Health Minister Sussan Ley announced the Waminda South Coast Women’s Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation had been allocated $764,000 over three years to run its Dead or Deadly program.
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Funding for the program was announced during Thursday night’s public forum at the Bomaderry Bowling Club, which focused on health issues.
Dead or Deadly focuses on providing nutrition, physical activity and smoking cessation programs, and also provides participants with pathways into clinical care, such as health screenings, assessments and mental health programs.
Federal Member for Gilmore, Ann Sudmalis, said it was a brilliant program that deserved to be funded and supported by the government.
“This program has achieved significant results and helped changed the lives of many Aboriginal women living on the South Coast, which is why I fought so hard for close to two years to ensure it was funded,” Mrs Sudmalis said.
Program director Faye Worner said Dead or Deadly was making a real difference in the lives of Aboriginal women and their families.
“We are actually closing the gap with our service,” she said.
“You can’t work, and close the gap, and raise children, and play important roles in your families and communities, unless people are healthy and they’re whole.”
