Vibrant Living |
Vibrant Living is a collaborative initiative between Work and Income,
Sport Waikato, Hamilton City Council, and Waikato District Health
Board’s Population Health Service aimed at supporting low-income
families to make healthier lifestyle choices.
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The online Vibrant Living toolkit allows and supports community groups
to deliver the practical programme within their community to assist
families with:
- parenting
- family care and relationships
- healthy low cost cooking
- keeping active; and
- money management.
For assistance in delivering the programme, any questions, comments or feedback please contact:
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Vibrant Living toolkit
The following documents can be downloaded, printed and used as part of your own Vibrant Living programme.
 For your convenience, the toolkit has been split into a number of documents but it is recommended that you use the full toolkit. 1. Vibrant Living
- Full contents (all toolkit sections)
- Course outline
- Programme sample
- Sample meal plan
2. Parenting
- Relationships with children/extended families
- Self esteem
- Addressing family violence
3. Healthy eating
- Healthy eating on a budget/practical cooking
- Shopping on a budget/reading food labels
- Meal plans
- Portion sizes
- Lesson plans
4. Physical activity
- Getting started and staying motivated
- Push Play for kids and parents
- Cheap and easy activity options
- Lesson plans
 5. Alternative options
- Growing your own garden
- Budgeting
- Grooming/healthcare
6. Resources
- Healthy eating
- Physical activity
- Pre-course questionnaire
- Promotional poster
- Certificate
7. Providers
- Parenting providers
- Budgeting providers
 Gardening/community gardeners- Sport Waikato co-ordinators
- Waikato District Health Board - public health contacts
- Family planning
8. Funding sources
- Family and community services
- ACE
- HEHA Obesity Fund
- Trust Waikato
- WEL Energy
- HEHA Evaluation fund
- Lotteries
- Pub charities
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