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Annual Report 2015

Annual Report 2015

Scope of report This report is a summary of the achievements and outcomes of the Stir it up! Project from 26 September 2014 to 31 December 2015 (15 months). The period covered by this Annual Report has been extended by three months to bring it in line with the calendar year. Previous Annual Reports covered 12 months periods beginning in September. For information about the period 26 September 2013 to 25 September 2014 refer to Annual Report 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

Reviewers

Jenny Norman Kelly Hayes

Acknowledgements Stir it up! Volunteers Stir it up! Advisory Group Host Organisations Health Promotion Service (Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District) Partner Organisations

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Contents Executive Summary Summary of Project Outcomes – 2015 Page 4 Summary of Project Outcomes – All Years Page 6 Stir it up! People Page 8 Project Outcomes - Training Page 12 Project Outcomes - Achievements Page 14 Key Partners Page 17 Funding Page 18 Resources Developed Page 19 Stir it up! Presentations Page 20 Important Milestones Page 21 Visions for the future Page 22 Appendix 1 Page 23 Stir it up! Structure Stir it up! Process How Stir it up! works

Appendix 2 Page 28 Tables of data - All data as at 31 December 2015 Table 1: Stir it up! Activities by Local Government Area – All Years Table 2: Stir it up! Activities by Venue – Completed – 2014 to 2015 Table 3: Stir it up! Activities by Venue – Not completed – 2014 to 2015 Table 4: Stir it up! Activities by Activity Category – 2014 to 2015 Table 6: Stir it up! Peer-educator Numbers by Year Table 7: Stir it up! Mentor Numbers by Year

Table 10: Stir it up! Project Outcomes by Year Table 11: Key to Stir it up! Activity Categories

Tables 5, 8, 9 have not been included in this report Table numbers are compatible with previous Annual Reports

Further information about Stir it up! Page 41

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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 training program and are then supported 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, playgroups and community organisations 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.

Stir it up! Graduation and Celebration – November 2015 at Nowra TAFE

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Executive Summary

In November 2014 the sixth Illawarra and second Shoalhaven groups graduated as Stir it up! peer-educators. In 2015, ten new peer-educators from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in the Shoalhaven area completed the Stir it up! training at Nowra TAFE via the delivery of a Certificate II course. Current peer-educators and mentors were supported with regular training update sessions and the development of new resources. Stir it up! volunteers have continued to run a wide range of healthy eating activities in a variety of settings. There has been a trend towards requests for Stir it up! volunteers to facilitate cooking classes and longer-term programs in 2015. Since Stir it up! was launched in 2010, over 500 healthy eating activities have been conducted to over 10 000 community members. The social enterprise Cullunghutti Catering, established by three 2014 Shoalhaven peer-educators, continues to flourish and may provide employment opportunities for 2015 Stir it up! graduates. New partnerships were formed with South Coast Aboriginal Medical Service and TAFE Aboriginal Education and Training Unit (based at Nowra TAFE) and a number of new Host Organisations. The strong relationship between the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) Health Promotion Service with partner organisations continues to be the cornerstone of the Stir it up! Project.

Early results from the Return on Investment analysis indicate that for every dollar invested in Stir it up! the benefits are worth more than $2.52. The final figure is expected to be greater than this. Plans for 2016 include the completion of a Stir it up! Handbook, an Evaluation Report and the delivery of a modified project model to enhance the sustainability of Stir it up!

Stir it up! Graduation

and Celebration November 2014 at

The Pavilion, Kiama.

Top Photo: New peer-educators and mentors

Lower Photo: Current peer-educators and mentors

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Summary of Project Outcomes for 2015

2015 OUTCOMES

PEER-EDUCATORS Total

Illawarra

Shoalhaven (Group SHC)

