Organising Your Event

When organising your event or activities, it is important to identify the unique health needs and priorities of your area and design activities which target those needs.  Wherever possible the State Planning Committee will assist Regional Planning Groups with contacts details of interested individuals in their area.

You may decide to create activities specifically for Rural Health Week or choose to highlight an existing program under the Rural Health Week banner. Defining the goals, aims and outcomes of your event is an important part of the planning process as it will allow the people involved in coordinating the event to work towards some common objectives.  It is also a good idea to nominate the target audience for each activity and to design strategies for reaching and engaging this group.

When organising your events, try to band together all the resources, skills, talents and services of your local community.  For example, it would be a great idea to form partnerships with local schools or to gain the support of clubs such as Rotary, Apex and Lions.  Encouraging local businesses to support your community's activities is also a good way to ensure they're successful.