Reconciliation Action Plan

Our Vision for Reconciliation

Our vision for reconciliation is to contribute positively to the lives of Australia’s First Peoples. We intend to do this by providing services and supports that are culturally safe and appropriate, driven by best practices, collaboration, and consultation with First Nations employees and Elders within the communities we serve. We will support our employees to deliver on this and we will ensure a positive work environment that is culturally inclusive for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Our Reconciliation Action Plan

This Innovate RAP will provide Suncare with a framework to embed a strong approach towards advancing reconciliation internally and within the organisation’s sphere of influence. It focuses on implementing strategies and working towards defined measurable targets and goals. Suncare has committed to embed reconciliation initiatives into our planning and reporting structures to ensure it becomes “business as usual”.

Our Focus Areas include:

  • Building and maintaining relationships with mutual respect and understanding with our First Nations Peoples and communities. We will build genuine dialogue within Suncare and with our community Elders, service providers and our local customer groups.
  • Demonstrating respect for culture and providing safe spaces to meet and connect.
  • Seeking to create new opportunities for recruitment and training of First Nations workers and First Nations Procurement as a means of enhancing our service and supporting and strengthening the capacity of communities.
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Our RAP Artwork - Our Caring Heart

Suncare is a special place. Caring is at the heart of who we are. At the centre of everything we do. We are a welcoming place where everyone can feel at home.
Our caring heart never stops beating; making people’s lives better from Rockhampton to the Gold Coast for over 50 years. Our deep connections to the communities we serve can only grow stronger when our commitment to First Nations people is strengthened, too.
This means creating pathways for employment, training our teams, and improving engagement. It means bringing all our people along on our reconciliation journey.
By listening to and learning from First Nations voices and perspectives, we can create opportunities for authentic, lasting change. Change that will ripple through our teams and communities and be felt by future generations.

Our Caring Heart

The artwork concept and narrative were developed by David Williams.
David is a proud Wakka Wakka artist at Gilimbaa.

Artwork Symbolism

 

We worked closely with Gilimbaa to ensure that our artwork symbolises our reconciliation journey and ongoing listening and learning, as well as the values and genuine care that makes us who we are.

Your voice can make a difference

We are always learning how we can better support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. If you’d like to share ways we can do this and/or ways we can improve – please reach out. 

We believe that all Australians will be enriched by acknowledging, celebrating, and preserving the unique culture, language and identities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities.