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With more than 50 years of local health experience, Bendigo Community Health Services has a strong connection to our community. We care for everyone - no matter who you are, where you live or how much you earn. We are a not-for-profit organisation and have more than 270 staff and more than 50 services funded through various government health programs, community donations and sponsorships. We envision better health and wellbeing across generations. Our services are either free or low-cost and include:

GPs
Mental health care and counselling
Alcohol and other drugs support
Sexual health care
Refugee settlement and support
Child and family services
Bendigo Family Day Care
Podiatry
Diabetes education
Exercise physiology
Youth
Community outreach and health promotion. We are also, proudly, the lead agency for:

headspace Bendigo: https://www.facebook.com/HeadspaceBendigo
Loddon Children's Health and Wellbeing Local. Visit www.bchs.com.au for more on our services.

01/12/2025

We are closed today for an All Staff Development day.

🔴 If you have an emergency call OOO immediately.
🟢 For non-emergency medical advice we recommend you call:
Nurse on Call - 1300 606 024, or
healthdirect GP Helpline 1800 022 222.

All sites will reopen tomorrow, Wednesday December 3. For opening times of our seven sites please visit https://tinyurl.com/4z6euhfr

01/12/2025

It's World AIDS Day - and we asked Dr Haris Noor and Nurse Peter Strange, of our Sexual and Reproductive Health Hub, to talk about the latest treatments and preventions changing lives in Bendigo and around the world.

01/12/2025

Are you a Nurse Practitioner? Do you want to work in a multidisciplinary team in Bendigo? Our Pharmacotherapy Clinic has an opening for a fixed-term position.
Applications close Monday, December 8 at 10pm. Click the link below 👇 for full details and to apply.
https://www.bchs.com.au/careers-2/

30/11/2025

We joined Treehouse Paediatrics and Sports Focus at the Limitless Sports! event yesterday - supporting people to link with inclusive sporting clubs and other physical activities in Bendigo. It was great to speak with the families and the other staff who came along. Big shout out to Greggo who stopped by our stall to say g'day.

28/11/2025

Join 's Therapeutic team as a Mental Health Clinician and support the health and wellbeing of young people in our community.
Applications for this fixed-term position close on Monday, December 8 at 10pm. Full details including position description at the link below 👇
https://shorturl.at/WZ1hH

28/11/2025

To us, respect is so many things.

To us today, respect is debunking common myths around family and gender-based violence.

Read BCHS Specialist AOD Family Violence Adviser Harriet Storrar’s Health Matters column that not only debunks common myths but highlights steps everyone can take to help make our community safer.
https://www.bchs.com.au/the-myths-vs-realities-of-family-and-gender-based-violence/

During this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence – on now until December 10 – we’re debunking myths and highlighting steps everyone can take to help make our community safer. Myth: Men and women are equally likely to perpetrate family violence. Reality: While family viole...

27/11/2025

Can you produce a better Bruce than Jo?
Entries to The Bruce Art Award close Wednesday, Dec 3.
Details in link in the comments...

26/11/2025

These legends - Louise, Kat, Naveen and Mandy - are representing our Sexual and Reproductive Health Hub at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards tonight.

The hub was shortlisted in the Excellence in Women’s Health category for its work to significantly increase access to time-critical women’s health care.

While we're not the overall winner, we are incredibly proud of our team and we're wrapped to see their innovative work acknowledged among fellow health leaders.

Congratulations to the category winner, Western Health.

26/11/2025

We took a morning walk around Bendigo, Kangaroo Flat and Eaglehawk today to reflect on the 16 Days of Activism.

We were reminded that one in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.

Promoting equality and respect in our workplaces and community helps to prevent gender-based violence.

Find out more https://www.ourwatch.org.au/workplace

25/11/2025

Oh my golly Gough! Former CEO Sue Clarke just gifted us her personally signed 1975 Whitlam poster.

"It's time," she said... To gift this treasure to its rightful place at BCHS. Gough signed the goods for Sue when she met the man on the occasion of our 30th anniversary in 2005. She says he had firm, fond memories of granting Eaglehawk the funds to establish one of Australia's first community health services.

