2015 ANNUAL SUMMARY STRENGTHENING
COMMUNITIES
TOGETHER
2015
OUR IMPACT AT A GLANCE
IMPROVING EARLY
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 4081 CHILDREN SUPPORTED
IMPROVING
LIFE-CHANGING WORK MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO INCREDIBLE SUPPORTERS LIKE YOU!
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
1846 STUDENTS
OUR VISION Every Australian community thrives
Our early childhood initiatives enabled more than 4000 children and their parents and carers to receive free books, resources and support, helping more children to start school ready to thrive.
received mentoring and support to transition from school to work or further study.
WE BELIEVE
BOOKS DELIVERED COLLABORATION
We believe that the postcode people are born in should not determine their destiny; that the causes of entrenched community disadvantage in Australia are complex; and that no single organisation can solve these complex issues alone.
FOR CHANGE
We need to work together to achieve change.
OUR PURPOSE To unite community, business, philanthropy, government, and social purpose organisations in collaborative action to improve education, employment, health and housing outcomes in communities experiencing disadvantage.
$2.74M INVESTED IN COMMUNITIES
an increase of 31% from last year, helping to change thousands of lives.
27
36,770
NEW BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS
contributing unique skills, experience and financial resources to overcome community disadvantage.
+ 5470 HOURS donated by amazing volunteers in support of their local community.
BUSINESS-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS We believe lasting social change cannot be achieved without the business sector. That’s why we support businesscommnunity partnerships with an innovative approach to overcome disadvantage. One example is the Macquarie Park Business-Community Partnership, the first of it’s kind in Australia. In 2015, we worked closely with the community to understand need, then mosbilised our business partners by identifying the skills, resources and capacity they possessed to achieve real change.
7
businesses joined forces to create change
177
Vishaka, VIC
In 2015 Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library delivered 36,770 books across 32 communities, creating well-loved home libraries and building early literacy and language skills. FOR PURPOSE ORGS
PHILANTHROPY
In 2015 we were recognised for our work as a ‘backbone’ organisation in Collective Impact and collaborative initiatives, playing a neutral coordinating role to mobilise and align diverse stakeholders. I’ve never gone for an interview before, so the mock interviews were quite nerve-wracking, but it helped a lot with how to prepare for one and to know what to say.” – Simon, Student, age 16
We are happy, my children are ready (for school) and we have a collection of books on my bookshelf. It’s a really wonderful idea.” —
employees donated their time & skills
UNITED WAY COMMUNITY
GOVT
BUSINESS
THE HIVE MOUNT DRUITT We established The Hive – a team to coordinate our work, a place and a process for working collaboratively. Local people, service providers, government agencies and businesses working together to improve life outcomes for children in Mount Druitt.
OUR FIVE YEAR FOCUS AREAS EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
HEALTH & HOUSING
One in five children start school developmentally vulnerable
Unemployment for 15-24 year olds is double the national average
Building on our success over the past five years we will continue to focus our community impact activity on improving early childhood outcomes for children 0-8 in communities experiencing disadvantage.
We believe that working with schools as community anchor organisations and supporting them to build effective businesscommunity partnerships is key to improving school to work transitions and youth employment for young people in communities experiencing disadvantage.
Our community consultations have revealed housing stability and physical and mental health are key issues
This is a summary of our Annual Report. To view the full version, please visit:
unitedway.com.au
UNITED WAY AUSTRALIA ABN: 60 002 806 21 Email: info@unitedway.com.au | Phone: 1300 780 345 Mail: PO Box Q759, Queen Victoria Building, NSW 1230
We will respond to this through building on our work to: • improve access to affordable, stable housing for people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity • improve the physical and mental health of people in communities experiencing disadvantage.