ARRCH welcomes extension of Commonwealth Home Support Program The Alliance of Rural & Regional Community Health (ARRCH) welcomes the Federal Government’s decision to delay changes to the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP), providing certainty…
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This week (August 6–12) marks National EoE Awareness Week, a campaign aimed at raising awareness of eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (EGIDs), including eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) – a little-known but potentially debilitating condition affecting swallowing…
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A BELLARINE COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE, HER BEST MATE, AND A CAR CALLED SVEN ARE TAKING ON THE OUTBACK FOR CANCER RESEARCH For Bellarine Community Health (BCH) Nurse Beryl Downey, a road trip across thousands of kilometres of outback in a car that might not make…
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Media Statement from Community Health First – 21 July 2026 The Community Health Program has supported Victorians since 1973, providing local services to those most in need of health care and social support, often those who have fallen through the gaps of mainstream…
Read moreBCH acknowledges the Wadawurrung People as the traditional custodians of the land, waters and skies of the Bellarine Peninsula. We acknowledge and respect Wadawurrung Elders and leaders, past, present and emerging and pay gratitude for their unique ability to care for Country and deep spiritual connection to it.
Further we acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, who are part of todays Bellarine Community.
