2015ANNUAL SUMMARY

STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES

TOGETHER

employees donated their time & skills

IMPROVING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

IMPROVING EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

WE BELIEVE 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.

We need to work together to achieve change.

OUR VISION Every Australian community thrives

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.

2015

an increase of 31% from last year, helping to change thousands of lives.

1846 STUDENTS

$2.74MINVESTED IN COMMUNITIES

LIFE-CHANGING WORK MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO INCREDIBLE SUPPORTERS LIKE YOU!

donated by amazing volunteers in support of their local community.

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

OUR IMPACT AT A GLANCE

received mentoring and support to transition from school to work or further study.

+5470 HOURS

4081 CHILDREN SUPPORTED

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.

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.

BOOKS DELIVERED

36,770

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.”— Vishaka, VIC

UNITED WAY

COLLABORATION FOR CHANGE

We established The Hive – a team to coordinate our work, a place and a process for working collaboratively.

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.

We believe lasting social change cannot be achieved without the business sector. That’s why we support business-commnunity 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.

BUSINESS-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

THE HIVE MOUNT DRUITT

7 businesses joined forces to create change 177

Local people, service providers, government agencies and businesses working together to improve life outcomes for children in Mount Druitt.

COMMUNITY BUSINESS

FOR PURPOSE

ORGSPHILANTHROPY

27 NEW BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS

contributing unique skills, experience and financial resources to overcome community disadvantage.

GOVT

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

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OUR FIVE YEAR FOCUS AREAS

One in five children start school developmentally vulnerableBuilding 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.

Our community consultations have revealed housing stability and physical and mental health are key issuesWe 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.

Unemployment for 15-24 year olds is double the national averageWe believe that working with schools as community anchor organisations and supporting them to build effective business-community partnerships is key to improving school to work transitions and youth employment for young people in communities experiencing disadvantage.

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

HEALTH & HOUSING