BCHS Quality of care 2024 digital - Flipbook - Page 10
High powered partnership helps
low-income Victorian households
BCHS partnered with Midland Solar and the Bendigo
Sustainability Group to ensure 220 solar panels were
installed on low-income households across
30 locations.
Over $48,000 was fundraised under the Giving Power
campaign, while the Solar Victoria rebate contributed
more than $40,000. There was no cost to households.
BCHS’ role was to ensure candidates provided evidence
that they met eligibility criteria and understood the
project.
This collaboration achieved the following savings to the
end user:
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For the year: $26,953.05.
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Per month: 30 properties saved $74.86.
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Per year: 30 properties saved close to $900.
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Over the next 10 years: $269,530 in total project
savings.
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Over the life of the installed equipment: $539,060.
Getting a move on
Families at two Bendigo primary schools stepped
up to the school run in a different way thanks to the
implementation of the Move Your Way program by
the health promotion team.
Aiming to empower local primary school students
to walk, cycle or scoot to school, the pilot program
launched at Bendigo Violet Street and St Liborius
primary schools with a range of techniques used to
encourage more active travel, such as introducing
car-free zones around the schools and the use of
Tag On technology. Tag On provided students with
electronic tags to tap onto a kiosk when they arrived
at school, logging their arrival and the mode they
took to get there.
“Once students ‘tag on’, a notification is sent to
their parent or guardian, so they know their child
has arrived safely, which has been really popular
with families who’ve used the system,” BCHS health
promotion officer Sebastian Goscha said.
The project reached 352 students with both schools
recording changes in the way students arrived.
Feedback from students, parents and teachers
was mostly positive and the program has now had
expressions of interest from other local schools.
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