Number of groups trained 1 0 1

Number who enrolled 15 0 15

Number who did not start training 0 0 0

Number who started training 15 0 15

Number who completed training 10 NA 10

Number who did not complete training 5 NA 5

Number who have left Stir it up! 7 7 0

Number of new peer-educators 10 0 10

Number of ACTIVE peer-educators 1 0 1

Number of ON LEAVE peer-educators 2 2 0

Number PENDING volunteer approval 9 0 9

Number EMBEDDED ELSEWHERE 0 0 0

Retention Rate (New/Completed Training) 100% NA 100%

Retention Rate (New/Enrolled) 67% NA 67%

MENTORS Total Illawarra Shoalhaven

Number of groups trained 0

Combined Number who enrolled 0

Number who did not start training 0

Number who started training 0

Number who completed training 0 NA NA

Number who did not complete training 0 NA NA

Number who have left Stir it up! 3 Combined

Number of new mentors 0 0 0

Number of ACTIVE mentors 0 0 0

Number of ON LEAVE mentors 0 0 0

Number of OTHER mentors 0 0 0

Retention Rate (Current/Completed Training) NA NA NA

Retention Rate (Current/Enrolled) NA NA NA

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2015 OUTCOMES

Total Illawarra Shoalhaven

Benchmark for number of healthy eating activities 80 75 5

Actual number of healthy eating activities 109 109 0

Exceeds benchmark 1.4 x 1.45 x NA

Number of requests for Stir it up! activities 69 69 0

Number of requests unable to be completed 19 19 0 Number of requests unable to be completed due to lack of volunteers # 12 12 0

Number of requests completed 50 50 0

Completion Rate# 72.4% 72.4% 0

Benchmark for number of community members to attend healthy eating activities

800 750 50

Actual number of community members who attended healthy eating activities

2240 2240 0

Exceeds benchmark 2.8 x 3 x NA

Number of Information Sessions held 2 0 2

Number of TAFE Stir it up! courses conducted 1 0 1

Number of Volunteer Update Training Sessions 9 8 1

Number of Mentor Workshops conducted 0 0

Number of Advisory Group meetings held 5 5

Number of presentations conducted 4 4

Number of media articles (ISLHD The Rounds) 4 3 1

# The completion rate is 80.6% when adjusted for activities that were incomplete due to factors outside the control of Stir it up!

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Summary of Project Outcomes 2010 to 2015

SUMMARY 2010 - 2015

PEER-EDUCATORS Total Illawarra Shoalhaven

Number of groups trained 9 6 3

Number who have enrolled 106 71 35

Number who did not start training 2 2 0

Number who started training 104 69 35

Number who completed training 83 62 21

Number who did not complete training 21 7 14

Number who have left Stir it up! 27 25 2

Number who have left since last Annual Report 7 7 0

Number who left prior to last Annual Report 20 18 2

Number of current peer-educators 56 38 18

Number of ACTIVE peer-educators 32 30 2

Number of ON LEAVE peer-educators 8 8 0

Number PENDING volunteer approval 14 0 14

Number EMBEDDED ELSEWHERE 2 0 2

Retention Rate (Current/Completed Training) 67.5% 61.3% 85.9%

Retention Rate (Current/Enrolled) 52.8% 53.5% 51.4%

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! 34

Combined Number who have left since last Annual Report 3

Number who left prior to last Annual Report 31

Number of current mentors 18

Combined Number of ACTIVE mentors 18

Number of ON LEAVE mentors 0

Number of OTHER mentors 0

Retention Rate (Current/Completed Training) 34.6% Combined

Retention Rate (Current/Enrolled) 32.7% 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.

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SUMMARY 2010 - 2015

Total Illawarra

Shoalhaven (since 2013)

Benchmark for number of healthy eating activities 291 283.5 7.5

Actual number of healthy eating activities 509 500 9

Exceeds benchmark 1.75 x 1.75 x 1.2 x

Number of requests for Stir it up! activities 296 287 9^

Number of requests unable to be completed 65 65 0^

Number of requests completed 231 222 9^

Completion Rate 78% 77.4% 100%^


2910 2835 75^


10805 10455 350^

Exceeds benchmark 3.7 x 3.7 x 4.7 x^

Number of Information Sessions held 20 14 6

Number of TAFE Stir it up! courses conducted 9 6 3

Number of Volunteer Update Training Sessions 40 38 2

Number of Mentor Workshops conducted 8 Combined

Number of Advisory Group meetings held 22 Combined

Number of presentations conducted 13 13 0

Number of media articles 14 13 1

Notes:

^ Data from 2014. No activities were requested or conducted in 2013 or 2015.

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

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Stir it up! People

New People The sixth Illawarra group and second Shoalhaven group of Stir it up! peer-educators were acknowledged at the Graduation and Celebration held at The Pavilion in Kiama in November 2014 (Photos are on Page 3). Details about these groups can be found in the Stir it up! 2014 Annual Report. In November 2015, ten new peer-educators (eight females and two males) from the Shoalhaven Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community completed the Stir it up! training course at Nowra TAFE. The majority of this group were recruited through the South Coast Aboriginal Medical Service Women’s Group and will be supported by staff at AMS to conduct healthy eating activities. A Graduation was held at Nowra TAFE in November 2015 (Photo on page 2).

