Mission
To share learnings and ideas on how communities can move to healthier food provision in supermarket shopping environments. The team is closely linked with research, and is focused on the practical elements of support for communities, such as partnership formation.
About
The Healthy Supermarkets Community of Practice (CoP) is a group of practitioners working with supermarkets who come together to share learnings and ideas about creating healthier supermarket shopping environments offering nutritious, culturally appropriate, and local environmentally sustainable food.
It was established by Healthy Greater Bendigo and is currently led by VicHealth based on high levels of interest in the Eat Well @ IGA project and the growing number of practitioners. The Community of Practice includes members from local and state government, community health and research institutions from Australia and NZ, and meets quarterly. We hope to grow the Community of Practice and look forward to working together to support healthier food environments in communities.
Upcoming Events
Join us for the next meeting of the Healthy Supermarkets Community of Practice on Thursday 27th July. Email to register: healthyfoodsystems@vichealth.vic.gov.au
Past Events
See below link to a recording of the Community of Practice event, held online on 27/04/23:
Slides from the event are available to download: Healthy Supermarkets Community of Practice, April – slide deck
See below link to a recording of the Community of Practice event, held online on 16/02/23:
Slides from the event are available to download: Healthy Supermarkets Community of Practice Feb 2023
See below link to a recording of the Community of Practice event, held online on 25/10/22:
Slides from the event are available to download: Healthy Supermarkets Community of Practice Oct 2022
See below link to a recording of the Community of Practice event held online on 28/07/22:
Slides from the event are available to download: Healthy Supermarkets Community of Practice July 2022
See below link to a recording of the Community of Practice event held online on 28/04/22:
Slides from the event are available to download: Healthy Supermarkets Community of Practice, April 2022
Membership
Healthy Supermarkets Community of Practice Facilitators
Dheepa Jeyapalan – VicHealth
Stephanie Kilpatrick -VicHealth
Veronica Nunez – VicHealth
Julian Fang – VicHealth
Victoria Hobbs – Deakin University
Adrian Cameron – Deakin University
If you are interested in joining this Community of Practice or have any questions, please get in touch.