Working with consumers

Communities flourish when people can access health care and are activated to manage their own health, resulting in improved outcomes and a high-quality care experience.
COORDINARE works with consumers and communities to identify local needs and engage in health service planning, design, delivery, and evaluation. We aspire to foster better and more equitable health outcomes across our region.

Key highlights

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participants in 6 Red Dust Healing workshops to support healing and help with the grief and loss experienced by Aboriginal communities.

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participants in 6 ‘Last Days’ workshops to help people navigate the last days of someone they care for.

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wallet cards and posters distributed to help community members know ‘Where to go for support’ in the Illawarra Shoalhaven and Bega Valley Eurobodalla regions.

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participants in free community workshops on understanding chronic pain and supporting helpful management for people living with chronic pain, facilitated by St Vincent's Chronic Pain Service.

In 2023/24 we:

Collaborated with Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra to provide student scholarships via 15 learning tablets and 10 x $1,000 scholarship awards.

Held community consultations to hear what mattered most to people for a series of podcasts we will be recording on lived experience perspectives of local mental health services.

Supported the Bega Valley Eurobodalla Suicide Prevention Collaborative in a mural project as part of Youth Week.

Developed a palliative and end of life care awareness webpage for people to find resources and support options.

Finalist in Community Service Awards

Two of COORDINARE’s commissioned services supporting vulnerable community members were nominated in the 2023 Community Service Awards organised by the Community Industry Group.

Living Connected was nominated under 'Business Partnerships' – a digital mentoring program for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The Care Finders Collective was nominated in the 'Above and Beyond' category.

Watch the video to find out more about the Care Finder service.

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Community stories

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    Red Dust Healing workshops

    COORDINARE funded six Red Dust Healing workshops in Narooma, Ulladulla, Eden, Queanbeyan, Goulburn and Yass, attended by 180 participants free of charge.

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    Last Days workshops

    Local community members joined free online and face to face 'Last Days' workshops in Bega, Queanbeyan, Shellharbour and Ulladulla to help them navigate the last days of someone they care for.

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    Batemans Bay mural

    A mural project to communicate to local youth that they are valued and to revitalise the Hanging Rock Sports Complex in Batemans Bay officially opened with a community event, as part of Youth Week.

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