Photos: Stir it up! peer-educators from the third Shoalhaven group (Group

SHC) during training course at Nowra TAFE - 2015

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Special People – Inaugural Stir it up! Volunteers Retire At the 2015 end-of-year celebration we said farewell and thank you to Noelene. Noelene was in the first group of Stir it up! volunteers. She graduated in 2010 and ran cooking activities with students at Cringila and Warilla North Public Schools for the next 5 years. For a while, she was running activities at both schools each week. She also ran activities for Multicultural Communities of the Illawarra, Unanderra Community Centre and KidsFest and did demonstrations at Stir it up! Information Sessions. We estimate she ran over 180 activities and talked to at least 600 students. Warilla North Public School presented Noelene with flowers and a book signed by every student in the school.

Brook is another member of the inaugural Stir it up! training group who has recently retired due to increasing work and family commitments. Brook conducted many healthy eating activities in the community, especially to pre-schools and play groups where she promoted ideas for healthy children’s parties and snacks. We thank both these women for sharing their knowledge and passion for healthy eating to their communities over the past five years.

Left: Noelene Right: Brook Below: The first Stir it up! Graduation (2010). Noelene is standing second from left and Brook is standing fourth from left.

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Volunteer Overview As at 31 December 2015, 56 peer-educators are registered as volunteers with ISLHD. Thirty-two (32) are classed as Active (A), eight (8) as on Leave, fourteen (14) as Pending 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. Everyone in the Pending category is from the Shoalhaven. Thirty-eight (38) peer-educators are based in the Illawarra area and eighteen (18) in the Shoalhaven region. Eighteen (18) peer-educators identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. During 2015, six (6) peer-educators officially resigned from the project bringing total peer-educator resignations to twenty-six (26). All resignations were from the Illawarra. The reasons for leaving included work and family commitments, ill-health and moving away from the Illawarra/Shoalhaven area. Sadly, one volunteer died after a long illness. As at 31 December 2014, 18 mentors are registered as volunteers with ISLHD. Four have expressed interest in completing bridging training to enable them to work as peer-educators. Three (3) mentors resigned from Stir it up! during 2015. Reasons include work and study commitments and moving away from the area. A total of thirty-four (34) mentors have now left Stir it up!

Advisory Group

The Stir it up! Advisory Group met quarterly to provide expertise, advice and support regarding the strategic direction of the project. Membership and Terms of Reference were revised in February 2015. Due to the resignations of key members and difficulty forming a quorum, the Project Coordinator will trial email communication with Advisory Group members in 2016. A Project Update will be emailed to Advisory Group Members quarterly and meetings convened when required.

Project Team The Project Team was comprised of Robyn Tindall (Project Coordinator) from Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (Health Promotion Service) and Jenny Norman, (Healthy Cities Illawarra) from 2009 until February 2015 when Jenny resigned her Healthy Cities position to pursue post-graduate studies at the University of Wollongong. Robyn has continued as Stir it up! Project Coordinator. The collaborative partnership between these two organisations continues as Healthy Cities Illawarra administer the Stir it up! funds and provide a staff member for two hours a week to support Robyn with Volunteer Ongoing Training.

Stir it up! volunteers are categorised as follows: Active (A), On Leave (L), Embedded Elsewhere (E), Paperwork Pending for volunteer approval (P), 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.

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Host Organisations Approximately 60 organisations have hosted Stir it up! activities since it began in 2010.

Word Cloud used 2014 information

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Project Outcomes - Training Peer-educators

A 15-week Certificate II course for Stir it up! participants was run at Nowra TAFE from July to November 2015 in partnership with the Aboriginal Training and Education Unit. Eight women and two men from the Shoalhaven Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities attended the course delivered by TAFE teachers Cheryl Patterson and Helen Simpson. An Illawarra training course was not held in 2015 due to restructures within TAFE and changes in the Stir it up! Project Team staff.

