Our Commitment to Reconciliation

Vision for reconciliation

Our vision for reconciliation is an Australia where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience equitable health and social outcomes.

We hope to be part of a society that values, recognises, and celebrates First Peoples cultures and heritage.

Our actions

It is important that we take meaningful action to achieve reconciliation. For AccessHC, this includes:

• Removing barriers to services, employment, and volunteering opportunities for First Peoples. 
• Sharing truths about our organisation, the colonial systems in which our services were established and continue to operate, and how that impacts First Peoples today.
• Building an organisation that First Peoples feel is culturally safe and affirming.

Our commitments

To achieve these actions, we commit to:

• Truth telling and truth listening 
• Supporting Treaty and self-determination 
• Building relationships of trust and respect 
• Listening and responding to First Peoples 
• Valuing First People’s culture, identity, and ways of being and doing 
• Critical reflection and learning  
• Removing barriers to health and equity 
• Sharing learnings across our teams internally

Self determination

At AccessHC, we value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander self-determination. This means:

• We take the time to build relationships with, and have conversations with First Peoples. We are part of, and learn from First Peoples ways of knowing, being and doing.
• We have, and will continue to, change our services to better meet the needs of mob.We have conversations with our staff to build more understanding of First Peoples—including their Elders, Country, histories, cultures, languages and identities.
• We recognise that we all have a role in creating health and social equity for all First Peoples — in the present day, and into the future.