IT'S ALL ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS
The principal objective of the Healthy Ageing Partnerships (HAP) is to collaborate and share knowledge on healthy ageing and to provide a forum for members to discuss issues affecting our older population. Its vision is to provide a caring, inclusive and connected place for older people to engage as fully as possible in their health and wellbeing journey.
Positioning the Sunshine Coast as a leading healthy ageing regions nationally will be accomplished by inclusive collaboration of like-minded industry representatives and community organisations working together for the benefit of older persons.
OBJECTIVES OF THE PARTNERSHIPS
Collaborative partnerships aim to promote and share healthy ageing initiatives across the Sunshine Coast region. This is achieved with a clear and shared sense of purpose involving key stakeholders working together towards agreed positive healthy ageing outcomes that extend beyond what individuals, services or organisations can achieve in isolation.
HAP’s main objectives therefore are to:
- Ensure the sustainability of HAP to advocate, strengthen and support a culture of healthy ageing on the Sunshine Coast.
- Identify and support existing, healthy ageing projects and best practice initiatives that focus on strengthening the healthy ageing environment.
- Share information and resources among key stakeholders and older person’s support and community service representatives.
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of HAP to maintain the values and principles of the partnership, meet current goals and objectives and ensure quality outcomes are achieved.
- Encourage key stakeholders and the older people’s support and community service representatives to identify gaps and issues in service delivery
and provide advocacy and support towards achieving more effective outcomes for all older people. - Deliver quality information that is evidenced based, credible, transparent and without personal agenda.
OUR VALUES
HAP follows five guiding values and principles that create an environment that facilitates greater network member engagement and collaboration.
HAP intends to be:
- Responsive and reciprocal: understanding that engagement is a two-way process and appreciating the benefits of mutual learning between HAP members.
- Inclusive: seeking and facilitating the involvement of those who may miss out because of language, culture, gender, socio-economic status, age, ethnicity, sexuality or mobility.
- Impartial and objective: ensuring information is accessible and objective, and to facilitate engagement with all members of the community.
- Open, transparent and trustworthy: providing information in an efficient and timely manner fostering a culture of sharing ideas
- Respect: valuing the contribution of HAP members and input to improve outcomes.
MEMBERSHIP
HAP will operate as a collaborative partnership open to all stakeholders who have an interest, knowledge and/or expertise within the healthy ageing sector, including individuals, community groups, health professionals, businesses, and non-government and government organisations. Membership is open to those who have an interest, knowledge and/or expertise within the healthy ageing sector, including individuals, community groups, health professionals, businesses, and non-government and government organisations who share HAP’s mission, purpose and values.