Mentors The role of Stir it up! mentors is to support, guide and encourage the peer-educators. As Stir it up! peer-educators have grown in numbers, experience and confidence, they have supported and encouraged each other and have less need for designated mentor figures. As a result, no new mentors were trained in 2015 and the need for future mentor training will be assessed according to need. A number of the current Stir it up! mentors have expressed interest in having a more hands-on role in the delivery of healthy eating messages so a workshop to ensure they have the necessary peer-educator skills (Food Handling, Presentation Skills and Nutrition Knowledge) will be delivered in early 2016.

Ongoing training sessions (catch ups) were again combined for peer-educators and

mentors and provided opportunities to share Stir it up! experiences and to learn further skills for running healthy eating activities in the community. They were held once or twice each school term and facilitated by the Project Coordinator. The six daytime sessions were held in the Illawarra area and included sessions at The Flame Tree Co-op at Thirroul; Dapto Community Farm; an Italian Cooking Class; a bread making workshop; an excursion to the Kiama Community Garden and a session on Presentation Skills and Recipe Demonstrations. In addition, an evening social event was held (at participants’ own expense) and an End-of-Year Celebration to thank volunteers for their contribution to the Stir it up! Project.

Photos: Group SHC members

during training at Nowra TAFE - 2015

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Catch up Sessions

Left column from top: Demonstration Skills (Oct); Flame Tree Co-op (Feb); Italian Cooking Class (June); Dapto Community Farm (March)

Right column: Top Two: Kiama Community Garden (Sept); Lower Two: Making Bread (July)

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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 fifth year of the project were, therefore, eighty (80) healthy eating activities to 800 people. These estimates take into account only the peer-educators classed as ‘Active’ (see Volunteer Overview – page 10)

Ninety-three (93) healthy eating activities were conducted between September 2014 and September 2015, with an additional sixteen by the end of December 2015. The total of 109 activities is 1.4 times the project benchmark. The activities were held in the Wollongong (40%) and Shellharbour (59%) and Kiama (1%) Local Government Areas. There has been a general increase in requests from the Shellharbour LGA over the past few years. There was a three-fold increase in request for cooking classes and 25% increase in talks compared to the previous year. There was a decrease in Healthy Eating Activities from 72 to 51, but they tended to be more complex requests and/or part of longer-term programs. This represented more work for volunteers and resulted in a higher level of input by the Project Coordinator, especially where multiple partner organisations were involved. See tables 1A, 1B, 2, 3 and 4 in Appendix 2 for more details. Activities included longer-term programs at The University of Wollongong Early Start Centre and Good Start Childcare Centre, in partnership with Family Services Illawarra. Regular activities were held with Care South at Berkeley, Barnardos South Coast playgroups, Love Food Hate Waste Workshops, Healthy Cities Illawarra, Figtree Caravan Park, Northcott Disability Services and Warilla North Public School. Since Stir it up! commenced in August 2010, the number of activities has reached 509, which is 1.75 times the project benchmark. Over eighty percent (80.6%) of activity requests were completed. Of the nineteen requests not conducted, twelve were due to a lack of available volunteers and seven to factors outside the control of the Stir it up! Project. (Completion Rate adjusted to allow for factors outside the control of Stir it up!)

No healthy eating activities were conducted by peer-educators in the Shoalhaven area. Only two of the Shoalhaven peer-educators are classed as Active and fourteen have paperwork pending for volunteer status. These new volunteers will need support and mentoring from local organisations.

Above: Healthy Breakfast Foods (Bircher Muesli and Pancakes) prepared at the Early Start Discovery Centre – November 2015.

Above: Julie at the Stir it up! Stall at the Lord Mayor’s Picnic in MacCabe Park, Wollongong – October 2015. Snack samples and healthy eating information was handed out to children attending this Transition to School event.

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The number of community members who attended these 109 Stir it up! activities was approximately 2240, giving an average attendance of 20.5 people per activity. The attendees were equally divided between adults (49.2%) and children (50.8%). Five activities were large community events such as Relay for Life and NAIDOC events. Topics presented at Stir it up! activities include demonstrations on quick, healthy family and budget meals; healthy drinks and snacks; cooking activities with primary school children; how to cook and use vegetables and other fruit and vegetable activities. As in previous years, 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 Healthy Children’s Initiative programs, 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. A number of Stir it up! volunteers received LFHW workshop training in July 2014. WCC Green Team coordinated the publicity and bookings for the workshops. The LFHW workshop messages complemented the Stir it up! philosophy to reduce food waste, eat seasonally and promote environmentally sustainable messages. Four LFHW workshops were conducted by Stir it up! volunteers.

