Community
7 April, 2026
Community to connect through new program
Grampians Community Health is set to expand its new Connecting 2 ‘Your’ Community (C2C) into centres such as St Arnaud, Stawell, Waracknabeal and Nhill in the coming months.
ST Arnaud residents will soon have access to more lived experience in healthcare and connections in the community.
Grampians Community Health is set to expand its new Connecting 2 ‘Your’ Community (C2C) into centres such as St Arnaud, Stawell, Waracknabeal and Nhill in the coming months.
The program will be delivered by peer support workers with lived experience to inspire confidence in people with mental health issues to become more active in their home towns.
Grampians Community Health manager of mental health and wellbeing Sarah Sargeant said the groups would be centred on capacity building.
“We want to connect people to existing groups and activities,” she said.
“It’s like an intensive connection to your community course.”
The connections will vary according to what is available in the communities and could include Neighbourhood Houses, U3A, libraries and art classes.
Support workers can also attend appointments, provide advocacy when needed and support people to build their skills with meal prep, transport, cleaning.
The groups will run in school terms for 8-10 weeks
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