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Annual Report 2014

Annual Report 2014

Scope of report This report is a summary of the achievements and outcomes of the Stir it up! Project from 26 September 2013 to 25 September 2014. For information about the period 26 September 2012 to 25 September 2013 refer to Annual Report 2013. For information about the period 26 September 2011 to 25 September 2012 refer to Annual Report 2012. For information about the period August 2010 to 25 September 2011 refer to Annual Report 2011.

Author Robyn Tindall

Contributions Jenny Norman

Acknowledgements Stir it up! Peer-educators Stir it up! Mentors Stir it up! Advisory Group members Host Organisations Health Promotion Service (Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District) Healthy Cities Illawarra Inc TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute Shellharbour City Community Church Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama Councils Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child and Family Centre

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September 2014 Page 1

Contents Executive Summary Summary of Project Outcomes – 2014 Page 4 Summary of Project Outcomes – All Years Page 6 Stir it up! People Page 8 Project Outcomes - Training Page 11 Project Outcomes - Achievements Page 13 Key Partners Page 15 Funding Page 17 Resources Developed Page 18 Stir it up! Presentations Page 19 Important Milestones Page 19 Visions for the future Page 20 Appendix 1 Page 21 Stir it up! Structure Stir it up! Process How Stir it up! works

Appendix 2 Page 26 Tables of data - All data as at 25 September 2014 Table 1: Stir it up! Activities by Local Government Area – All Years Table 2: Stir it up! Activities by Venue – Completed – 2013 to 2014 Table 3: Stir it up! Activities by Venue – Not completed – 2013 to 2014 Table 4: Stir it up! Activities by Activity Category – 2013 to 2014 Table 5: Stir it up! Activities by Setting – All Years Table 6: Stir it up! Peer-educator Numbers by Year Table 7: Stir it up! Mentor Numbers by Year

Table 8: Stir it up! Peer-educators by LGA of Residence – All Years Table 9: Stir it up! Peer-educators by CALD Background – All Years Table 10: Stir it up! Project Outcomes by Year Table 11: Key to Stir it up! Activity Categories Figure 1: Stir it up! Activities by Activity Category - 2013 to 2014 Figure 2: Stir it up! Activities by Local Government Area – 2013 to 2014 Figure 3: Stir it up! Peer-educators – LGA of Residence

Further information about Stir it up! Page 39

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The aim of Stir it up! is to train community members to promote healthy eating in their communities. Interested volunteers complete a free TAFE training program and are then partnered with trained mentors who assist the peer-educators to run healthy eating initiatives. The trained volunteers have been involved with community gardens, have provided nutrition talks and cooking demonstrations at schools, pre-schools and playgroups and have participated in a number of other community events. The Stir it up! Project was inspired by the Community Foodies Project in South Australia.

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Executive Summary

The fourth year of the Stir it up! Project saw eighteen new peer-educators and five mentors complete their respective training courses. Seven of the new peer-educators are from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in the Shoalhaven area and three of the Shoalhaven graduates have been employed by Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child and Family Centre in their social enterprise project - Cullunghutti Catering.

Stir it up! volunteers have continued to run a wide range of healthy eating activities in the Illawarra/Shoalhaven areas in a variety of settings. Since Stir it up! was launched in 2010, over 400 healthy eating activities have been conducted to over 8000 community members, and project benchmarks have been exceeded each year.

The partnership with Cullunghutti ACFC continued in 2014 and new partnerships were formed with Shellharbour City Community Church and Shellharbour City Council as the Illawarra peer-educator training venue moved from the Wollongong Local Government Area to Shellharbour LGA. The strong partnerships between the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) Health Promotion Service and Healthy Cities Illawarra (HCI) with TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute, Wollongong and Kiama Councils and a number of community and non-government organisations continue to be the cornerstone of the Stir it up! Project.

A Certificate II course was successfully piloted by Nowra TAFE in 2014 to train Stir it up! volunteers and a number of Shoalhaven organisations have expressed interest in this training. These avenues will be investigated in 2015. Due to the restructuring of courses throughout TAFE NSW, there will be no 2015 Stir it up! course run in the Illawarra. Current peer-educators and mentors will be supported with regular training update sessions and the development of new resources.

In-depth analysis of Stir it up! evaluation data is progressing in partnership with the University of Wollongong to assess the impact of the healthy eating messages delivered by the Stir it up! volunteers to their local communities. Preliminary results indicate that community members who attend a Stir it up! healthy eating activity make positive changes to the eating patterns of their families.

Plans for 2015 include the development of a Stir it up! Handbook, an Evaluation Report and discussions with potential partners regarding future directions of the Stir it up! Project.

Photos: Stir it up! Graduation and Celebration – November 2013.

Left Photo: New peer-educators and mentors Right Photo: Current peer-educators and mentors

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Summary of Project Outcomes for 2014

2014 OUTCOMES

PEER-EDUCATORS Total

Illawarra (Group F)

Shoalhaven (Group SHB)

