Women's Health Week 2019 event guide

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Contents

Thank you...............................................................................................................................3 Women's Health Week ? It's your week! .............................................................................4 Plan for success ....................................................................................................................5 How to host an event .............................................................................................................6 In their own words .................................................................................................................7 Whip up support ..................................................................................................................11 Get the word out ..................................................................................................................12 Making health information accessible to all.......................................................................13 Get social..............................................................................................................................14 How to #tag ..........................................................................................................................15 Ready, set.............................................................................................................................16 Raising money for Jean Hailes ...........................................................................................17 Summary of donated funds.................................................................................................20 Receipt request form ...........................................................................................................21 Terms & conditions..............................................................................................................23

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Thank you

Thank you for showing interest in hosting your own Women's Health Week event. At Jean Hailes we work hard to provide all women in Australia with trusted health information, but we need your help! By hosting a Women's Health Week event you are helping to make a difference to the health of women in your community. In 2018, we had over 2150 events with 85,000 participants. Help us to reach even more women this year! Hosts can choose to share the Women's Health Week message in a number of ways and some may even raise money for Jean Hailes programs and resources. Together we can connect and share our knowledge, help each other make better health decisions and have some fun along the way.

"It was so easy to host a fantastic event that produced a lot of camaraderie. Everyone took part and it inspired me and a few others

to think about our health." It's easier than you think to host a successful Women's Health Week event, and to help you we have put together this guide full of handy hints, ideas and support.

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Women's Health Week ? It's your week!

Women's Health Week is a week for every woman in Australia. How can you join in? Putting the wellbeing of others ahead of our own is something many women do without realising. The Jean Hailes Women's Health Week is a time to invest in ourselves and make our own good health a priority. Held each year in the first week of September, communities, health professionals and organisations across Australia participate in a range of events that bring women together. In 2018, our hosts registered more than 2150 Women's Health Week events. You can join them this year and help more women make their health a priority. ? Ensure women across Australia are aware of the health services

in their local community ? Encourage women to take the time to put their health first ? Raise awareness of the importance of maintaining good health

and preventing future health problems ? Link women within their community and help them support each

other to make healthy decisions ? Share ideas and information about how to live a healthier life.

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Plan for success

Decide what sort of event you'd like to host. Think about your interests, skills and what would work best for your group, workplace or community. We've provided some event ideas to get you started, or you might like to get creative and come up with your own!

Individuals

? Movie night ? Healthy morning tea ? Walk with friends ? Market shopping trip ? Bike ride ? Book club

Communities

? Information session ? Health expo ? Fitness class ? Cooking class ? Trivia night ? Free health checks

Workplaces

? Healthy lunch ? Exercise class ? Guest speaker ? Walking meeting ? Mindfulness training ? Team sport challenge

When?

The 2019 Women's Health Week runs from 2-6 of September and we encourage you to hold your event as close as possible to this time. Just remember, the more notice you give to your guests, the better. As your event approaches, you might even like to send out reminders.

Where?

Finding a suitable venue or location will depend on the type of event you are hosting (eg, your home, a cafe, local park, community centre or place of work). Think about making it easy to find and access, with parking or public transport close by.

Who?

Think about who will be invited to your event (eg, friends, work mates, the wider community). Use our event invitations to send to your guests or contact them via phone, text, email or social media.

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How to host an event

Register your event

? Head to .au to register your event and set up your personal event hub where you can manage your event details

? You have the option to list your event as public or private on .au (see Event T&Cs).

Order free guest gift bags

? Order your free guest gift bags when you register your event at .au

? 2019 guest gift bags include more items than ever before: - Health booklet with great ideas for making 2019 your healthiest year yet The Jean Hailes Magazine, full of interesting health articles and information - A bookmark with tear-off basil seedsticks so you can plant the seeds of good health - A healthy recipe from the Jean Hailes kitchen - Fun fridge magnet with facts about iron deficiency - And, if you register before 31 July, your guests will also receive a ribbon keyring as a gift from us to celebrate our new-look Women's Health Week branding

Add the finishing touches...

? Check out our free Women's Health Week customised invitations, name tags, place cards and bunting

? Our `Let's talk' cards are a fun way to help get the conversation started and are free to download

? Buy an optional host kit which includes A2 posters and balloons ? Our online shop has some great ideas for door prizes! Purchase items from our range of

merchandise including tote bags, tea towels, toiletry bags, keyrings, socks and health check pens

Event registrations, guest gift bags orders, host kits and merchandise can all be found on .au.

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In their own words

A handful of our wonderful past event hosts share their experience of hosting a Women's Health Week event.

Emma

Women's Health Week provided us a great opportunity to support and encourage the women in our organisation to prioritise their health. Alongside an amazingly driven staff member and volunteer from Parks Victoria, I helped to organise a walk around Lysterfield Park in Melbourne. This walk was predominantly for women who are either too scared to walk in a park, aren't comfortable with walking, or would like to make a social connection while being out in nature. The program is called Welcome Walks (as everyone should feel welcome to walk) and we launched it to coincide with the Jean Hailes Women's Health Week 2018. It was an incredible day to walk around the lake and the women who attended said they felt immediate benefits! We also had a supportive male turn up at the end of our walk who joined in on the celebration afterwards! "It was an incredible day to walk around the lake and the women who attended said they felt immediate benefits!"

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Sherynne

Total Balance Chiropractic, New South Wales We hosted four Women's Health Week events in Newcastle. A highlight was the beautiful 'Tealight Night' event. We invited three panellists who shared their personal journeys and self-care practices and had the audience enthralled. We gave out the gift bags and resources to all the women who attended as well as the staff at the venue. We also gave some to `Got Your Back Sista Charity HQ' for women experiencing hardship due to domestic violence. Other gift bags were put aside and distributed to female patients visiting the practice during the week. We were also very excited when our event made the Newcastle Herald `People and Places' section. They gave us a whole page including photos which was awesome. Our events attracted a wide range of participants. Our youngest was 11 years old and the oldest was 83 years young. We were thrilled to touch women from many ages and backgrounds and everyone experienced some joy and connected community. Thanks for all your help in helping me to make Women's Health Week fantastic for Newcastle!!! "Our youngest participant was 11 years old and the oldest was 83 years young. We touched women from many ages and backgrounds and everyone experienced some joy and connected community."

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