Sue, our first nurse Denise Main, and former executive Karen Riley, joined CEO Mandy for a panel discussion on all things Eaglehawk ahead of tonight's AGM.

The event beautifully closed off our 50th anniversary year.

Thanks for the poster Sue. It's going straight to the pool room!

24/11/2025

It’s time to UNiTE to End Digital Violence.

Everyone deserves to be safe in their homes and in the community. It's a human right.

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence starts today with a focus on tech-based abuse, and we invite you to share our message:
There is for gender-based violence.

To learn more about tech-based abuse visit:
• 16 days of Activism yearly theme: https://tinyurl.com/3sy6ne3b
• About the 16 Days of Activism | Respect Victoria: https://tinyurl.com/4ex72wdx

UN Women

24/11/2025

Teamwork makes the dream work!
This is wonderful news to start the week. Congratulations to our headspace Bendigo Youth Ambassadors! 🎉👏

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165-171 Hargreaves Street
Bendigo, VIC
3550

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 4:30pm

Website

http://www.bchs.com.au/

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Bendigo Community Health Services is a place you can go for health or well-being care, advice and support no matter who you are, where you live or how much you earn. We are a not-for-profit organisation in the City of Greater Bendigo and offer a range of primary and community health services, most of which are free or have minimal cost. We work with everyone but particularly those who are disadvantaged or vulnerable. Our services cover family and children, mental health, alcohol and other drugs prevention and withdrawal, refugee settlement, sexual health, women’s health, men’s health, allied health such as podiatry and diabetes. See a full list at www.bchs.com.au Bendigo Community Health Services has a team of understanding, supportive and experienced health care professionals who work in partnership with other health services across central Victoria to deliver the care you need. It can be as simple as taking that first step – speak with one of our team and together we can work on a plan to assist you to improve and manage your health and well-being.

Our vision We want: Better health and wellbeing across generations

Mission We exist: To work hand in hand with our community to achieve healthier lives

Values We strive for: Integrity We are authentic and accountable, and we honour our obligations Respect We build respectful relationships through trust, empathy and collaboration Inclusion We recognise and promote accessible, safe and holistic supports and services as basic rights Innovation Through continuous learning, we ensure an agile, responsive and sustainable service Togetherness We create a sense of connectedness, pride and support through enjoying our work and being passionate about making a difference

Principles We are committed to: · We make sure our services are reliable, safe and easy for you to access · We deliver fair and inclusive services for you · We respect and accept you for who you are and what you believe in · We support you to take control in the decisions and actions affecting your health and wellbeing. · We will make informed decisions by using data and learning from your lived experience · We create trusted, strong and collaborative relationships with community, stakeholders and government · We are committed to creating healthy and sustainable environments

Our pillars

Consumer and Community

The change we want to see: People in our community, especially those most in need, have improved health and wellbeing How we will do it: • Provide equitable supports and services that achieve measurable improvements • Working together to deliver high quality, inclusive, safe and accessible supports and services • Consumers are at the centre, having choice and control

Influence

The change we want to see: We use evidence, data and the voice of our community to shape our supports and services. How we will do it: • Our organisation uses its learning to influence better outcomes for consumers • Working with consumers, recognising their lived experience, to influence and advocate for change • Equipping our workforce to be skilled, resilient, capable of change and collaborative leaders • Using data to improve

Visible

The change we want to see: Our service is identified as a quality provider and our people are recognised as leaders How we will do it: • Creating a strong, trusted public voice • Providing a range of quality services that improve access • Collaborating with others to maximise impact and improve health and wellbeing • Contributing to better practice through research and review • Maintaining a passionate, skilled and qualified workforce

Sustainable

The change we want to see: Our sustainability is based on a healthy culture, improved systems, outcomes and growth How we will do it: • Reviewing and improving processes to ensure long term sustainability • Driving strategic growth and expansion where there are shared benefits to the community and our organisation • Being a socially and environmentally responsible organisation • Creating a work environment that is respectful, inclusive and staff are motivated to perform at their best

To find out more about how we can help you or your family please visit www.bchs.com.au

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