Number of groups trained 2 1 1

Number who enrolled 23 12 11

Number who did not start training 0 0 0

Number who started training 23 12 11

Number who completed training 18 11 7

Number who did not complete training 5 1 4

Number who have left Stir it up! 2 0 2

Number of current peer-educators 16 11 5

Number of ACTIVE peer-educators 12 9 3

Number of ON LEAVE peer-educators 2 2 0

Number EMBEDDED ELSEWHERE 2 0 2

Retention Rate (Current/Completed Training) 89% 91.5% 71.5%

Retention Rate (Current/Enrolled) 69.5% 91.5% 45.5%

MENTORS Total Illawarra Shoalhaven

Number of groups trained 1 Combined

Number who enrolled 5 4 1






Number of current mentors 5 4 1

Number of ACTIVE mentors 5 4 1

Number of ON LEAVE mentors 0 0 0

Number of OTHER mentors 0 0 0

Retention Rate (Current/Completed Training) 100% 100% 100%

Retention Rate (Current/Enrolled) 100% 100% 100%

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2014 OUTCOMES

Total Illawarra Shoalhaven

Benchmark for number of healthy eating activities 56 53.5 2.5

Actual number of healthy eating activities 111 102 9

Exceeds benchmark 2 x 1.9 x 3.6 x

Number of requests for Stir it up! activities 45 36 9

Number of requests unable to be completed 3 3 0

Number of requests completed 42 33 9

Completion Rate 93.3% 91.7% 100%

Benchmark for number of community members to attend healthy eating activities

560 535 25

Actual number of community members who attended healthy eating activities

2565 2215 350

Exceeds benchmark 4.6 x 4.1 x 14 x

Number of Information Sessions held 2 1 1

Number of TAFE Stir it up! courses conducted 2 1 1

Number of Volunteer Update Training Sessions 9 8 1

Number of Mentor Workshops conducted 1 Combined

Number of Advisory Group meetings held 4 Combined

Number of presentations conducted 1 1 0

Number of media articles (ISLHD The Rounds) 3 3 0

Activities by Category 2013 - 2014

Cooking Class

Cooking Demonstration

Cooking Demonstration (LargeEvent)

Talk

Healthy Eating Activity

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Summary of Project Outcomes 2010 to 2014

SUMMARY 2010 - 2014

PEER-EDUCATORS Total Illawarra Shoalhaven

Number of groups trained 8 6 2

Number who have enrolled 91 71 20






Number who have left since last Annual Report 14 12 2

Number who left prior to last Annual Report 6 6 0

Number of current peer-educators 53 44 9

Number of ACTIVE peer-educators 35 32 3

Number of ON LEAVE peer-educators 16 12 4

Number EMBEDDED ELSEWHERE 2 0 2

Retention Rate (Current/Completed Training) 72.6%^ 71% 81.8%

Retention Rate (Current/Enrolled) 58%^ 62% 45%

MENTORS Total Illawarra Shoalhaven

Number of groups trained 6

Combined Number who have enrolled 55

Number who did not start training 1

Number who started training 54

Number who completed training 52 Combined

Number who did not complete training 2

Number who have left Stir it up! 31

Combined Number who have left since last Annual Report 18

Number who left prior to last Annual Report 13

Number of current mentors 21

Combined Number of ACTIVE mentors 20

Number of ON LEAVE mentors 0

Number of OTHER mentors 1

Retention Rate (Current/Completed Training) 40.4%^ Combined

Retention Rate (Current/Enrolled) 38.2%^

^ A review of the Volunteer Register was undertaken in 2014. This resulted in a larger number of resignations than is usual in a twelve-month period and lowered the retention rate compared to previous years. See page 9 for more information about the Volunteer Review.

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SUMMARY 2010 - 2014

Total Illawarra Shoalhaven

Benchmark for number of healthy eating activities 211 208.5 2.5

Actual number of healthy eating activities 400 391 9

Exceeds benchmark 1.9 x 1.9 x 3.6 x

Number of requests for Stir it up! activities 227 218 9

Number of requests unable to be completed 46 46 0

Number of requests completed 181 172 9

Completion Rate 79.7% 81.7% 100%

Benchmark for number of community members to attend healthy eating activities

2110 2085 25


8565 8215 350

Exceeds benchmark 4.1 x 3.9 x 14 x

Number of Information Sessions held 18 14 4

Number of TAFE Stir it up! courses conducted 8 6 2

Number of Volunteer Update Training Sessions 31 30 1

Number of Mentor Workshops conducted 8 Combined

Number of Advisory Group meetings held 17 Combined

Number of presentations conducted 9 9 0

Number of media articles 10 10 0

For details of each year, see Table 10 in Appendix 2.

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Stir it up! People

Peer-educators The fifth Illawarra group and first Shoalhaven group of Stir it up! peer-educators received their Certificate I in Access to Work and Training from Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery OAM at the Graduation and Celebration held at Wollongong City Council in November 2013. Photos are on page 3. During 2014, eleven new peer-educators (ten females and one male) completed the Certificate I TAFE Stir it up! training course in the Illawarra. Training was held in the Shellharbour Local Government Area to provide opportunities for local residents to join the project. Two volunteers are on leave due to study and family commitments and the remaining nine have conducted a variety of healthy eating activities in their communities. Seven Stir it up! Peer-educators in the Shoalhaven area completed a pilot Certificate II course run by Nowra TAFE. They are supported to conduct healthy eating activities in their community by the Stir it up! Project Team and the Community Engagement Officer from Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child and Family Centre in East Nowra. Nine healthy eating activities have been run at Cullunghutti ACFC. Three of the new peer-educators have been employed by Cullunghutti Catering – a social enterprise established by Cullunghutti ACFC. This brings the total number of Illawarra peer-educators who have completed the Stir it up! training to sixty-two (62) and Shoalhaven peer-educators to eleven (11). Many peer-educators work in pairs or teams to deliver healthy eating messages to their communities.

Photos: From top – Stir it up! peer-educators James and Sela from Group F; Group F on Week 1 with TAFE teacher Jill Wortley; Vesna and Shameena from Group F; Ladies from Shoalhaven Group B at Nowra TAFE.

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Mentors

A Mentor Workshop was held in Wollongong in May 2014. Five new mentors completed the training. One of the mentors is based in Nowra and plans to support the peer-educators based at Cullunghutti ACFC. The mentors support, guide and encourage the peer-educators as they make contact with community organisations and conduct healthy eating activities. The mentors have backgrounds in teaching, catering, mentoring, nutrition and dietetics and community development.

