Australian Unity has a number of community partnerships and sponsorships that underpin its community strategy.
The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index is Australia’s first and foremost guide to wellbeing.
Unlike most traditional indicators such as Gross Domestic Product, population health, literacy and crime statistics, the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index measures the ‘subjective wellbeing’ of the Australian population—it measures how Australians feel about their lives. It is designed to provide insight into the factors and social issues that are impacting on our happiness. It investigates Australians’ satisfaction with their lives across areas such as health, money, relationships, work and much more. It also tracks what Australians think about the state of the nation including their satisfaction with social conditions, the economic situation, the environment, business, national security and government.
Find out more about the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index.
Greatconnections is a not-for-profit organisation that matches semi-retired and retired skilled volunteers with community groups in need of professional help. Australian Unity is the major alliance partner of Greatconnections and supports the activities of the company through cash donations and in-kind support.
Find out more about Greatconnections.
Australian Unity is the proud sponsor of the Australian Unity Learn to Swim program. With the help of our Learn to Swim ambassador, swimming great Hayley Lewis, Australian Unity is working to promote the health benefits of swimming and encourage, train and mentor our future swimming champions. We also provide more than 170 swim schools with kickboards and other equipment.
Find out more about Learn to Swim.
Australian Unity is the official wellbeing sponsor of the Australian Swim Team and the principal partner of the GO CLUB program. Swimming Australia's GO CLUB program and initiatives aim to improve swimming clubs and equip them with the necessary tools and information to ensure the most effective and sound operating environment is provided for members. This includes, for example, education sessions to improve the skills and knowledge of club volunteers who are key contributors to each club's operations.
Find out more about Swimming Australia.
Australian Unity has been the proud wellbeing partner of Bell Shakespeare for the last four years. An important part of this sponsorship involves working with Bell Shakespeare’s education branch - Actors at Work – to deliver numerous interactive theatre workshops to young carers through Carers Australia, indigenous school children at Croc Fest and families at Australian Unity retirement villages.
For more information about Bell Shakespeare.
Several years ago, Australian Unity partnered with Carers Australia to help support some of the issues faced by carers. As a result of this partnership, a special Wellbeing Index was conducted to assess the health and wellbeing of Australian carers. The results were astounding, finding that carers have the lowest wellbeing of any large group in society. In previous years, Australian Unity has also engaged Bell Shakespeare to deliver theatre workshops to young carers. These interactive workshops, specifically designed for young carers between the age of eight and 25 years, are run by Bell Shakespeare’s education program, Actors at Work.
Find out more about Carers Australia.
The Australian Centre for Health Research is a public policy research program that we continue to support after providing seed funding in 2006. The research conducted by the centre evaluates complex health issues and aims to create a better health system for all Australians. Recent research has examined Australian healthcare agreements, evaluated health outcomes in Australia’s health system and proposed changes to the Medicare system to allow for greater consumer choice.
Find out more about the ACHR.