What is Frankston Healthy City: Health and Wellbeing Plan 2007-2011? The Frankston - Healthy City: Health and Wellbeing Plan 2007-2011 sets out how everyone in the community can work together to improve and promote health and wellbeing in Frankston City. The Plan is a guide for decision making on health and wellbeing by Council, service providers, community groups and residents

"Health is a complete state of physical, mental and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" World Health Organisation

Frankston Healthy City Health and Wellbeing Plan 2007 - 2011

Frankston City is a fantastic place to live, work and spend time. As a place and as a community, the municipality is changing and developing. Planning has an important role to play in shaping the future, and planning for the community's health and wellbeing is essential. The Health and Wellbeing Plan works towards developing local community solutions to community issues that affect health and wellbeing.

Frankston City's health and wellbeing priorities for 2007-2011 are to promote:

• Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Physical Activity
• Healthy Eating

Research shows that these three factors are closely linked and can have a significant effect on the health and wellbeing of the all community. A focus on healthy eating, having an active lifestyle and being connected to the community can reduce chronic health problems such as heart disease, lung disease, mental illness, diabetes and osteoporosis. Every member of our community can contribute to health and wellbeing in Frankston City.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
The recommended level of physical activity for adults is around five sessions per week, each lasting for 30 minutes, and more for children. The Frankston - Healthy City: Health and Wellbeing Plan 2007-2011 aims to increase levels of physical activity in Frankston City by:

• Promoting active transport (walking and cycling)
• Encouraging participation in sports, active recreation and active arts to children at school, the general community, workplaces and older people
• Improving bicycle tracks and footpaths and providing maps of walking and cycling paths and routes in Frankston City
• Helping to make sporting clubs and active recreation activities affordable for people on low incomes
• Researching the patterns of physical activity in Frankston City to help further planning

HEALTHY EATING
Healthy food is a basic building block of physical and mental health.
The Frankston - Healthy City: Health and Wellbeing Plan 2007-2011 aims to promote healthy eating in Frankston City by:
Improving the supply of affordable fresh food, starting with a project in Frankston North and extending to other areas where the supply of fresh food is limited
Raising awareness of healthy eating guidelines, including the importance of healthy food across the lifespan and providing training to help people select, prepare, store and serve healthy food
Supporting community gardens
Establishing a Frankston City Food Policy Council to address food access and supply problems into the future, and to be a central source of information for the community.

MENTAL HEALTH
The Frankston - Healthy City: Health and Wellbeing Plan 2007-2011 has a range of strategies for improving people's mental and emotional health and wellbeing in Frankston City:

• Improving community understanding and awareness of mental health issues through a community awareness campaign and training for workers across Frankston City
• Promoting Community BBQs and street or neighbourhood parties to reduce social isolation and build social bonds in local neighbourhoods
• Raising awareness and celebrating cultural diversity and increasing opportunities for cultural exchange, including an annual calendar of events and celebrations for different cultural group
• Increasing social opportunities for people with disabilities through the MetroAccess Project
• Promoting Indigenous heritage, history and culture through Reconciliation Week activities, the annual Indigenous art exhibition at Cube 37 and the Kananook Creek Indigenous Walk
• Promoting and supporting community gardens in community settings, schools and caravan parks
• Improving access to services and information for people with a disability or chronic illness
• Working with schools and families to improve education outcomes, training and employment pathways for children and young people
• Expanding opportunities for arts participation and arts activities
• Promoting young people's sense of pride and identity within their community
• Promoting the history and unique character of Frankston and its people

Annual report card on health and wellbeing in Frankston
The Health and Wellbeing Steering Committee will monitor the Health and Wellbeing Plan. Look out for the annual Frankston - Healthy City Report Card in July each year to keep yourself informed on progress towards improving community health and wellbeing in Frankston City.

Copies of Frankston - Healthy City: Health and Wellbeing Plan 2007 - 2011 are available from:

Frankston City Civic Centre
Cnr of Davey and Young Streets Frankston
Telephone 1300 322 322

Langwarrin Shop
Shop 6, Gateway Shopping Village
Telephone (03) 8786 6512

Seaford Shop
120 Nepean Highway, Seaford
Telephone (03) 8773 9601

Safer City Centre
Young Street Frankston
Telephone (03) 9770 1093

Frankston City Library
60 Playne Street Frankston
Telephone (03) 9784 1020

Carrum Downs Library / Service Centre
Lyrebird DriveCarrum Downs
Telephone (03) 9782 0418
TTY: (03) 9782 6871

For more information about Frankston - Healthy City: Health and Wellbeing Plan 2007 - 2011, contact Jo Patten on 1300 322 322 or jo.patten@frankston.vic.gov.au