Volunteer Review A thorough review of the Volunteer Register was conducted in 2014 as there were a number of Stir it up! volunteers who had not been directly involved in the project for a considerable period of time. As part of the review, volunteers were categorised as follows: Active (A), On Leave (L), Embedded Elsewhere (E), Did not complete training (D), Did not start training (N), Resigned (R) or Other (O). Embedded Elsewhere is defined as being strongly associated with a particular organisation to run healthy eating activities, but being available for Stir it up! Activities at other organisations if requested. As a result of the review, 14 peer-educators officially resigned from the project. Together with the 5 peer-educators who had resigned previously, and one peer-educator who cannot volunteer with ISLHD, a total of 20 peer-educators have now left Stir it up! Eighteen (18) were from the Illawarra and two from the Shoalhaven. The reasons for leaving included work and family commitments, ill-health and moving away from the Illawarra/Shoalhaven area. As at 24 September 2014, 53 peer-educators are registered as volunteers with ISLHD. Thirty-five (35) are classed as Active (A), sixteen (16) as on Leave and two of the Shoalhaven women are categorised as Embedded Elsewhere (E) with Cullunghutti Catering. The reasons for being on leave include travel and study, work and family commitments. Eighteen (18) mentors resigned as a result of the review. Reasons for resigning included work and study commitments and moving away from the area. Together with the thirteen (13) mentors who had resigned previously, a total of thirty-one mentors have left Stir it up! As at 24 September 2014, 21 mentors are registered as volunteers with ISLHD. Twenty (20) are Active (A) and paired with one or more peer-educators. One mentor is classed as Other (O) and is involved in resource development.

Host Organisations Approximately 13 organisations hosted Stir it up! activities in 2014. These include Barnardos South Coast, Illawarra Women’s Health Centre, Northcott Disability Services, NSW Cancer Council, ISLHD Multicultural Health Service, Illawarra Multicultural Services (IMS), Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (Health Promotion Service), Healthy Cities Illawarra, Wollongong City Council, Illawarra Forum, Warilla North Public School, The Housing Trust and New Outlook.

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Advisory Group

The Stir it up! Advisory Group meets quarterly and continues to provide expertise, advice and support regarding the strategic direction of the project. Membership and Terms of Reference were revised in February 2014. As part of the Stir it up! Evaluation Plan, seven members of the Advisory Group completed a Partnerships Analysis Checklist in September. The average score obtained was 151.6. A score between 127 and 175 indicates a partnership based on genuine collaboration has been established. All responses achieved a score in this range. Issues highlighted by the Partnership Checklist will be addressed by the Advisory Group in 2015.

Project Team The Project Team is currently comprised of Robyn Tindall (Project Coordinator) from the Health Promotion Service (Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District) and Jenny Norman, from Healthy Cities Illawarra. The collaborative partnership between these two organisations continues to underpin the Stir it up! Project.

Jenny Norman (left) and Robyn Tindall comprise the

Stir it up! Project Team.

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Project Outcomes - Training

The initial training for the Illawarra peer-educators was conducted by TAFE Illawarra Outreach Unit over 8 weeks. Training involves a mixture of theory and practical cooking skills. Candidates who successfully complete the coursework and assessment tasks receive a Certificate I in Access to Work and Training. Twelve people enrolled and eleven completed the 2014 course. The training venue was moved to Shellharbour City Community Church so Shellharbour residents had an opportunity to participate in the Stir it up! Project . Nowra TAFE piloted a 15-week Certificate II course for the Stir it up! participants at Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child and Family Centre in East Nowra. Eleven women enrolled and seven completed the course which was held at Cullunghutti Community Room and Nowra TAFE (Hospitality Faculty). Ongoing training sessions (Catch ups) were combined for peer-educators and mentors in 2014. They were held twice each school term and facilitated by the Project Team. The two evening and five daytime sessions provided opportunities to share Stir it up! experiences and to learn further skills and knowledge that can be used when conducting healthy eating activities in the community.

Daytime catch ups included sessions on the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating; label reading; learning to make rice paper rolls; an excursion to the Wollongong Botanic Gardens to learn about composting; a Supermarket Tour; a ‘Display Kit and Cooking Team Challenge’ and a Burek Cooking Class. Guest speakers at the evening sessions discussed environmental and sustainable food issues. A daytime catch-up on Modifying Recipes was also conducted for the Shoalhaven Stir it up! peer-educators at Cullunghutti ACFC.

Mentor Training One Mentor Workshop was held in 2013. Five new mentors attended the workshop and were paired with new or existing peer-educators. A number of mentors regularly attended the catch up sessions.

Photos: Group F members, from top: Jacki and Laura; Kylie and Maree; Laura and Leanne; Group F members watching Laura conduct a demonstration during their training course

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Catch up Sessions

Catch up Sessions Photos on left, from top: Display Kit Challenge – Kathy, Emiko and Pramila; Teresa and Amal; Daniel and Brook

Photos on right, from top: Making Burek – Emiko, Daniel, Kim; Kara and participants. Making Rice Paper Rolls

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Project Outcomes - Achievements Healthy Eating Activities The annual benchmarks for the Stir it up! Project are two activities per peer-educator to an average audience of ten community members per activity. Expectations for the fourth year of the project were, therefore, fifty-six (56) healthy eating activities to 560 people. These estimates take into account only the peer-educators classed as ‘Active’ (see Volunteer Review – page 9) One hundred and eleven (111) healthy eating activities were conducted between September 2013 and September 2014, which is double the project benchmark. The activities were held in the Wollongong (36%) and Shellharbour (55%), Kiama (1%) and Shoalhaven (8%) Local Government Areas. Settings included play groups, primary schools, community groups and non-government organisations. Activities included healthy eating activities at community events such as Relay for Life, NAIDOC Week Event in Nowra, cooking demonstrations at the launch of the ISLHD Baby and Toddler Cookbook, cooking demonstrations for parents attending child disability services, playgroups, Go4Fun sessions and for refugee communities and CALD mental health clients. Since Stir it up! commenced in August 2010, the number of activities has reached 400, which is double the project benchmark. Over ninety-three percent (93.3%) of activity requests were completed. Of the three (3) requests not completed, two were due to last minute commitments of the volunteer assigned to the activity and one to a Host Organisation not responding to calls to organise the activity. The number of community members who attended these 111 Stir it up! activities was approximately 2565, giving an average attendance of 23 people per activity. Several activities (one in the Shoalhaven) were large community events such as Relay for Life, NAIDOC events and combined playgroup days. Topics presented at Stir it up! activities include demonstrations on quick, healthy family and budget meals; meals for older adults or smaller family groups; healthy drinks and snacks; recipes for participants in a healthy eating and physical activity program for 7-13 year olds; cooking activities with primary school children; how to cook and use vegetables and other fruit and vegetable activities.

