About HAP

Partnerships for positive change

HAP brings people and organisations together to share knowledge about healthy ageing, and gives older people on the Sunshine Coast a caring, inclusive and connected place to take charge of their health and wellbeing.

Our purpose

Helping the Sunshine Coast lead the way in healthy ageing

We believe the Sunshine Coast can be one of Australia’s leading regions for healthy ageing. Getting there takes inclusive collaboration – community organisations, health and care providers, government and older people themselves working together for the benefit of older people.

Our partners share a clear purpose: to achieve healthy ageing outcomes that go beyond what any individual, service or organisation could achieve alone.

What we do

Our objectives

Advocate

Strengthen and support a culture of healthy ageing on the Sunshine Coast, and speak up about gaps and issues in services for older people.

Inform

Share information and resources that are evidence-based, credible and transparent – with no personal agenda.

Connect

Identify and support healthy ageing projects and best-practice initiatives, and help partners work together on them.

We also regularly review how HAP is working, so the partnership stays true to its values and keeps delivering quality outcomes.

Our values

Five principles that guide us

HAP’s values help create an environment where partners and the community can engage and collaborate.

Responsive and reciprocal

Engagement is a two-way process, and we value the mutual learning that happens between partners.

Inclusive

We seek out and support people who might otherwise miss out because of language, culture, gender, income, age, ethnicity, sexuality or mobility.

Impartial and objective

Information is accessible and objective, so everyone in the community can take part.

Open, transparent and trustworthy

We share information in a timely way and encourage a culture of sharing ideas.

Respectful

We value every member’s contribution and the difference it makes.

Get involved

Organisations can join HAP as a partner, and everyone is welcome to sign up for our free newsletter and come along to our events.