Dalwood Child and Family Community Centre Goes Solar Dalwood Child and Family Community
The solar system is designed to power the entire facility during the day and export surplus energy to offset nighttime consumption. With an average daily power usage of 790kWh, the new system is expected to generate over 900kWh per day, covering 114 per cent of the Centre’s electricity needs. This project aligns with NSLHD’s Planetary Health Framework 2024-2027, which aims to increase onsite renewable energy production and electrify facilities. It follows previous successful solar installations at Mona Vale, Brookvale, Hornsby, and Royal North Shore.
Centre has become the latest district facility to embrace planetary health and reduce its carbon footprint. A new 250kW solar PV system will greatly reduce the centre’s reliance on grid power and decrease its carbon footprint. 430 solar panels have been installed on three buildings across the campus. The sustainability journey for Dalwood began in early 2023 when NSLHD, in collaboration with NSW Health, explored the feasibility of integrating solar panels at the centre. Funding was secured from the Health Fund for Energy Efficiency Projects, leading to the successful installation of the solar power system.
Solar panels at Dalwood Community Centre
Pink Ladies donate Diversional Therapy Boxes to Ryde Hospital Ryde Hospital’s Pink Ladies have donated five Diversional therapy boxes to the hospital to aide their dementia and delirium patients. Diversional therapy supports people to improve health and wellbeing through leisure and recreation-based interventions. The diversional therapy boxes were developed as a way to redirect and distract patients. The Pink Ladies were approached hospital. “The Pink Ladies are a fantastic support for Ryde Hospital working tirelessly providing services for patients and families, as well as raising funds to provide much needed resources like the diversional therapy boxes.”
to see if they would be happy to assist with supporting the development of the boxes and they put together five boxes for patients. The Pink Ladies help patients with enquiries about directions within the hospital, fundraising and help staff with some generic administration duties, such as putting admission packs together or placing stickers on boxes. “We have found that these boxes have been a useful practice incorporated in our day-to-day care,” said Rachel Anderson, Operational Nurse Manager, Nursing Administration, Ryde
Pink ladies with the diversion therapy boxes
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NSLHDNEWS | ISSUE 14| 26 JULY 2024
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