From top: Hollie, Kim and Heidi demonstrating recipes at the launch of the Baby and Toddler Cookbook, April 2014. Below: Laura and Julie at Wollongong Relay for Life – September 2014

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Many of the Stir it up! activities added value to programs conducted by ISLHD Health Promotion Service, Healthy Cities Illawarra and other organisations. These programs included Go4Fun, Healthy Children’s Initiative, Beat It, Horsley Outdoor Krew and the 2528 Crew Park Project.

Love Food Hate Waste Grant Wollongong City Council Green Team was successful in obtaining Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) funding from the NSW Environment Trust. The application included a partnership with Stir it up! Eighteen Stir it up! volunteers received LFHW workshop training in July 2014 and are each committed to conducting at least one 1.5 hour LFHW Workshop in the Wollongong Local Government Area between July 2014 and June 2015. WCC Green Team coordinates the publicity and bookings for the workshops. The LFHW workshop messages complement the Stir it up! philosophy to reduce food waste, eat seasonally and promote environmentally sustainable messages. Workshops commenced in October 2014 and will be reported on in the 2015 Annual Report.

Cullunghutti Catering Three of the graduates from the Nowra Stir it up! Group have been employed by Cullunghutti Catering, a social enterprise established by Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child and Family Centre.

Volunteer Retention Rates The retention rate for the Stir it up! volunteer peer-educators is 73% (Retention = current number/number who completed training). The retention rate for mentors is lower (40%) as the majority of mentors are nutrition students who move away from the area when they graduate and obtain employment. The retention rates have been affected this year by the review of the volunteer register, which resulted an increased number of volunteers – especially mentors - resigning from the project compared to previous years. See page 9 for details. A generally recognised retention rate for volunteer programs is 66%^. The Project Team attributes the high retention rate to the effort expended to include the Stir it up! volunteers in the development of the project and by respecting and acting on their feedback to improve the running of Stir it up!

^Corporation for National and Community Service, USA

Enquiries from external organisations The Stir it up! Project Team has received a number of enquiries from other Local Health Districts and external organisations about Stir it up! and the possibility of using the project concept. A Stir it up! Handbook will be developed so a resource is available for organisations interested in running a similar healthy eating project.

Evaluation Data Project evaluation data from August 2010 to June 2013 was collated and organised for analysis by University of Wollongong academics. As part of this process Stir it up! healthy eating activities were divided into categories and an estimate of the time taken to organise, prepare, conduct and follow-up activities was calculated for each category to assist with a planned cost-benefit analysis of the project in 2015. The categories and the time estimates can be found in Appendix 2, Table 11.

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Key Partners

Stir it up! is coordinated by the Health Promotion Service (part of Illawarra Shoalhaven

Local Health District) and Healthy Cities Illawarra. The Health Promotion Service provides

the Stir it up! Project Coordinator position and a budget for all project consumables. Healthy Cities Illawarra provides a Project Team member and administers the Stir it up! Project operational funds provided by ISLHD HPS and supplementary funding secured through community grants. This provides a seamless delivery of funds for the project. Stir it up! is a partnership project and would not be possible without the support from a number of partners. These include:

TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute - Outreach Unit (Dapto) TAFE Illawarra Outreach Unit provides the funding for a TAFE teacher to conduct a Certificate I in Access to Work and Training Course, which has been designed for the Stir it up! Project. As always, the Project Team would like to acknowledge the support for Stir it up! received from Kathy Finigan (TAFE Illawarra Outreach Coordinator), Jill Wortley (Outreach Teacher) and Gabrielle Frawley (TAFE Illawarra, Head of Commercial Cookery and Catering). TAFE staff have also been Advisory Group members since the project began.

TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute – Nowra Campus Several departments at Nowra TAFE were involved in the delivery of the Stir it up! course for the Shoalhaven area. These included Tourism and Hospitality; the Aboriginal Education and Training Unit and the Outreach Unit. The Project Team would like to thank TAFE staff who variously provided teachers, funding and student support.

Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child and Family Centre From mid-2012, Cullunghutti have partnered with the ISLHD Health Promotion Service and Healthy Cities Illawarra to establish Stir it up! in the Shoalhaven area for community members who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Cullunghutti provided childcare and a training venue for the Shoalhaven training. The Project Team would like to acknowledge the support for Stir it up! from Cullunghutti ACFC staff.

Baptist Care (formerly Baptist Community Services - BCS) BCS funded the registration of Stir it up! volunteers (peer-educators and mentors) from August 2010 to April 2013. This included volunteer insurance and Criminal Record and Working with Children Checks. Since April 2013 Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) has accepted this role. A representative from Baptist Care is a member of the Stir it up! Advisory Group.

Shellharbour City Community Church (SCCC) Shellharbour City Community Church is located at Shellharbour, south of Wollongong. SCCC provided the training venue as their contribution to the project. The venue includes a teaching space, a kitchen and a crèche. They also stored the Stir it up! equipment during the training course.

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Illawarra Multicultural Services (IMS) IMS provide trained childcare workers during Stir it up! Information Sessions and throughout the peer-educator training courses. Childcare workers are paid from the Stir it up! project budget.

Illawarra Forum Inc Illawarra Forum provided funding for the development of the Mentor Training Workshop and facilitated the first mentor workshop in August 2010. A staff member of the Illawarra Forum is a member of the Stir it up! Advisory Group.