Cullunghutti Catering Three of the graduates from the 2014 Nowra Stir it up! group have established Cullunghutti Catering, a social enterprise auspiced by Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child and Family Centre. In March 2015 they launched a book of their recipes and acknowledged the role of their Stir it up! training in inspiring their business initiative.

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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. The possibility of a partnership between Port Stephens TAFE and Project Officers at the University of Newcastle to develop a Stir it up! Project is being investigated.

Evaluation Data The collation and analysis of Stir it up! data continued under the supervision of Professor Simon Eckermann at the University of Wollongong to determine the cost benefit of the Stir it up! project. Initial results indicate that for every dollar invested in Stir it up! the benefits are worth more than $2.52. Further analysis of the impact of Stir it up! and the adoption of Stir it up! by community organisations, will increase this result.

Awards Stir it up! was the recipient of two awards at the 2015 Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District Quality and Innovation Awards, winning the Preventative Health Category (top two photos) and the Chief Executive Award (in the lower photo with Robyn and Jenny). Stir it up! was also nominated to present at the 20th Health Roundtable Innovation Awards in Sydney in November and won an award for best presentation in the Self-Care Session (Photo below).

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Key Partners Stir it up! is coordinated by the Health Promotion Service (part of Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District). The Health Promotion Service provides the Stir it up! Project Coordinator position and a budget for all project consumables. Healthy Cities Illawarra administers the Stir it up! project operational funds provided by ISLHD HPS and any supplementary funding secured through community grants, and provides a staff member two hours a week to support the ongoing training of Stir it up! volunteers. Stir it up! is a partnership project and would not be possible without the support from a number of partners who have been listed in previous Annual Reports. During 2015 Stir it up! worked particularly closely with:

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. In particular, Sally Wallace from the Outreach Unit was instrumental in the Stir it up! training running in 2015.

Aboriginal Medical Service The majority of the 2015 Stir it up! graduates are members of the Aboriginal Medical Service based in Nowra.

Wollongong City Council From July 2014 to June 2015, Stir it up! partnered with Wollongong City Council Green Team to conduct Love Food Hate Waste Workshops in the Wollongong Local Government Area. See page 15 for more details.

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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 (30 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 provide funding for a Project Team member (2 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 acquitted

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

Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) – July 2014 to June 2015. Funding from the NSW Environment Trust, auspiced by Wollongong City Council Green Team. The funding included an allowance for petrol vouchers and child care costs for Stir it up! volunteers who conducted LFHW Workshops. More details are on page 15.

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

Jason and Ron from the 2015 Shoalhaven group at Nowra TAFE

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Resources Developed or Updated

Evaluation Tools

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Activities Register

Resources for revised Stir it up! Model

Recipe Modules and other resources for peer-educators

Resources in Development Stir it up! Handbook

Volunteer Case Studies Booklet

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) assisted in the development of Stir it up! resources including a booklet of Volunteer Case Studies and a series of Recipe Modules with presenter notes.

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

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Stir it up! Presentations

University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW 31 March 2015 Lecture to Public Health Nutrition students Author: Robyn Tindall Presenter: Robyn Tindall Title: Stir it up! Planning a community-based Healthy Eating Project TAFE Illawarra Wollongong Campus 12 June 2015 Lecture to TAFE students Subject: Community Development Author: Robyn Tindall Presenter: Robyn Tindall Title: Stir it up! Peer-educators inspiring good food for all Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District 2015 Quality and Innovation Awards 17 June 2015 Author: Robyn Tindall Presenter: Robyn Tindall Title: Stir it up! Promoting healthy eating using peer-educators The Health Roundtable Innovations Forum University of Technology, Sydney 20 November 2015 Presentation to conference delegates Author: Robyn Tindall Presenter: Robyn Tindall Title: Stir it up! A community-based peer-education project to promote healthy

eating

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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 May – November 2015 Third group of peer-educators trained in the Shoalhaven (Group

SHC) for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community June 2015 ISLHD Quality and Innovation Awards November 2015 The Health Roundtable Innovations Award Celebration and Graduation of Group Shoalhaven Group C

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Visions for 2016

Implement a revised Stir it up! model to enhance the sustainability of the project and

pilot by training a group of volunteers in the Illawarra area

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

support

Provide bridging training for Stir it up! mentors who wish to work as peer-educators

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.

