Lockdown and safety advice around COVID-19 can be difficult to keep up with and understand even without a language barrier! If you need any further information, or require a translator or other support, please call Ballarat Community...
Working with individuals, families, and communities across Ballarat, its surrounds and beyond, BCH provides quality services to all with a priority of delivering to those most in need. Our comprehensive and diverse range of services...
If you are aged between 12 and 25 years and you have something to say about family violence, then we need you! BCH want you to send a message of positive change in the prevention of family violence. We are creating three postcards that...
Last year we had many wonderful submissions to the Ballarat Mental Health Week art competition, which were displayed at Ballarat Community Health’s Lucas facility. This year, with coronavirus restrictions, we are taking things...
A grant from the Rotary Club of Wendouree Breakfast is helping Ballarat Community Health respond to the challenge of digital poverty in the era of Covid 19. Early in the health crisis, outreach teams at Ballarat Community Health...
BCH is proud to announce that we have joined the Be Connected network, which mentors people aged over 50 to develop skills and confidence in using digital devices, including Apple and Android phones, tablets and computers. We will have...
With many people in our community losing their jobs or having to make do with fewer hours of work, these can be stressful times. Similarly, isolation can put a strain on relationships and families, so if you’re in need of legal...
Having kids at home all of the time can be difficult, especially if you have to adjust to either not working, or working from home. Here we will compile some really good resources, pulled together by our counselling team and other...
Introducing the Tight Arse Cookbook! ?This cookbook was created as a resource for people to get confident with cooking on a budget, rather than opting for take away and supermarket fast food options—but it can also be useful during the...
It is our great pleasure to jointly present Ballarat Community Health’s inaugural Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) 2020–2021. The Reconciliation Action Plan outlines our formal commitment to building and maintaining respectful...
Update 09/07/20 Metropoliton Melbourne is officially locked down. Key messages at this time are very simple, but very important: Do not visit Melbourne. It is in lock down, which means that visiting any Melbourne suburb and returning...
Media release International Family Drug Support Day 2020: ‘Support the Family, Improve the Outcome’ Ballarat Community Health (BCH) will host a free community information session that focuses on supporting families and friends of...
View Ballarat Community Health’s position statements on a variety of subjects below. These documents provide BCH’s official stance on any of the given issues, and help to direct our mission, values and vision. Aboriginal...
Mental health apps for mobile devices: do they help and how do you choose the right one for you? Lesley McKarney With the explosion of digital mental health support in the form of mindfulness and brain-training apps for mobile devices,...
Introducing BCH’s newest address! We’re only days away from opening our beautiful new Ballarat Community Health site—1042 Howitt Street Wendouree—and we couldn’t be prouder or more excited to present it to our...
Register your organisation for the 2020 flu vaccination and protect your employees. BCH workplace flu program 2020 If you are thinking of engaging Ballarat Community Health to provide flu vaccinations for your workplace, or already...
Scholarships now available for Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioners (THIS HAS SINCE CLOSED) Orticare Pharmacotherapy Network is offering scholarships to Alcohol and other Drug (AOD) Nurse Practitioner Candidates (NPCs) working in the...
Our 2019 Community Celebration was a wonderful evening! We’re so grateful to all who attended. Check out the highlight reel below....
headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation has today released the results of the first longitudinal study examining the impact of the support young people received at headspace, and the effect it had on their lives. The study,...
Preventative mental health event discussing: the value of emotional expression; mental health optimisation strategies; available services Come along to Ballarat Community Health to meet others with common interests, get some insights...