Wollongong City Council A Healthy Communities Initiative Grant funded through the federal Department of Health and Aging was auspiced by Wollongong City Council and provided funding for most project consumables and resources, including training costs - food, childcare, stationery and volunteer resources including folders, textbooks, handouts and aprons, from January 2012 to June 2013. Wollongong City Council is represented on the Stir it up! Advisory Group. From July 2014 to June 2015, Stir it up! has partnered with Wollongong City Council Green Team to conduct Love Food Hate Waste Workshops in the Wollongong Local Government Area. See page 14 for more details.

Shellharbour City Council The decision to conduct the Stir it up! peer-educator training in the Shellharbour LGA was facilitated by a cooperative partnership with Shellharbour City Council, who provided advice about local resources and venues free-of-charge for training catch ups days and other project sessions. A Shellharbour council staff member has been a valued new colleague on the Stir it up! Advisory Group.

Kiama Municipal Council Kiama Municipal Council has been supportive of the Stir it up! Project in a variety of ways since 2010. Kiama Council have kindly agreed to provide the venue for the 2014 Graduation and Celebration.

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Funding

The Stir it up! Project is funded by the Health Promotion Service (part of Illawarra

Shoalhaven Local Health District). Funding covers the Stir it up! Project Coordinator position (34 hours per week) and all project consumables. (Project consumables were paid for by Healthy

Communities Initiative Funding from Jan 2012 to June 2013 – see below).

Healthy Cities Illawarra are partners in the Stir it up! project. They provide funding for a

Project Team member (8 - 10 hours per week) plus accounting support.

Healthy Communities Initiative (Federal Funding) auspiced by Wollongong City Council provided funding for most project consumables and resources, including training

costs - food, childcare, stationery and volunteer resources including folders, textbooks, handouts and aprons from January 2012 to 30 June 2013. Additional Funding Applications

Community Builders 2012 – unsuccessful

Volunteer Grants 2013 – Funding for TAFE Teacher in 2014 – unsuccessful ($5000)

Volunteer Grants 2013 – Funding for petrol vouchers – successful ($1800) – now aquitted

National Heart Foundation successful one-off funding – Funding for cooking kits for Shoalhaven Peer-educators

Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) – from the NSW Environment Trust, auspiced by Wollongong City Council Green Team. The funding includes an allowance for petrol vouchers and child care costs for Stir it up! volunteers who conduct LFHW Workshops. More details are on page 14.

Stir it up! budget estimates are available on request from the Project Team.

Lizzie from Group F at training

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Resources Developed or Updated

Evaluation Tools

Peer-educator Log Book – Sixth edition

Mentor Log Book – Sixth edition

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Activities Register

Activity Request Form for Love Food Hate Waste Partnership

Risk Assessment Form for Love Food Hate Waste Partnership

Procedures for Love Food Hate Waste Partnership

Petrol Voucher Scheme

Safe Knife Procedures

Resources in Development Stir it up! Handbook

Activity Kits with ideas and resources for healthy eating activities – 10 completed and

a number still in development

Website Stir it up! has two dedicated pages on the Food Fairness Illawarra website. The first page contains general information and resources for the public. The second page is password protected and contains project forms and resources for peer-educators and mentors to use in community activities. The link is: http://foodfairnessillawarra.org.au/projects-stories/stir-it-up/

Student Projects Students from the University of Wollongong (Nutrition and Dietetics) have assisted in the development of Stir it up! resources.

A study comparing home-cooked, convenience and takeaway meals was conducted in April 2014 by a UOW Nutrition and Dietetics student. This information will be used to prepare resources for talks and will contribute to the Stir it up! Evaluation.

http://foodfairnessillawarra.org.au/projects-stories/stir-it-up/

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Stir it up! Presentations

University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW 27 August 2014 Lecture to Masters of Public Health Subject: Nutrition Promotion Author: Robyn Tindall Presenter: Robyn Tindall Title: Stir it up! Project

Important Milestones December 2009 Inaugural Advisory Group Meeting August - Sept 2010 First group of peer-educators trained (Group A) November 2010 Project Launch and Graduation of Group A May - June 2011 Second group of peer-educators trained (Group B) August - Sept 2011 Third group of peer-educators trained (Group C) November 2011 Celebration and Graduation of Groups B and C May – June 2012 Fourth group of peer-educators trained (Group D) July onwards 2012 Discussions with potential partners in Shoalhaven area about the

establishment of Stir it up! for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community

November 2012 Celebration and Graduation of Group D May – June 2013 Fifth group of peer-educators trained (Group E) July – Sept 2013 First group of peer-educators trained in the Shoalhaven (Group

SHA) for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community November 2014 Celebration and Graduation of Group E and Shoalhaven Group A March – June 2014 Second group of peer-educators trained in Shoalhaven (Grp SHB) May – June 2014 Sixth group of peer-educators trained in Illawarra (Group F) November 2014 Celebration and Graduation of Group F and Shoalhaven Group B

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Visions for 2015

Support current Stir it up! peer-educators with ongoing training updates and other

support

Facilitate external training opportunities for Stir it up! peer-educators and mentors

including guest speakers and excursions that enhance understanding about food

preparation and production

Provide Safe Food Handling Training for Stir it up! Mentors

Continue and expand work with Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islander Communities

Explore the potential for expansion of Stir it up! in the Shoalhaven

Continue to develop resources for Stir it up! volunteers

Complete the Stir it up! Handbook

The Handbook will provide information for organisations who are interested in developing a

community-based healthy eating project.

Continue to develop a Sustainability Plan

Analyse data and publish an Evaluation Report

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Appendix 1

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The Structure of Stir it up!

