Advocacy

Advocating for change.

As part of our mission to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice, we raise a collective voice to speak up for those who may not be heard.

Raising a voice and restoring community

Uniting for a cause.

At Uniting, we come alongside our consumers, striving to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Positive change is possible if we work together. Speaking up and standing as one, we can influence our world and protect our most vulnerable people.

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By delivering a strong consumer voice in our advocacy work, we include:

Your voice

Consumers are heard by decision-makers

Your experience

Our advocacy is based on lived experience.

Your choices

Consumers share in the decision making about our advocacy.

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Over the next 16 days we’re joining the global movement to raise awareness of and take action against gender-based violence as part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign.

Running from the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November through to World Human Rights Day on 10 December, this campaign calls for action against one of the world’s most persistent violations of human rights.

Gender-based violence is a major health and welfare issue in Australia. It is a leading cause of issues that we see across our services such as poverty, homelessness, and physical and mental health problems.

How to get involved

Attend an event.

Find a Walk Against Family Violence in your area.

Hold a local Walk Against Family Violence in your community. Invite people to wear orange and join you to walk in solidarity with victim-survivors of family violence and violence against women. Promote your Walk within your community by using this editable poster

Other ways to promote.

See all the ways you can engage in the 16 Days of Activism campaign, how to talk about it in your community and get access to some great social media tools to promote the campaign yourself

Advocacy in action.

Research and advocacy

Putting evidence to work.

To strengthen community services across Victoria, Uniting has partnered with Swinburne University of Technology.

Professor Erin Wilson has stepped in as the Uniting Kildonan Chair in Community Services Innovation. Based in the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) at Swinburne, Professor Wilson is leading a research program in social innovation and community services.