For many years, VicHealth has worked alongside local councils to support the health and wellbeing of Victorians. Our new and ambitious model will enable a more consistent and long-term approach to creating effective change.

Councils oversee a wide range of community services, facilities, strategic policy and planning that directly affect the daily lives, health and wellbeing opportunities for children and young people – which makes them ideal partners for VicHealth to work with.

As councils develop and implement their next Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plans (2021–2025), they will receive enhanced support from VicHealth to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people (0–25) by ensuring their voices shape the planning.

Councils will have the opportunity to inspire, learn and collaborate with each other, as well as community experts and young people, to amplify the voices of children and young people in decisions that affect their daily lives.