Health & Wellbeing

Health and Wellbeing Information and Support

Stay up to date on the latest health and wellbeing news, learn more about seasonal tips to stay safe, healthy and well.

Health & Safety

In this section view information on Immunisation, Best Bites, Septics, Food Safety, Health Act, Tobacco Act and nuisance complaints and more.

Climate and Health

Find out about the impacts of climate change on our health and simple steps you can take to both improve your health and the environment.

Best Bites Food Guide

The Best Bites Food Guide helps you make an informed choice when eating out on the Mornington Peninsula, and will help you find food businesses who are serving safe and healthy foods.

Health & Wellbeing Plan

Contains the Health and Wellbeing Plan for 2017–2021. The Plan builds on the previous Mornington Peninsula Health and Wellbeing Plan and is the result of much research, consultation and analysis.

Prevention of Family Violence

Violence against women and their children is recognised as a serious and widespread problem in Australia, with enormous individual and community impacts and social costs. The Shire has a long-standing commitment to working in partnership to address the gendered drivers of family violence in our community.

Housing and Homelessness

Information about housing and homelessness to help people who are:
- At risk of losing their home or struggling with rising costs of living
- Looking to rent, buy or build a home
- Trying to find out the facts about homelessness on the Peninsula
- Wanting to find out what Council is doing to help
- Investigating options for helping people who are homeless

Friends of Lospalos

In May 2000, Mornington Peninsula Shire approved a Friendship relationship between the Shire and the sub-district of Lospalos in the Lautem district of Timor Leste.

Community Houses

Community Houses bring people together to connect, learn and contribute in their local community through social, educational, recreational and support activities, using a unique community development approach. Community Houses welcome people from all walks of life, creating opportunities for individuals and groups to enrich their lives through connections they might not otherwise make.

This Girl Can

As we gear up for This Girl Can Week (10th–17th November 2024), Mornington Peninsula Shire invites you to participate in this empowering initiative aimed at encouraging women and girls to engage in physical activity.

Alcohol Harm Prevention

We all want the Mornington Peninsula to be a community where everyone is supported to be happy and well, and our community spaces are safe and inclusive for all.

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