Shopping spree new format a great success
7 December 2020
This year’s East Grampians Health Service Residents’ Support Group Shopping Spree took on a different format, to ensure a COVID-safe experience for both shoppers and participating businesses. This year’s Shopping Spree was held over the period of week, rather than just one night, allowing shoppers to move about in a COVID-safe manner, and proved a…
Learn MoreWreath donated for Remembrance Day
7 December 2020
Patricia Hinchey Centre staff and consumers were pleased to receive a magnificent wreath to display on Remembrance Day. Special thanks to Graeme and Marianne Bailey for presenting Patricia Hinchey Centre with their stunning wreath arrangement. The wreath was lovingly made from poppies grown from poppy seeds purchased from France, which flowered just in time for…
Learn MoreNAIDOC Week celebrated in food
7 December 2020
During NAIDOC Week East Grampians Health Service celebrated Australia’s Indigenous foods. The Cafe Pyrenees team, lead by Leonie Clayton, cooked up a range of delicious meals inspired by Indigenous foods. Tempting treats included emu burgers, saltbush dukkah crusted kangaroo salad and warrigal greens, crispy whitebait and tartare sauce, crispy wallaby skewers, seared emu salad with…
Learn More25th EGHS AGM via webinar
7 December 2020
The 25th annual East Grampians Health Service annual general meeting will be held via zoom webinar due to COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday December 16 at 6pm. In a first for the health service, COVID-19 gathering restrictions necessitated the need to ‘think outside the square’ for this year’s AGM. The AGM will receive the report of…
Learn More16 Days of Activism
7 December 2020
Commencing on 25th November 2020 through to 10th December 2020 is 16 Days of Activism. The 16 Days of Activism campaign raises awareness and galvanises action to end violence against women and girls around the world. East Grampians Health Service is in the final stages of implementing the Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence initiative.…
Learn MoreWear it Purple Day
4 October 2020
Staff at East Grampians Health Service wore a touch of purple on Wear it Purple Day, August 28, an annual LGBTIQA+ awareness day, targeted at young people. On this day each year, supporters wear purple to celebrate diversity and young people from the LGBTIQA+ community. The Wear it Purple organisation strives to foster supportive, safe,…
Learn MoreGroup offers support for those with dementia
4 October 2020
East Grampians Health Service continues to engage with consumers with dementia, and their carers, during COVID-19, despite the Memory Support Group being unable to meet. This week is Dementia Action Week, which aims to show that many people living with dementia can continue to live well for many years after their diagnosis. Dementia affects close…
Learn More$20,000 donation to EGHS
4 October 2020
The Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation Ararat Branch has provided a $20,000 contribution to East Grampians Health Service for a new x-ray machine. The donation is part of a $235,000 commitment towards the equipment, and the branch has currently donated $120,000 as part of this project. East Grampians Health Service is currently undertaking a $7.4…
Learn More$20,000 donation to EGHS
25 September 2020
The Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation Ararat Branch has provided a $20,000 contribution to East Grampians Health Service for a new x-ray machine. The donation is part of a $235,000 commitment towards the equipment, and the branch has currently donated $120,000 as part of this project. East Grampians Health Service is currently undertaking a $7.4…
Learn MoreNew puzzle to solve
9 September 2020
Are you looking for a fun way to get some exercise during Stage 3 restrictions? Active Adventure Around Ararat is designed to get your mind and body active and is a walking trail featuring checkpoints at which you are provided a clue. If you complete the trail you solve the puzzle. The AAAA walking trail…
Learn MoreDiabetes Education team here to help
10 August 2020
During National Diabetes Week, East Grampians Health Service highlighted the services of its Diabetes Education team. EGHS chief executive Andrew Freeman said at East Grampians Health Service there are two Diabetes Educators, Julie Lang and Bree Fratin, who are available Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm to assist people living with diabetes. “They work with…
Learn MoreDefibrillator for Patricia Hinchey Centre
5 July 2020
The East Grampians Health Service Patricia Hinchey Centre has purchased a defibrillator thanks to a donation from U3A Ararat. U3A Ararat last year held a fashion parade showcasing vintage classics and rare outfits from the past, titled ‘Threads’, modelled by Marian College students It also featured a digital and static display from the Lady Grimwade…
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