Home Economics Victoria is a not-for-profit charitable institution in the form of a Public Company Limited by Guarantee. Since 1958 our organisation has supported educators in empowering young people to live sustainably and take responsibility for their own physical, mental and social wellbeing.
Our purpose is to promote skills for life to achieve optimal and sustainable wellbeing for individuals, families and communities. By promoting wellbeing encompassing health, we aim to prevent and/or control disease such as obesity and type 2 diabetes by providing teachers, students, parents and wider school communities with education and information.
Our purpose is underpinned by our values and we believe ...
- It is important for individuals to be empowered to make healthy choices and take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing
- In the importance of developing resources such as food, nutrition and health knowledge and managing resources such as time, money and energy
- Individuals must have practical opportunities to utilise theoretical knowledge and make informed decisions as a means of developing essential life skills. Many young people do not receive such opportunities at home to develop practical skills (cooking; food and nutritional literacy; health and lifestyle choices), risk-management skills and strategies for managing their own wellbeing
- Home economics education facilitates the development of knowledge and skills to assist with the development of independent, resourceful consumer citizens capable of making informed decisions and establishing work/life balance.We believe this is achievable by engaging and educating young people in a variety of home economics contexts such as food; nutrition and health, consumerism and resource management; human development and family studies.
We achieve our purpose via our objectives which are to ...
- Provide quality professional learning and accredited training;
- Provide information and support through resources, publications, advocacy and consultancy;
- Support research and development including the provision of awards and scholarships;
- Work in partnership with relevant education bodies, government departments, organisations and industry