A Different Way of Thinking About Health
The Community Health & Holistic Wellness Foundation exists to strengthen the health, wellbeing and resilience of communities by supporting a proven, GP-led, community-informed model of integrated care that has evolved over more than 30 years in regional Australia.
We believe health is about more than treating illness. It is about helping people live healthy, connected, and meaningful lives. That means looking beyond symptoms to understand the whole person. Their physical health, mental wellbeing, relationships, environment, purpose, and participation in community life.
Our role is to steward, document, evaluate and share a living model of care that brings together general practice, allied health, community services, prevention, health promotion, and local knowledge into a coordinated “one stop shop” approach. Rather than expecting people to navigate fragmented systems alone, the model focuses on relationships, collaboration, and person-centred support.
Through partnerships, research, education, and community engagement, we are working to preserve what has been learned, strengthen what already exists, and create opportunities for other communities to adapt and apply these principles in their own local context.
The Foundation is not simply building programs. We are helping communities strengthen the ecosystems that create health. Where prevention is valued, participation is meaningful, relationships matter, and health is understood as something we create together.
The Foundation’s Role
The Foundation’s role is to steward, document, evaluate and share a proven model of community-led integrated health and wellbeing, while supporting research, partnerships and learning that strengthen health ecosystems and help communities thrive.
How We Contribute
- Steward, strengthen and share a proven GP-led, community-informed model of integrated health and wellbeing.
- Promote prevention, health promotion and early intervention.
- Coordinate and integrate care through a “One Stop Shop” approach, ensuring people remain supported by our team as we connect them with the services, resources, and community networks they need.
- Support research, evaluation, and implementation science to build the evidence base.
- Foster partnerships across healthcare, government, academia, and community sectors.
- Help communities build local solutions that improve health, wellbeing, and participation.