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 Coordinator:

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 Coordinator. In most cases, the mentor will be

the first contact for a peer-educator. Mentors and peer-

educators can contact the Project Coordinator for

support.

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

Project Coordinator

Health Promotion

Service (HPS)

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 Coordinator

Host Organisations

Mentors

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The Stir it up! Process

From 2015, there are no plans to train new mentors.

See page 12 for more details.

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

Successful applicants complete a training course. On completion they receive a nationally recognised qualification 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 Coordinator

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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No data was received from the Shoalhaven peer-educators in 2015. The majority of Shoalhaven Stir it up! peer-educators are still in the process of completing the paperwork for volunteer registration.

Table 1B: Stir it up! Activities by Local Government Area – Sept 2015 to December 2015

LGA Total Number of Activities Percentage in each LGA

Sept 2015 to Dec 2015 Sept 2015 to Dec 2015

Wollongong 13 81.3

Shellharbour 2 12.5

Kiama 1 6.2

Shoalhaven 0 0

TOTAL 16 100 2015 Annual Report covers an extended period from Sept 2014 to Dec 2015 (15 months). Data for Sept 2015 to Dec 2015 is outlined in this table.

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

2014 to

2015

At 25 Sept 2011

2011 to

2012

2012 to

2013

2013 to

2014

2014 to

2015

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 96 111 100 100 100 100 100

Table 1A: 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

2014 to

2015

At 25 Sept 2011

2011 to

2012

2012 to

2013

2013 to

2014

2014 to

2015

Wollongong 43 79 48 40 44 65 62 50 36.0 40.4

Shellharbour 18 48 47 61 64 27 38 49.5 55.0 58.7

Kiama 5 0 1 1 1 8 0 0.5 0.9 0.9

Shoalhaven NA NA NA 9 0 NA NA NA 8.1 0

TOTAL 66 127 96 111 109 100 100 100 100 100 Note: 2015 Annual Report covers an extended period from Sept 2014 to Dec 2015 (15 months). Data for Sept 2015 to Dec 2015 is outlined in the table below.

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Table 2: Stir it up! Activities by Venue – Completed – Sept 2014 – Dec 2015

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 (W)

Cum Total

Shellharbour

LGA (S)

Cum Total

Kiama LGA (K)

Cum Total

Shoalhaven LGA (Sh)

213 Cringila W 3 CD x 1 HEA x 2 3 0 0 0

231 Horsley W 2 HEA x 2 5 0 0 0

237 Albion Park S 1 LFHW 5 1 0 0

205 Dapto W 1 HEA 6 1 0 0

226 Warrawong W 1 T 7 1 0 0

232

Warrawong, Berkeley, Port Kembla, Koonawarra, Albion Park Rail

W x 4 S x 1

5 CD x 5 11 2 0 0

220 Warilla Nth S 10 HEA x 10 11 12 0 0

234 Koonawarra W 1 LFHW 12 12 0 0

236 Mt Warrigal S 1 LFHW 12 13 0 0


239 Wollongong W 1 HEA (LE) 13 21 0 0

240 Mt Warrigal S 1 CD 13 22 0 0

242 Warilla S 1 CD 13 23 0 0

243 Wollongong W 1 CD 14 23 0 0

245 Albion Park S 1 CD 14 24 0 0

248 Warilla Nth S 1 T 14 25 0 0

249 Warilla Nth S 1 HEA (LE) 14 26 0 0

251 Warrawong W 1 CD 15 26 0 0

253 Warilla Nth Mt Warrigal

S 2 T x 2 15 28 0 0

256 Horsley W 1 CD 16 28 0 0

259 Lake Illawarra

S 1 T 16 29 0 0



264 Dapto W 4 CC x 4 20 36 0 0

252 Albion Park Rail

S 5 CC x 5 20 41 0 0

267 Warrawong W 1 LFHW 21 41 0 0

268 Port Kembla W 1 CD 22 41 0 0

270 Mt Warrigal S 1 T 22 42 0 0

271 Koonawarra W 1 CD 23 42 0 0



276 Horsley W 1 HEA 24 49 0 0

277 Mt Warrigal S 3 HEA x 2 CC x 1 24 52 0 0

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278 Warrawong W 1 CD 25 52 0 0