The Advisory Group meets quarterly. Its role is to:

Support the development and implementation of the project

Provide expertise and strategic direction

The Project Team:

Coordinates the Stir it up! project

Recruits partners, Advisory Group members, peer-educators and mentors

Coordinates initial peer-educator training in partnership with TAFE Illawarra

Conducts initial training for mentors and ongoing training for peer-educators and

mentors

Develops project resources

Conducts project administration including funding applications and evaluation

Peer-educators are trained volunteers who conduct healthy eating activities in

their communities. Mentors are trained volunteers who support and guide the peer-

educators.

Peer-educators are the key to the Stir it up! project.

Peer-educators are supported by a mentor and by the

Project Team. In most cases, the mentor will be the first

contact for a peer-educator. Mentors and peer-educators

can contact the Project Team for support.

Advisory Group Members from a range of organisations plus peer-educator and mentor representatives

Project Team

Health Promotion Service (HPS)^ & Healthy Cities Illawarra^ The HPS is part of Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

Peer-educators

and Mentors

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Host Organisations are organisations and services who request a Stir it up!

activity. They may include welfare organisations, community groups, schools, play

groups or local councils.

Host Organisations are expected to purchase any food items a peer-educator may

need for a Stir it up! activity. Peer-educators and mentors are not expected to pay

for any activity costs.

Peer-educators

Project Team

Host Organisations

Mentors

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The Stir it up! Process

Community members apply to be part of the Stir it up! project

Successful applicants complete a TAFE Course. On completion they receive a Certificate I in Access to Work and Training and are regarded as Stir it up! Peer-educators

Stir it up! Peer-educators conduct healthy eating activities in their local communities

Peer-educators attend regular update training sessions and are supported by a mentor and the Project Team

Peer-educators

Community members apply to be part of the Stir it up! project

Successful applicants complete a one day workshop. On completion they are regarded as Stir it up! Mentors

Stir it up! Mentors support peer-educators as they conduct healthy eating activities in their local communities

Mentors attend regular update training sessions and are supported by the Project Team

Mentors

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How Stir it up! works

An idea for a Stir it up! activity

Stir it up! peer-educator or

mentor

A community organisation or

group

Stir it up! Project Team

An ACTIVITY REQUEST FORM is completed and sent to the

Stir it up! Project Team

A community

member

The Project Team will contact a peer-educator to organise the activity

The peer-educator will organise and run the activity with the support of his/her mentor and the Project Team, if needed.

After the activity has been run, the peer-educator will debrief

with his/her mentor and record the activity.

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Appendix 2

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Table 1: Stir it up! Activities by Local Government Area – All Years

LGA

Total Number of Activities Percentage in each LGA

At 25 Sept 2011

2011 to

2012

2012 to

2013

2013 to

2014

At 25 Sept 2011

2011 to

2012

2012 to

2013

2013 to

2014

Wollongong 43 79 48 40 65 62 50 36.0

Shellharbour 18 48 47 61 27 38 49.5 55.0

Kiama 5 0 1 1 8 0 0.5 0.9

Shoalhaven NA NA NA 9 NA NA NA 8.1

TOTAL 66 127 96 111 100 100 100 100

Activities by LGA 2013 - 2014

Wollongong

Shellharbour

Kiama

Shoalhaven

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Table 2: Stir it up! Activities by Venue – Completed – Sept 2013 – Sept 2014

Activity Register Number

Suburb of Venue

LGA

Nu

mb

er

of

acti

viti

es

Typ

e o

f

Act

ivit

y# Cum Total

Wollongong LGA

Cum Total

Shellharbour

LGA

Cum Total

Kiama LGA

Cum Total

Shoalhaven LGA

188 Dapto Woll 4 CC 4 0 0 0

189 Kanahooka Woll 1 CD 5 0 0 0

190 Warilla Shell 1 HEA 5 1 0 0


192 Warilla Nth Shell 8 HEA 5 10 0 0


194 Warrawong Woll 2 CD 7 19 0 0

195 Wollongong Woll 1 T 8 19 0 0

196 Warrawong Woll 4 CD(LE) 12 19 0 0

197 Albion Park Shell 2 CD 12 21 0 0

199 Kiama Kiama 1 CD(LE) 12 21 1 0

200 Wollongong Woll 1 CD 13 21 1 0

201 Figtree Woll 1 CD 14 21 1 0

202 Horsley Woll 1 HEA 15 21 1 0

203 Warrawong Woll 6 CD X 3 HEAX3 21 21 1 0

204 Warilla Shell 2 CD,HEA 21 23 1 0

206 Cringila Woll 2 CD 23 23 1 0

207 Nowra Shoal 1 CD 23 23 1 1


211 Warrawong Woll 1 T 24 31 1 1

212 Warrawong Woll 1 CD 25 31 1 1


215 Fairy Meadow Woll 4 T 29 39 1 1

216 Shellharbour Shell 1 CD 29 40 1 1

219 Mt Warrigal Shell 2 T,CD 29 42 1 1


221 Albion Park Shell 1 CD 29 54 1 1

222 Woonona Woll 1 T 30 54 1 1

223 Koonawarra Woll 1 T 31 54 1 1


225 Port Kembla Woll 1 CC 32 61 1 1

228 Wollongong Woll 2 CC 33 61 1 1

229 Corrimal Woll 6 HEA 39 61 1 1

230 Wollongong Woll 1 HEA 40 61 1 1

East Nowra Shoal 8 CD 40 61 1 9

TOTAL # For Definitions of Activity Type,

see Table 11 on page 37

40 61 1 9

102 9

111

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Table 4: Stir it up! Activities by Activity Category – 2013 to 2014

Activity Category Number of Activities Percentage

Cooking Classes 7 6.3

Cooking Demonstrations 18 16.2

Cooking Demonstrations (Large Events) 6 5.4

Talks 8 7.2

Healthy Eating Activities 72 64.9

TOTAL 111 100

See Table 11 on page 37 for definitions of Activity Categories A Graph of Table 4 data is on page 5

