Government active living campaigns:

• Healthy Active website, physical activity page
• Government of WA, Be Active WA
• Government of Tas, Get Moving
• Government of South Australia, Be Active
• NSW Department of Sport and Recreation
• NSW Centre for Physical Activity and Health
  • The Environment and Active Living fact sheet
• NSW Premier's Council on Active Living
• Go For Your Life (Vic) Active Living page
• VicHealth "Official Supporter" campaign
• Queensland Government "Your 30" site
• ACT Health, Find Thirty 
• NT Government, GoNT site

General information resources:

• Heart Week 2008 heart health activity ideas
• Creating Active Communities - Physical Activity Guidelines for Local Councils
• Directory of Australian Local Councils
• Travel Smart - reducing our reliance on cars and making smart choices about other forms of transport
• Kinect Australia
• Walktober website (links to various family oriented activity/charity events) 
• "I will be not a nerd": Children's Development, the Built Environment and School Travel, University of NSW study on active transport to and from school
  • Students were queried about their travel patterns to and from school - how they travelled, how they preferred to travel, why they preferred this mode of travelling, and what they found enjoyable about their school trip.

Active Transport resources:

• "Walking School Bus - A Guide for Parents and Teachers" PLUS government contacts for your state  Streets Ahead (Vic)

Downloads:

• The Parents Jury's Active Community Checklist (Online | PDF)
• Template letter to council to improve activity and recreation facilities
• Template letter to school to establish active transport groups
• Template letter to school to establish ‘sports shop' (where students can borrow sports equipment at lunch time)
• VicHealth Letter, Issue No. 24 Summer 2005, Children and Physical Activity
• VicHealth Letter, Issue No. 32 Winter 2008, Using Research To Create Healthy Communities

Aviva Investor's Melbourne Mile:

The Aviva Investors Melbourne Mile (November 13, 2008) foot race over one mile (1.6km), where the object is to challenge the clock, not the distance.

The Parents Jury is supporting the Schools Challenge section of the Aviva Investors Melbourne Mile. The Parents Jury Schools Challenge challenges you and your school to participate in the run to see if you are the fastest school in Melbourne over the mile distance! Click here to find out how to enter your school in The Parents Jury Schools Challenge.

The Parents Jury's Physical Activity webpage:

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