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.
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 Great Australia Day Swim
Australian Unity is the principal partner of the Australian Unity Great Australia Day Swim. Held annually at the Middle Brighton Pier and Marina in Melbourne, this community event is a fun day for the whole family. The event also raises money for Les Twentyman's 20th Man charity and local Bayside children's charity, Bayciss.
Find out more about the Australian Unity Great Australia Day Swim.
Australian Unity has been the proud wellbeing partner of Bell Shakespeare for the last five 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 the community, residents and families at Australian Unity retirement villages.
Find out more information about Bell Shakespeare.
Australian Unity has been the proud wellbeing partner of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra for the last two years. Through the partnership, Australian Unity helps to share the love and appreciation of music with the community, residents and the families at Australian Unity retirement villages.
Find out more information about the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.
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.
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.