Table 3: Stir it up! Activities by Venue – Not Completed - Sept 2013– Sept 2014

Activity Register Number

Suburb of Venue

LGA of Venue Reason activity not completed No. of

activities

198 Albion Park Shell Volunteer had family commitment 1

209 Barrack Heights Shell HO did not respond to calls to organise activity

1

210 Albion Park Rail Shell Volunteer unable to attend due to family commitment

1

SUB-TOTAL Volunteer assigned but unable to run activity 2 SUB-TOTAL Insufficient time to allocate a volunteer

or Host Organisation did not return calls to discuss details 1

TOTAL Requests that did not proceed 3

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Table 5: Stir it up! Activities by Setting – All Years

Setting Total Number of Activities

Percentage in each setting

Audience

At Sept 2011

At Sept 2012

At Sept 2013

At Sept 2014

At Sept 2011

At Sept 2012

At Sept 2013

At Sept 2014

At Sept 2011

At Sept 2012

At Sept 2013

At Sept 2014

Pre-schools 0 1 0 0 0 0.5 0 0

~12

40

~24

61

~24

11

~25

65

Playgroups 16 16 11 13 24 12.5 11.5 11.0 Primary schools 24 53 43 32 37 42 44.8 29.0

High Schools 0 0 4 0 0 0 3.2 0 University 0 4 3 1 0 3 4.2 0.9 Community Groups and Centres

4 22 13 0 6 17.5 13.5 0

Community Gardens

2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0

Church Groups 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0

Health and Professional Groups

2 16 8 0 3 12.5 8.3 0

Stir it up! training 5 2 1 3 7.5 1.5 1.0 2.7

Government Organisations 0 2 0 14 0 1.5 0 12.6

Non-Government Organisations

7 11 13 47 10.5 9 13.5 42.3

Unknown 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Other 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0.9

TOTAL 66 127 96 111 100 100 100 100

GRAND TOTAL

400 >8600

Activities by Setting for 2013 - 2014

Playgroups

Primary Schools

University

Stir it up! Training

Government Organisations

Non-governmentOrganisations

Other

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Table 6: Stir it up! Peer-educator Numbers by Year

Gro

up

Date of Training

Nu

mb

er e

nro

lled

Nu

mb

er

com

ple

ted

trai

nin

g

Nu

mb

er

resi

gne

d

20

10

– 2

01

2

Nu

mb

er

resi

gne

d

20

12

- 2

01

3

Nu

mb

er

resi

gne

d

20

13

– 2

01

4

(Vo

lun

tee

r R

evi

ew

)^

Nu

mb

er

at S

ep

t

20

11

Nu

mb

er

at

Sep

t 2

01

2

Nu

mb

er

at

Sep

t 2

01

3

Number at Sept 2014

^

Act

ive

Leav

e

Emb

ed

de

d

A August – Sept 2010

12 10 4 0 1 9 6 6 5

3 2 0

B May – June 2011

12 12 0 0 2 12 12 12 10

6 4 0

C August – Sept 2011

11 10 1 0 4 10 9 9 5

4 1 0

D

May – June 2012

13 9 1 0 3 8 8 5

4 1 0

E

May – June 2013

11 10 0 2 10 8

6 2 0

F

May – June 2014

12 11 0 11

9 2 0

SH

A

July-Sept 2013

9 4 0 4 4

0 4 0

SH

B

March – June 2014

11 7 2 5

3 0 2

TOTA

L

91 73 6 0 14 31 35 49 53

35

16

2

^ A review of the Volunteer Register was undertaken in 2014. This resulted in a larger number of resignations than is usual in a twelve-month period and lowered the retention rate compared to previous years. See page 9 for more information about the Volunteer Review and Volunteer Categories.

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Table 7: Stir it up! Mentor Numbers by Year

Gro

up

Date of Training

Nu

mb

er

enro

lled

Nu

mb

er

com

ple

ted

trai

nin

g

Nu

mb

er

resi

gne

d

20

10

– 2

01

3

Nu

mb

er

resi

gne

d

20

13

– 2

01

4^

(Vo

lun

tee

r R

evi

ew

)

Number at Sept 2013

Number at Sept 2014^

Active^

Other

^

A August – Sept 2010

12 12 6 3 6 3

3 0

B May – June 2011

5 4 2 2 2 0

0 0

C August – Sept 2011

11 10 4 2 6 4

4 0

D

June and August 2012

11 11 1 5 10 5

5 0

E

May – June 2013

10 10 0 6 10 4

3 1

SH

A

July-Sept 2013

1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0

F and SHB

May 2014

5 5 0 0

5

5 0

TOTA

L

55 52 13 18 34 21

20 1

^ A review of the Volunteer Register was undertaken in 2014. This resulted in a larger number of resignations than is usual in a twelve-month period and lowered the retention rate compared to previous years. See page 9 for more information about the Volunteer Review and Volunteer Categories.

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Table 8: Stir it up! Peer-educators by LGA of Residence – All Years

Local Government

Area

Number Percentage

Sept 2011

Sept 2012

Sept 2013

Sept 2014

Sept 2011

Sept 2012

Sept 2013

Sept 2014

Shellharbour

7 6 7 10 22.5 17 14.3 19

Wollongong

22 27 33 30 71 77 67.3 56.5

Kiama

2 2 5 3 6.5 6 10.2 5.5

Shoalhaven

NA NA 4 10 NA NA 8.2 19

TOTAL 31 35 49 53 100 100 100 100

Peer-educators by LGA of Residence

at Sept 2014

Shellharbour

Wollongong

Kiama

Shoalhaven

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Table 9: Stir it up! Peer-educators by CALD Background – All Years

