Friday night, June 24. “It was great honour to be recognised for […]
Women’s Forum Faces the Future with Optimism
Fascinating stories of success and loss and everything in between were shared by two extraordinary panels of women at two HealthWISE hosted events in Ipswich and Tamworth this month. A ‘meeting of minds’, the Exchange is an opportunity for women to explore future opportunities for networking, share leadership ideas, skills and experiences and link with […]
Fussy Eaters: How to improve nutrition and food variety in children
I’m sure we have all been there either personally as a parent, sibling, or with a friend, when a child ‘throws their teddy in the corner’ because of something or other. Today we are specifically looking at fussy eating and family mealtimes. In today’s day and age, people are often very time poor with long […]
Tenterfield Regrowth Workshop to Help Heal Trauma
More than two years have passed since locals lost their homes and were forced to boil their drinking water, however Tenterfield is still recovering from the aftermath of 2019’s fierce bushfires. Many are still putting the pieces back together and working through the trauma of these events. A free upcoming Regrowth workshop next Wednesday, February […]
