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General disclaimer information

This site contains information, data, documents, pages and images prepared by the NSW Ministry of Health ("the Information") for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales ("the State of New South Wales"). The Information is protected by Crown copyright.

While all reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the Information, the State of New South Wales does not warrant that the Information is free from error or omission.

The Information is made available on the understanding that the State of New South Wales and its employees and agents shall have no liability. This includes liability due to negligence. They are not responsible for any loss, damage, cost or expense that may occur from using or relying on the Information. This applies whether the issue is caused by an error, negligent act, omission or misrepresentation in the Information or otherwise.

The use of this Site is for information purposes. It is not a replacement for medical advice. It is recommended you speak to a health care professional before making decisions based on this information. If you have any concerns about your health, please speak with your doctor or healthcare professional.

Accuracy of information

The Information is considered to be true and correct at the date of publication. However, changes in circumstances after the time of publication may impact on the accuracy of the Information. The Information may change without notice. The State of New South Wales is not in any way liable for the accuracy of any information printed and stored or in any way interpreted and used by a user.

Links to third-party sites

Some of the Information on this site comes from third parties. This content is not endorsed or supported by the State of New South Wales. It does not necessarily reflect any policies, procedures, standard or guidelines of the State of New South Wales.

The State of New South Wales takes no responsibility for the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of any information included in the Information provided by third parties. It takes no responsibility for the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of links or references to information sources (including Internet Sites) outside of the NSW Ministry of Health.

Links to other Internet Sites are not under the control of the State of New South Wales and are provided for information only. Care has been taken in providing these links as suitable reference resources. However, due to the changing nature of the Internet content, it is the responsibility of the users to make their own investigations, decisions, enquiries about the information retrieved from other Internet Sites. Providing these links does not imply any endorsement, non-endorsement, support or commercial gain by the State of New South Wales.

Copyright notice

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General copyright statement

Copyright in the Information which appears in the NSW Challenge to Change® website is subject to the operation of the Copyright Act 1968, vested in the Crown in the right of the State of New South Wales.

Images of people now deceased

While we have made every effort to ensure that only pictures of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders still living are used on this website, visitors to the website are warned that it may contain images of people now deceased. Please let us know if you know of the death of any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person shown on this website.

Exercise disclaimer

Individuals should make sure they receive medical advice based on their personal health. If you haven't been active in a while, or have health conditions or concerns, you should speak with your doctor or healthcare professional first.

Privacy Statement

Why are we collecting your personal information?

The Ministry of Health is collecting your personal information through this website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and managing your personal information in line with:

• Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW)
• Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW)

The purpose of the collection is to enable the delivery of the Challenge to Change program - a free, community-led health and wellbeing program for Aboriginal communities across NSW, supporting local teams to plan and deliver local activities that promote healthier lifestyles.

What personal information do we collect?

We will collect the following information from you:

• name
• email address
• phone number
• Aboriginality (Information about Aboriginality is collected to support culturally appropriate program design and delivery, and is handled with additional protections under NSW privacy legislation.)
• residential postcode

How will we use and disclose this information?

The Ministry of Health will use the personal information we collect about you to:

• Assess your team's suitability for the Challenge to Change program
• Deliver and tailor the Challenge to Change program to your needs
• Monitor your progress and provide support
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the program
• Conduct quality improvements
• Communicate with you about the program, including reminders and updates

We may disclose this information with program delivery partners to support program delivery by posting program delivery resources to you.

Are you required by law to provide us with this information?

Providing us with the requested information is not required by law. However, if you choose not to provide us with the requested information, we may not be able to support your participation in the Challenge to Change program.

Is the information stored securely?

Yes. Information is stored in an appropriately secure way and held by the NSW Ministry in accordance with NSW Health's records management policy and securely deleted once no longer required.

Your record of visitation to the website

When you visit this site, our computers make a record of your visit and log the following information:

• the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the machine which has accessed it
• your top-level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .edu, .au, .uk etc.)
• the address of your server
• the date and time of your visit to the site
• the pages accessed and documents downloaded
• the previous site visited and
• the type of browser and operating system you have used.

No personal identifiers are collected via cookies. We do not use marketing or third-party tracking cookies. Analytics tools are used only to monitor site performance and usage trends in accordance with NSW Government digital policies.

Further information

For more information, refer to the NSW Health Privacy Management Plan.

You have a legal right to access and update your personal and/or health information. For more information about how you can access or amend your personal and/or health information, please contact us at moh-challengetochange@health.nsw.gov.au or at

Last updated: May 2025