Healthy Cities Illawarra work to create healthy environments and enable healthy choices for the people of the Illawarra and Shoalhaven, NSW.
They believe prevention is the best cure and aim to address the underlying social, economic and environmental causes of health inequity and are committed to taking action to prevent and control diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, asthma, dementia, depression and anxiety.
Guided by their core values of integrity, collaboration, equity and inclusivity they work in partnership with local government, health care providers and other community organisations to prevent and control diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, asthma, dementia, depression and anxiety. This is done by:
- Creating healthy environments.
- Enabling healthy choices.
- Addressing social, economic and environmental causes of health inequity.
- Striving to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
- Designing, implementing and evaluating evidence-based, cost-effective programs.
- Achieving meaningful health and wellbeing outcomes.
Their logo represents people and environment: three figures holding ‘hands’ representing community, connection and belonging. The figures are also a nod to the Illawarra and Shoalhaven escarpment of mountains meeting the sea. Colours chosen are obvious to their nature: green mountain and red earth, blue sea and the yellow sun looking down upon everyone; our community and environment.
