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[Minister Ryall] Nothing is more important to New Zealanders than their health.
And one of the big issues that we want to deal with is this growing level of
unhealthy weight particularly amongst
our young people. So we've gone around the world to look at what programs work,
and it's clear that Healthy Together Victoria is an evidence based programme
that makes a difference, so we're wanting to bring that to New Zealand.
It's a reform in the way that we deliver preventive health services in our
community.
It's about engaging with communities, helping them
and supporting them make change in the various environments - both early
childhood, schools, workplaces, sports clubs
and their homes. And part of the Government's drive
for Healthy Families NZ is to bring
a new approach in the way that we deliver these preventative health services.
Right now we've got a myriad of providers
each with a little bit of money, trying to make a difference. This is about
a large scale programme with providers who've got the ability to
employ health promoters, work with councils, work with District Health Boards, work with
workplaces, work with Chambers of Commerce, work with sports clubs -
to make the systemic change that we need.
We think this is great for New Zealand because for the first time we're bringing
in a programme with a strong
evidence base that we know will make a difference to the
unhealthy weight of so many New Zealand children. We want to use the Victorian
experience,
adapt it for New Zealand and make sure that we have very capable
organisations
who can help lead this in their communities.
[Aimee Hadrup] This process is about identifying and shortlisting
locally based organisations who could potentially lead the implementation of
Healthy Families NZ in these communities.
So shortlisted organisations will then be invited to submit
a detailed response to a Request for Proposal, also known as an RFP
and in that they will outline how they will propose to deliver this
in their community. Each community will have a single lead provider,
so that's a really important thing to be clear about in your responses
which community you are competing for. People who respond to
the R.O.I (Registration of Interest) will need to describe their capability, their experience
and the infrastructure that they have, or that what they propose to use to
deliver Healthy Families NZ in their community.
Essentially what you need to tell us is what makes you the right organisation
to lead this work
and to be successful in doing that. So this includes demonstrating how well you've worked with
key players in your community and what relationships you have with
the local networks and infrastructure that could contribute to
making Healthy Families NZ a success in this community.
And the R.O.I details exactly what we're asking for.