December 18 2020 2020 in Review
2020 has been a rollercoaster of a year, which started with good intentions and the highest of hopes but instead was filled with unprecedented times f...
Physical Activity
September 29 2020 Our National Preventive Health Strategy Submission
Yesterday we submitted our feedback on the consultation paper for the National Preventive Health Strategy. A HUGE thank you to everyone who partic...
June 29 2020 Keeping kids and parents active during the school holidays
Our next blog comes from Cat Walker. Cat is a mother of three and a health and wellness expert with more than 15 years’ experience. Her background i...
May 29 2020 Our life at home during COVID-19
In this blog post, Rebecca Zosel reflects on her family’s time at home during the pandemic and discusses the impact of COVID-19 on her children’s ...
April 6 2020 20 FREE and healthy activities that your children can do from home
With self-isolation and social distancing in full effect, it can be hard to think of fun tasks to keep your kids happy, healthy and most of all, insid...
March 11 2020 Ride, scoot or skate to school – why you should jump on board for National Ride2School Day!
The following blog comes from a regular contributor, Sarah Dwyer, who is a mother of three and one of our parent members. In this latest piece she exp...
October 2 2019 Swedish inspiration – nature play at its best
I’ve just come back from three weeks in Europe. Sweden in fact. Amazing you may think and yes it was - Scandinavian sunshine, switching off the phon...
March 13 2019 Let’s get back to good old fashioned outdoor play
The following piece comes from our regular contributor, Sarah Dwyer. Be sure to check out her popular post 'The Watermelon Smile', exploring the poten...
January 16 2019 Rock on this school holidays – VIC ROCKS craze sweeps across the state inviting creativity and nature play.
Our first article of 2019 comes from VIC ROCKS founder, Jude Rangitaawa who also co-manages Moongala Women's Community House in Bentleigh East. If you...
April 11 2018 Walking to a healthy future – Comparing Japan’s active transport policy to Australia’s
Our next blog comes from Masters of Public Health student, Marina Saunders. Marina has been placed with Parents’ Voice for close to three months, im...