CALD Background

Number Sub-Total Percentage of total

Sept 2011

Sept 2012

Sept 2013

Sept 2014

Sept 2011

Sept 2012

Sept 2013

Sept 2014

Sept 2011

Sept 2012

Sept 2013

Sept 2014

Australian 18

19

25 25 18 19 25 25 58 54 51 47

New Zealand Maori

0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

0 0 5 10 0 0 5 10 0 0 10 19

Asi

an

Malaysian 1 1 0 1

5 5 5 6 16 14 10 11.2

Japanese 1 1 0 1 Fijian 0 0 0 1 Chinese 1 1 0 1 Thai 1 1 0 1 Cambodian 1 1 0 1

Sub

-

Asi

a Sri Lankan 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 6.5 3 2 2

Indian 1 1 1 1

Euro

pea

n Italian 1 3 1 3

5 8 9 8 16 23 19 15

Dutch 1 2 0 0 German 1 1 0 1 Polish 1 1 0 1 English 1 1 0 3

Mid

dle

East

Lebanese

1 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 3.5 6 6 3.8

TOTAL 31 35 49 53 100 100 100 100

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Table 10: Stir it up! Project Outcomes by Year

Project Outcomes Illawarra Shoalhaven Total

2011 2012 2013 2014^ 2013 2014^

Benchmark for number of healthy eating activities

22 58 75 53.5 0 2.5 211

Actual number of healthy eating activities

66 127 96 102 0 9 400

Exceeds benchmark

3 x 2.2 x 1.3 x 1.9 x 0 3.6 x 1.9 x

Number of requests for Stir it up! activities

52 65 65 36 0 9 227

Number of requests unable to be completed

8 11 24

^^

(14) 3 0 0

46^^

(36) Number of requests completed 44 54

41^^

(51) 33 0 9

181^^ (191)

Completion Rate 84.6% 83.1% 78.5% 91.7% 0 100% 84.1% Benchmark for number of community members to attend healthy eating activities

220 580 750 535 0 25 2110


1240 2460 2300 2215 0 350 8565

Exceeds benchmark 5.6 x 4.2 x 3.1 x 4.1 x 0 14 x 4.1 x Number of Information Sessions held

7 3 3 1 3 1 18

Number of TAFE Stir it up! courses conducted

3 1 1 1 1 1 8

Number of Volunteer Update Training Sessions

7 7 8 8 0 1 31

Number of Mentor Workshops conducted

4 2 1 1 0 Combined

with Illawarra

8

Number of Advisory Group meetings held

6 3 4 4 Combined with

Illawarra 17

Number of presentations conducted


Illawarra 9

Number of media articles


Illawarra 10

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Notes about Table 10: ^ A review of the Volunteer Register was undertaken in 2014. This resulted in a larger number of resignations than is usual in a twelve-month period and lowered the retention rate compared to previous years. The data for 2014 uses the number of Active Volunteers and is adjusted for Volunteers on Leave. Previous years’ data included volunteers who may not have been Active. See page 9 for more information about the Volunteer Review and Volunteer Categories.

^^ 10 incomplete activities were outside the control of the project. The data used for the calculations has been adjusted to allow for this. The numbers in brackets have been used.

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Table 11: Key to Stir it up! Activity Categories

Category Code

Category Name Definition

Volunteer Time Estimate (hours) Cost of

Activity for Host

Organisations

Preparation#

Activity

Travel and Set-up/

Pack-up^

Total (hours)

CD Cooking

Demonstration

Peer-educator demonstrates a recipe or meal. Audience members may assist if requested.

6 1 2 9 $40.00

CD (LE) Cooking

Demonstration (Large Event)

Peer-educator demonstrates a recipe or meal at a large event. (Examples: Relay for Life, UOW Orientation Week)

6 3 2 11 $100.00

CC Cooking Class Peer-educator facilitates a class where participants are hands-on with the cooking.

8 3 2 13 $100.00

T Talk Talk or Presentation. May involve the use of resources such as Display Kits.

5 0.5 2 7.5 $10.00

D Display Static Display. 3 1 2 6 $10.00

HEA Healthy Eating

Activity

Activities to promote healthy eating that are not cooking demonstrations or cooking classes. Participants are usually involved in the activity.

6 1 2 9 $40.00

HEA (LE) Healthy Eating

Activity (Large Event)

Activities to promote healthy eating that are not cooking demonstrations or cooking classes.

6 3 2 11 $150.00

ST Supermarket Tour Guided Tour of a Supermarket or other food retail outlet.

6 2 2 10 $20.00

G Gardening Activities about growing food. Demonstration or hands-on

6 1-2 2

10 $10.00

NC Not Completed

Activity not completed or implemented. May be due to cancellation by Host Organisation or volunteer.

1 0 0 1 NA

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Table 11: Key to Stir it up! Activity Categories

Category Code

Category Name Definition

Volunteer Time Estimate (hours) Cost of

Activity for Host

Organisations

Preparation#

Activity

Travel and Set-up/

Pack-up^

Total (hours)

Notes: #Preparation includes: Discussing details with Host Organisation; Collecting equipment and resources; Preparing activity outline; Debriefing ^Travel = 1 hour return; Set-up=1/2 hour; Pack-up = ½ hour; Total = 2 hours Support Volunteer Time: If more than one volunteer is involved, then the 2nd and other volunteers’ time will be calculated as a Support Person: Time of activity + 1 hour for travel and preparation, unless it is known that the Support Person has contributed equal time. In that case, the time estimate will be as recorded as usual for that category. Host Organisation Time includes Preparation, Community Worker attendance at activity, Follow-up Survey = Time of Activity + 1 hour For Not Completed (NC) activities, Host Organisation time = 1 hour

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Further information can be obtained from:

Stir it up! Annual Report 2011



Stir it up! Information Booklet

Stir it up! Strategic Plan 2012 – 2014

Stir it up! Strategic Plan 2012 – 2014 – Progress Report December 2012

Stir it up! Strategic Plan 2012-2014 – Progress Report June 2013

The Project Team

Robyn Tindall ISLHD Health Promotion Service [email protected] 4221 6777 Jenny Norman Healthy Cities Illawarra Inc [email protected] 4283 8111

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