Category: Blog
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Two Hats, One Mission: Kay Fairweather Rides 780km for Pain Revolution
Time to read: Kay Fairweather wears two hats at Health Voyage. As an osteopath and Pelvic Health Educator in the Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Clinic, she sees every week how pain can shape a life. As a Local Pain Educator with Pain Revolution, a not-for-profit founded out of Adelaide University, she’s spent the past few…
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Real voices, real places, real change
Inside headspace Grafton’s Youth Reference Group – a national headspace participation model brought to life at a local level by a team who believes young people should shape the services that serve them.
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What if we just talked about it?
How young people from the Clarence Valley/ Northern Rivers made a campaign about mental health stigma, and why it matters for every generation.
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Showing Up and Connecting Health Voyage to Community
This year Janene’s work was recognised with a nomination for the Community Development Award at the Yandaara Aunty Grace Roberts Awards.
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What Forty Years and Better Funding Actually Look Like – Prevention, early intervention, and equitable access to care.
A reflection on what’s been possible – and why we need to keep going.
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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 Ever
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…
