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Supporting Our Frontline: Coffee and Connection with Emergency Services
Healthy Communities Foundation Australia’s (HCFA) Community Engagement Officer, Glenn Cotter, recently sat down for coffee with Fire and...
Jun 231 min read
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NBN News Highlights HCFA’s Lifesaving Work in Rural Communities
NBN News recently profiled the critical work HCFA’s MindCare team is doing to support farmers affected by drought and floods. In the...
Jun 111 min read
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Community-led suicide prevention in focus as THCFA speaks to ABC Radio
Jeremy Goff, Acting CEO of The Healthy Communities Foundation Australia (HCFA), spoke with ABC Broken Hill  about suicide prevention in...
May 281 min read
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Bringing Mental Health Conversations to the Shed
THCFA's Glenn Cotter with Jennie Keioskie – Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) Coordinator South Coast, and The Hon. Kristy...
May 191 min read
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THCFA to present innovative crisis support model at suicide conference
THCFA Director of Mental Health Services, Cassie Talbot and Community Engagement Officer Glenn Cotter. May 19, 2025 Healthy Communities...
May 192 min read
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Westmead experts visit Collarenebri
Earlier this year a specialist team from Westmead visited the Healthy Communities Collarenebri Hub to undertake screening of local...
May 192 min read
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New Chair and Deputy of Healthy Communities Foundation
Dr Kim Webber is the new Chair of the Healthy Communities Foundation Australia.
Dec 19, 20242 min read
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Telehealth is as old as the telephone: Community consultation and literacy remain key
Telehealth is as old as the telephone. We need to make it about people and health outcomes.
Sep 17, 20243 min read
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We have it all wrong on rural health
The CEO of the Healthy Communities Foundation Australia addressed a national gathering of rural people in Perth.
Sep 16, 20243 min read
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Hitting the Road for R U OK? Day: Helping Communities Check-In With Friends, Family and Co-workers
Today marks R U OK? Day, a important reminder to check in on our friends, family and co-workers. This year, our Health Access Healthy...
Sep 12, 20241 min read
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Rural LGBTIQ+ must be counted
The Albanese Labor Government has decided not to count LGBTIQ+ rural people in the 2026 census.
Aug 28, 20242 min read
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Foundation welcomes Maryann Hazard to its Board
The Board of the Healthy Communities Foundation Aust has welcomed leading policy thinker and social change agent Maryann Hazard as a directo
Jun 17, 20242 min read
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