The following networks support effective, efficient and equitable health promotion and primary prevention practice where partners are supported to work collaboratively across agreed priority areas.

To join any of our networks please email [email protected] and one of our team will get back to you.

The Prevention Collaborative provides a platform for local and regional place based prevention and planning organisations to:

  • Enhance collaboration and partnership
  • Share learnings and challenges and explore opportunities for an enhanced prevention system and
  • Build local and regional capacity for planning, implementation and evaluation

The Collaborative is hosted by the Community Partnerships team three times per year.

If you are interested in attending the Prevention Collaboration please register your interest at [email protected]

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The Health Service Health Promotion Practice Exchange brings together health services across the Barwon South West Region who deliver health promotion. The Practice Exchange aims to:

  • Support a shared understanding of health promotion planning, implementation and evaluation
  • Provide a forum for health services that enables peer learning and supports evidence-based health promotion practice and
  • Identify opportunities for collaboration and brokering connections across the Barwon South West.

The Health Service Health Promotion Practice Exchange is hosted by the Community Partnerships team 4 times per year.

If you work in Health Promotion in a health service in the Barwon South West, and interested in attending the Health Service Health Promotion Practice Exchange please register your interest at [email protected]

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Barwon South West Health Service Priority Areas 2025-2026

The Local Government Planners Network aligns to the BSW Public Health Strategic Plan and the Population Health Catchment Plan 2023-29 and aims to:

  • Build a resilient and sustainable local public health system
  • Enhance collaboration and partnership
  • Build local and regional capacity for planning, implementation and evaluation
  • Build a regional approach to MPHWB planning, implementation and evaluation

If you are interested in attending the local government  please register your interest at [email protected]

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Priority Alignment PHU – web

The South West Health Promotion Network is a peer support and learning network for health promotion practitioners working in health services across the South West region of Victoria. The network is designed to:

  • Foster peer-to-peer support and shared learning
  • Provide a space for discussion around Community Health – Health Promotion (CHHP) funded initiatives and
  • Enhance collaboration across health services to strengthen health promotion and prevention strategies in the region

The South West Health Promotion Network is hosted by the Community Partnerships team monthly.

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