Maroondah Certificate in Creating Wellbeing
The Maroondah Certificate in Creating Wellbeing was delivered by Maroondah City Council and Communities of Wellbeing Inc. It was a community led recovery initiative designed to build upon existing local community knowledge, energy and relationships.
It brought people together from multiple community settings to collectively address the significant and growing mental health challenges as a result of the pandemic. Leaders and influencers from over 20 different community groups within Maroondah were involved from 2021 to 2022.
The aim of the program was to build the knowledge, capability and confidence of Maroondah residents to understand, develop and manage their own wellbeing, and support and positively influence the wellbeing of others.
The objectives of the program were to:
- Identify key community leaders with an interest and motivation to improve the wellbeing of their constituents.
- Build foundational knowledge about wellbeing and key principles, practices and skills that contribute to wellbeing.
- Develop and upskill a network of community based health and wellbeing champions across a range of population cohorts and mobilise them to undertake
projects/activities that improve wellbeing in their context. - Provide a sustainable approach to strengthening wellbeing that meets current and longer term recovery needs.
After completing the certificate, all participants were encouraged to develop and implement a community impact project to apply the wellbeing learnings from the course and generate outcomes that enhanced the wellbeing of the broader Maroondah community. You can read about these Impact Projects below.
Resource: Maroondah Certificate in Creating Wellbeing - Impact Report