Category: Blog
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Nyami’s Healing – The Artist, the Mural, and the Community Behind It
Walk into the Coffs Harbour Women’s Health Centre today and you can’t miss it. A sweeping, vibrant mural stretches across the wall – deep purples, Gumbaynggirr symbols, four groups of figures representing four decades, and handprints pressed into the paint by the very people who have made this place what it is.
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Why I said yes to Health Voyage — and why I’m glad I did
When people ask why I joined the Health Voyage board, my honest answer is: I didn’t know much about them
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Breaking silos in regional health: what collaboration actually looks like
Collaboration in health is often talked about. It features in strategies, in funding applications, in mission statements. But in practice – especially in regional communities – it remains genuinely difficult to achieve.
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We partner to fill gaps, not create overlap
Time to read: At Health Voyage, collaboration isn’t a buzzword. It’s a deliberate approach to building a regional health system where people experience care – not complexity. In regional communities, the challenge isn’t always a shortage of commitment or connection – it’s usually resources. Services exist, expertise exists, and genuine care exists – but often…
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Forty Years of Purpose: Why Health Voyage’s Mission Is More Relevant Than EverÂ
Time to read: By Glen James, Chair, Health Voyage Throughout a career spanning 45 years in health – 35 of them in youth and community health – I’ve seen firsthand the gaps that exist, particularly for women and young people. The inequities. The moments where someone falls through the cracks simply because the right care isn’t available in the…
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Young People at the Heart of Health: Health Voyage Celebrates NSW Youth Week
Time to read: Health Voyage has always believed that the best health care starts with listening. When a group of determined women in Coffs Harbour came together in the mid-1980s to research what their community actually needed, they weren’t waiting to be told what mattered – they were asking. That grassroots spirit led to the…
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World Health Day – Why Women’s Health is Everyone’s Business
Time to read: WORLD HEALTH DAY — APRIL 7, 2025 A message from our CEO | Women’s Health Centre Every year, World Health Day gives us a moment to pause and reflect – not just on the state of global health, but on what is happening right here in our own communities. This year, I…
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Living with Endometriosis: What You Need to Know
An interview with Heidi Mortimer, APA Physiotherapist and Manager of the Endometriosis & Pelvic Pain Program at Health Voyage
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Starting the Conversation
Time to read: For many young people, asking for help feels like the hardest step. A team of clinicians in Grafton is changing that – one conversation at a time. headspace Grafton | World Teen Mental Wellness Day, March 2026 There’s a particular kind of silence that worries Jenni Pollard. It’s not the silence of…
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Looking Back to Move Forward: What 2025 Taught Us About Women’s and Youth Health in Regional Communities
Time to read: As I reflect on the past year at Health Voyage, I’m reminded that meaningful change doesn’t always announce itself with fanfare. Sometimes it shows up quietly in a young person getting same-day mental health support, or in a woman finally accessing specialist care for endometriosis after years of dismissal. These moments matter…