279 Primbee W 1 HEA (LE) 26 52 0 0

280 Berkeley

W 3 T x 1

ST x 1 CD x 1

29 52 0 0

281A Figtree W 1 CC 30 52 0 0

289 Berkeley W 1 HEA 31 52 0 0

272B Warilla Nth S 5 HEA x 5 31 57 0 0

272C Warilla Nth S 5 HEA x 5 31 62 0 0

SUB-TOTAL

Sept 2014 – Sept 2015

93

281B Figtree W 3 CC x 3 34 62 0 0

283 Wollongong W 4 CC x 4 38 62 0 0

285 Wollongong W 1 HEA (LE) 39 62 0 0

286 Barrack Hts S 1 T 39 63 0 0

291 Lake Illawarra

S 1 HEA (LE) 39 64 0 0

292 Wollongong W 1 T 40 64 0 0

293 Berkeley W 2 CC x 2 42 64 0 0

296 Woonona W 1 T 43 64 0 0

297 Gerringong K 1 CD 43 64 1 0

298 Berkeley W 1 CC 44 64 0 0

TOTAL Sept 2014 – Dec 2015

44 64 1 0

109 # For Definitions of Activity Type see Table 11 on page 39

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Table 3: Stir it up! Activities by Venue – Not Completed - Sept 2014 – Dec 2015

Activity Register Number

Suburb of Venue

LGA of Venue

Reason

activity not completed

Activity Category

No. of activities

227 Warrawong Wollongong

Allocated volunteers unavailable – family commitments

Talk 1

235 Farmborough Hts

Wollongong No volunteers available

LFHW 1

244 Warrawong Wollongong No volunteers available

Transition to School program – 3 sessions

1

246 Warrawong Wollongong No volunteers available

LFHW 1

247 Warrawong Wollongong

No volunteers available. Large audience size – beyond scope of volunteers

LFHW 1

250 Albion Park Shellharbour No volunteers available

HEA (LE) 1

255 Koonawarra Wollongong

Cancelled due to booking mix up by Host Organisation

LFHW 1

257 Albion Park Shellharbour

Cancelled by Host Organisation due to lack of numbers

CD 1

258 Wollongong Wollongong

Request referred to Clinical Dietitians as beyond scope of SIU volunteers

T 1

260 Thirroul Wollongong

Host Organisation did not respond with details

1

263 Horsley Wollongong Volunteer unwell – had to cancel

HEA 1

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265 Dapto Wollongong Event cancelled due to rain

HEA 1

269 Wollongong Wollongong

Cancelled by Host Organisation due to lack of numbers

LFHW 1

273 Koonawarra Wollongong Cancelled by Host Organisation

LFHW 1

284 Wollongong Wollongong No volunteers available

HEA (LE) 1

282 Unanderra Wollongong No volunteers available

T 1

SUB-TOTAL Sept 2014 – Sept 2015 16

288 Kiama Kiama No volunteers available

HEA (LE) 1

294 Koonawarra Wollongong No volunteers available

T 1

295 Mt Warrigal Shellharbour No volunteers available

T 1

SUB-TOTAL No volunteers available 12 SUB-TOTAL Cancellation due to factors outside the control of Stir it up! 7

TOTAL Sept 2014 – Dec 2015

19

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Table 4: Stir it up! Activities by Activity Category – September 2014 to December 2015

Activity Category Number of Activities in

preceding 12 months

Number of Activities for

2015

Comparison to previous 12 months

Cooking Classes 7 21 3 x Increase

Cooking Demonstrations 18 17 ~

Cooking Demonstrations (Large Events) 6 0 Decrease

Talks 8 10 25% Increase

Healthy Eating Activities 72 51 29% Decrease

Healthy Eating Activities (Large Events) 0 5 Increase

Love Food Hate Waste Workshops 0 4 NA

Supermarket Tours 0 1 Increase

TOTAL 100 109

See Table 11 for definitions of Activity Categories

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Table 6: Stir it up! Peer-educator 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

