Do Your Thing

The path to health and wellbeing is different for everyone. The most important thing is to find the path that suits you!

That’s why Do Your Thing was developed, a community-led initiative, to support residents of all ages in the Bundaberg Region to make healthy changes that work for them.

Whether it’s walking the dog, gardening or swimming, staying active and healthy can be easier than you think.

Explore different activities, hobbies and events across Bundaberg to find what works for YOU. Do Your Thing is here to help you find your thing!

What are the projects about?

Pick of the Crop – A whole-of-school nutrition program to increase opportunities for primary school children to learn about and consume more fruit and vegetables.
My Health for Life – Aims to reduce chronic health conditions by providing a practical program targeting nutrition, exercise, and mental wellbeing throughout the community.
10,000 Steps – Aims to empower, support and motivate Queenslanders to increase awareness and levels of physical activity through the use of step tracking
and an interactive program.
Be Active Be Alive – Council's popular fitness program provides free fitness fun to the Bundaberg Region. Check out the great classes on offer in the current round of the program here.

How can I get involved in 'Do Your Thing' programs?

Bundaberg, are you ready to Do Your Thing?

To find all the great programs and activities Bundaberg has on offer check out the calendar here.

Are you a service provider or an organisation?

If you’re a business or organisation with an idea or want to collaborate fill out an expression of interest form here

Do Your Thing is an initiative led by a partnership between Bundaberg Regional Council, Health and Wellbeing Queensland and Queensland Government’s Department of Tourism and Sport.

The path to health and wellbeing is different for everyone. The most important thing is to find the path that suits you!

That’s why Do Your Thing was developed, a community-led initiative, to support residents of all ages in the Bundaberg Region to make healthy changes that work for them.

Whether it’s walking the dog, gardening or swimming, staying active and healthy can be easier than you think.

Explore different activities, hobbies and events across Bundaberg to find what works for YOU. Do Your Thing is here to help you find your thing!

What are the projects about?

Pick of the Crop – A whole-of-school nutrition program to increase opportunities for primary school children to learn about and consume more fruit and vegetables.
My Health for Life – Aims to reduce chronic health conditions by providing a practical program targeting nutrition, exercise, and mental wellbeing throughout the community.
10,000 Steps – Aims to empower, support and motivate Queenslanders to increase awareness and levels of physical activity through the use of step tracking
and an interactive program.
Be Active Be Alive – Council's popular fitness program provides free fitness fun to the Bundaberg Region. Check out the great classes on offer in the current round of the program here.

How can I get involved in 'Do Your Thing' programs?

Bundaberg, are you ready to Do Your Thing?

To find all the great programs and activities Bundaberg has on offer check out the calendar here.

Are you a service provider or an organisation?

If you’re a business or organisation with an idea or want to collaborate fill out an expression of interest form here

Do Your Thing is an initiative led by a partnership between Bundaberg Regional Council, Health and Wellbeing Queensland and Queensland Government’s Department of Tourism and Sport.

Do Your Thing – Bundaberg

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A new, community owned and led initiative has recently launched in the Bundaberg region with the central message that there is ‘no one size fits all’ when it comes to health and wellbeing. Do Your Thing encourages families to ‘do their thing’ by making healthy choices that work for them.
The initiative is part of a broader ‘Building a Healthy Bundaberg’ Alliance which has the goal of reducing the region’s rate of overweight and obesity to below the national average by 2030. It draws on work funded by Health and Wellbeing Queensland and conducted by applied behavioural science company, Evidn, whose findings called for the need to:
1. Increase families’ visibility of, and access to, existing high-quality programs and services’
2. Increase collaboration between organisations and community groups; and
3. Promote a positive health and wellbeing identity for the Bundaberg region.
At its core, Do Your Thing is about bringing stakeholders together to improve the way programs and services are coordinated, delivered, and communicated across the region.
Since its launch in April 2022, Do Your Thing has brought together more than 40 local community members, representing 28 organisations across nutrition, physical health, mental health, and social wellbeing to form a Local Leadership Group. This group is supported by the Queensland Government through Health and Wellbeing Queensland (HWQld) and the Department of Tourism, Innovation, and Sport (DTIS), in partnership with Bundaberg Regional Council.
How to get involved?
There are two ways to get involved in Do Your Thing as a service provider, community group, or organisation.
1. Join the Building a Healthy Bundaberg Alliance mailing list and participate in bi-monthly meetings to hear updates from local and state-wide organisations about health and wellbeing initiatives in the Bundaberg region
2. Join the Do Your Thing Local Leadership Group and support the on-ground delivery of the initiative
For more information about Do Your Thing, visit the website or to learn about the research behind the initiative, get in touch with Dr Crystal La Rue Senior Behavioural Scientist at Evidn.

Read the full Wide Bay Kids story by Ferny Reynolds here.

Page last updated: 30 Apr 2024, 01:52 PM