Join our free information sessions during Get Online Week
Health Consumers Queensland (HCQ) is proud to support Get Online Week, an initiative of Good Things Foundation to encourage free events across the country between 14-20 October 2024.
As this coincides with National Carers Week, HCQ will host fun, user-friendly interactive information sessions for consumers and carers to discover the benefits of getting online to find helpful information, connect with key health services that are important for carers, and learn from other carers who will share their experiences and tips.
Getting online to find the help you need can be daunting but HCQ is here to help and, joined by carers from our member network, we will host 2 sessions online which carers and consumers from anywhere in Queensland are welcome to attend.
HCQ will host one session live from Ipswich Central Library on 15 October 10.30am to 11.30am, and community ‘hubs’ will link in from Tully Support Centre, East Creek Community Centre in Toowoomba, and Bundaberg Library. If you would like to join from one of these hubs, contact the HCQ team and we can connect you with your local Get Online Week community hosts!
OUR HOSTS
Chanelle Moar and Heidi Jones from HCQ will co-host the sessions with carer representatives Georgia Railton-Stewart and Carol Mock from HCQ’s own member network who have years of experience with the health system between them to share with helpful tips, tools, and resources.
Above, from left: Chanelle Moar, HCQ Senior Engagement Advisor and Heidi Jones, HCQ Engagement Officer
The information sessions will be fun, user-friendly and interactive to encourage all participants to ‘have-a-go’. The sessions will help attendees to:
- find and access health information and resources important to them
- use online tools to connect with others
- understand their healthcare rights, and
- discover how consumers are sharing their own experiences with the health system to influence change and improve services for all Queenslanders.
Do you have a question about getting online for our session hosts? Submit your question ahead of the session when you register.
ONLINE INFORMATION SESSIONS
15 October 2024 10.30am-11.30am online via Zoom or from Ipswich, Tully, Toowoomba and Bundaberg community host hubs – contact us for details
Register to attend this session
16 October 2024 10.30am-11.30am online via Zoom
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Contact us for further information
Please contact the HCQ engagement team at info@hcq.org.au