2

Nu

mb

er

resi

gne

d

20

12

- 2

01

3

N

um

be

r re

sign

ed

20

13

– 2

01

4

(Vo

lun

tee

r R

evi

ew)^

N

um

be

r at

Se

pt

20

11

Nu

mb

er

at

Sep

t 2

01

2

Nu

mb

er

at

Sep

t 2

01

3

Nu

mb

er

at

Sep

t 2

01

4

Number at Dec 2015

Act

ive

Leav

e

Emb

ed

de

d

Pe

nd

ing#

A August – Sept 2010

12 10 4 0 1 9 6 6 5 3

3 0 0 0

B May – June 2011

12 12 0 0 2 12 12 12 10 7

5 2 0 0

C August – Sept 2011

11 10 1 0 4 10 9 9 5 5

4 1 0 0

D

May – June 2012

13 9 1 0 3 8 8 6 6

3 3 0 0

E

May – June 2013

11 10 0 2 10 8 7

7 0 0 0

F

May – June 2014

12 11 0 11 10

8 2 0 0

SHA

July-Sept 2013

9 4 0 4 4 4

0 0 0 4

SHB

March – June 2014

11 7 2 5 5

2 0 2 1

SHC

July – November

2015 15 10^^

9^^

0 0 0 9

TOTA

L

106 83 6 0 14 31 35 49 53 56

# paperwork pending for volunteer registration ^^ One volunteer already counted in SHA

32 8 2 14

2015 Annual Report covers an extended period from Sept 2014 to Dec 2015 (15 months).

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.

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Table 7: Stir it up! Mentor Numbers by Year

Gro

up

Date of

Training N

um

ber

en

rolle

d

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

Number at Dec 2015

Active^

Other

^

A August – Sept 2010

12 12 6 3 6 3 3

3 0

B May – June 2011

5 4 2 2 2 0 0

0 0

C August – Sept 2011

11 10 4 2 6 4 4

4 0

D

June and August 2012

11 11 1 5 10 5

4

4 0

E

May – June 2013

10 10 0 6 10 4 2

2 0

SH

A

July-Sept 2013

1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0

F and SHB

May 2014

5 5 0 0 5

5

5 0

TOTAL

55 52 13 18 34 21 18

2015 Annual Report covers an extended period from Sept 2014 to Dec 2015 (15 months).

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Table 10: Stir it up! Project Outcomes by Year

Project Outcomes

Illawarra Shoalhaven Total

2011 2012 2013 2014^ 2015# 2013 2014^ 2015#

Benchmark for number of healthy eating activities

22 58 75 53.5 75 0 2.5 5 291

Actual number of healthy eating activities

66 127 96 102 109 0 9 0 509

Exceeds benchmark

3 x 2.2 x 1.3 x 1.9 x 1.4x 0 3.6 x NA 1.75 x

Number of requests for Stir it up! activities

52 65 65

(55) 36

69 (62)

0 9 0 296

Number of requests unable to be completed

8 11 24^^

(14) 3

19^^ (12)

0 0 0 65

Number of requests completed

44 54 41 33 50 0 9 0 231

Completion Rate 84.6% 83.1% 74.5% 91.7% 80.6% 0 100% 0% 84.1%


220 580 750 535 750 0 25 50 2910


1240 2460 2300 2215 2240 0 350 0 10805

Exceeds benchmark

5.6 x 4.2 x 3.1 x 4.1 x 3 x 0 14 x NA 3.7 x

Number of Information Sessions held

7 3 3 1 0 3 1 2 20

Number of TAFE Stir it up! courses conducted

3 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 9

Number of Volunteer Update Training

7 7 8 8 8 0 1 1 40

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Table 10: Stir it up! Project Outcomes by Year

Project Outcomes

Illawarra Shoalhaven Total

2011 2012 2013 2014^ 2015# 2013 2014^ 2015#

Sessions

Number of Mentor Workshops conducted

4 2 1 1 0 0 Combined

with Illawarra

0 8

Number of Advisory Group meetings held

6 3 4 4 5 Combined with Illawarra 22

Number of presentations conducted

5 2 1 1 4 Combined with Illawarra

13

Number of media articles

6 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 14

Notes about Table 10: # 2015 Annual Report covers an extended period from Sept 2014 to Dec 2015 (15 months). ^ 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 onwards 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 Table 11 for more information about the Activity Categories.

^^ A number of 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 to calculate the percentage of requests completed.

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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

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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)

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

6 1-2 2

10 $10.00

LFHW Love Food Hate

Waste Workshops Workshops run as part of a Wollongong City Council grant

4.5 1.5 2 8 NA

NC Not Completed

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

1 0 0 1 NA

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

www.foodfairnessillawarra.org.au/projects-stories/stir-it-up/

Project Coordinator

Robyn Tindall ISLHD Health Promotion Service [email protected] 4221 6777

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

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