Fighting Loneliness Together

The Living Our Best Life project aims to reduce feelings of loneliness and social isolation in people aged 60 and over. It plays a vital role in improving health and wellbeing in our community.

Social Prescribing: Empowering Individuals to Live Their Best Lives

Social prescribing is a life-changing initiative where health professionals refer patients to access social services and activities that address social determinants contributing to poor health and loneliness.

How the Living Our Best Life Project Began

In 2019, Equity Trustees funded the Living Our Best Life project that trialled a social prescribing model inspired by Mendip Health Connections and the Bromley by Bow Centre in the United Kingdom.

A Transformational Impact on Communities

Today, the Living Our Best Life project has expanded to cover Maroondah, Manningham, Whitehorse, Yarra Ranges, and Knox, effectively connecting beneficiaries to community activities that significantly improve their wellbeing and social connectedness. With the project’s positive outcomes, the initiative is empowering individuals and transforming communities to live their best lives.

The Living Our Best Life project model has been adopted in other areas of the state.

Melbourne's Inner East

NIECH (the Network of Inner East Community Houses) is a vibrant Network of 29 Neighbourhood Houses and Community Centres that span across 4 Local Government areas including the City of Monash, the City of Boroondara, the City of Whitehorse and the City of Manningham. With funding from the Aged Person’s Welfare Foundation they are replicating the LOBL project.

For information on this project please contact Nikki Maddern. 0411 634 473 livingourbestlife@niech.org.au.

Upper Murray Region

The Upper Murray Regional Neighbourhood House Network is also leading a project based on the LOBL model in the LGAs of; Wodonga, Towong, Indigo, Alpine, Wangaratta and Moira.

For more information on this project please contact Trish Curtis. 0488 572 225 coordinator@uppermurraynhn.org.

Castlemaine

Castlemaine Community House is also carrying out social prescribing that uses some elements of the LOBL model.

For information please contact Isis Jordan 5472 4842
linkworker@cch.org.au.

Discover the narrative of our journey toward achieving our goals and the milestones that illustrate our successes. Our project report unveils the impact and progress we've made.

If you would like to join the project we would love to hear from you.