Partner With Us to Encourage Timely Childhood Immunisations
The annual Immunisation Bike Competition is back this year to help increase childhood immunisation rates in Western Sydney. To incentivise families to immunise their children on time, every child who receives their 12-month, 18-month or four-year-old immunisation from a participating practice can enter a prize draw to win a bike and helmet. During the last […]
Celebrating Healthy Children in Western Sydney
Our annual Immunisation Bike Competition began in 2011 to incentivise parents to immunise their children on time and improve childhood immunisation rates in Western Sydney. We would like to thank the 110 general practices which partnered with us in our latest campaign period (1 October 2023 to 31 January 2024), especially to the following practices […]
Encouraging Childhood Immunisation in Western Sydney and CALD Communities
Our annual Immunisation Bike Competition has officially started. This year, WentWest is celebrating eleven years of running the Immunisation Bike Competition in Western Sydney. Since the annual competition was developed in 2011, there have been 16,422 children immunised through the competition. How Practices Can Get Involved Every child who receives their 12-month, 18-month or four-year-old […]
A Decade of the Immunisation Bike Competition
Thursday 30 June 2022 We are delighted to announce that 2022 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Immunisation Bike Competition in Western Sydney. We would like to extend a big thank you to all the practices who have partnered with WentWest over the years to help promote childhood immunisation to the parents of 12-month, […]
EOIs now open for Immunisation Bike Competition
This year, WentWest is celebrating ten years of running the Immunisation Bike Competition in Western Sydney. Since 2011, WentWest has partnered with local general practices to promote childhood immunisation, vaccinating 16,422 children in the past decade. By taking part, practices help protect children and the wider community from serious diseases that can cause ongoing health […]
Immunisation Bike Competition – There’s Still Time to Register
Western Sydney has continually had a very low rate of immunisation in children under five years old[1] and we need to continue to educate parents and carers about the importance of maintaining up-to-date, routine vaccinations whilst providing reassurance that health care services are safe, even during COVID-19. Our annual Immunisation Bike Competition is underway and […]
Immunise for a Healthier Future and Register Your Practice
Our annual Immunisation Bike Competition launches on Thursday 1 October this year, and offers a fantastic opportunity for general practices to be a part of this nationally acclaimed initiative. Practices are asked to encourage parents to bring in their children on time for vaccinations, even during COVID-19. Immunisation is a simple, safe and effective way […]