Partner with us
Supporting us helps millions of Australians
When you’re talking about a group of chronic diseases that affect millions of Australians from toddlers, to professionals and parents in their prime, to older Australians, it makes sense that your organisation, including many of its employees and clients, will have a personal connection to arthritis. In fact, a recent YouGov poll found two-thirds of Australians have a connection to arthritis. Which is why including it in your philanthropic plan makes sense.
Forward-thinking businesses have the power to make change. By partnering with Arthritis Australia, your organisation can make a meaningful, measurable difference for Australians with arthritis, while delivering real value to your brand, your people, and your customers.
Why partner with Arthritis Australia?
Arthritis Australia has been the national peak body for arthritis for more than 75 years. We’re a trusted voice in Australian health, with a national reach into the arthritis community.
When you partner with us, you align your brand with a cause that touches almost every Australian family. The benefits go far beyond corporate social responsibility:
- Make a tangible impact on the lives of Australians living with arthritis
- Strengthen your brand by aligning with a trusted, long-established Australian health charity
- Engage and inspire your employees through purpose-driven programs and shared values
- Demonstrate your commitment to your Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental, Social and Governance, and community investment goals
- Reach new audiences through our national network of supporters
Ways to partner
Every business is different, and so is every partnership. We work closely with you to understand your goals, your people, and your industry, then design a partnership that delivers genuine value.
Cause-related marketing
Align a product, service, or campaign with Arthritis Australia and donate a percentage of sales or a fixed amount per transaction. Cause-related marketing campaigns are a powerful way to engage customers, drive sales, and create measurable impact, all while building meaningful brand association.
Strategic philanthropy and major giving
Make a significant financial contribution to support a specific area of our work, such as a research project, a clinical fellowship, or a national support program. Strategic gifts can be one-off, multi-year, or structured.
Matched campaign giving
Support one of our online fundraising campaigns with a matched giving period – electing for a specific amount and period of time where public donations are matched by your company, providing a visible online presence in the campaign for your brand.
Workplace giving and matched giving
Make it easy for your employees to support arthritis research and support through regular pre-tax payroll donations. By matching employee contributions, you can effectively double the impact at minimal cost to your business, while boosting staff engagement and retention. See more here
Employee fundraising and team challenges
Get your team involved through workplace fundraisers, sporting challenges, awareness days, or team events. We provide everything you need, from a fundraising platform to ongoing support, to help your people raise meaningful funds and rally around a shared purpose.
Pro bono and in-kind support
Contribute your organisation’s specialist skills, services, or goods. Pro bono support helps us reduce costs and direct more resources to the people who need them. In-kind donations such as venues, products, or services can also have a major impact.
Accessible Design
Arthritis Australia’s Accessible Design Division works with manufacturers, designers, industry bodies and health organisations to make everyday products easier and safer to use. When products are designed with accessibility in mind, they do not just support people living with arthritis; they work better for everyone.
Partnership benefits
The impact of your partnership
Your partnership directly funds the work that matters most to people living with arthritis:
- Research: we fund between $600k-$1 million in arthritis research grants every year, supporting Australia’s leading scientists and clinicians
- Online resources: our trusted arthritis consumer information reaches hundreds of thousands of Australians each year
- Advocacy: we represent the arthritis community to the Federal government, pushing for better care and better outcomes
- Awareness: we work to ensure all Australians understand that arthritis can affect anyone, at any age
We provide reporting on how partnership funds are used and the difference they make, so you can communicate your impact to your team, your customers, and your stakeholders with confidence.
Our corporate supporters and funding partners
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Corportate suppoters
Our corporate supporters recognise our important work to improve the lives of Australians living with arthritis. Companies or brands that carry the “Providing support to Arthritis Australia” logo on their products and marketing material are recognised as corporate supporters who generously sponsor Arthritis Australia and its activities.
We would like to thank our corporate supporters for their ongoing support and enthusiasm to help reach our vision of freedom from arthritis.
Arthritis Australia works with a range of Supporters to provide quality resources and programs to the Australian arthritis community.
Adjusta
Adjusta launched its corporate partnership with Arthritis Australia in 2019 and is committed to supporting the Arthritis community. Adjusta Mattress sells adjustable massage mattresses for the home, boats & caravans. Sleep health is the foundation behind Adjusta’s vision and core values. The company aims to improve the quality of life for individuals who experience a range of health conditions as well as those who experience poor sleep health through their mattresses unique designs when at home, travelling on the road or at sea.
The ‘Providing support to Arthritis Australia’ logo is displayed on product’s and marketing material of brands or companies that are corporate supporters in recognition of their financial support and furtherance of our common goal to improve the lives of Australian’s living with arthritis.
It’s their way of showing they support you.
Corporate supporters of Arthritis Australia provide financial support to the organisation, but we do not endorse the company, brand or product as being beneficial to treat, manage or cure any arthritis condition. Arthritis Australia has not tested or assessed the effectiveness or suitability of the products for arthritis consumers. Consumers should consider if the products are appropriate for their personal circumstances and should always discuss their use of these products with their GP or other appropriate health professional to ensure it is right for them. All consumer health information is independent from influence from corporate supporters.
Our program was set up in consultation with the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), due to the term arthritis being a restricted representation and Arthritis Australia being a patient health organisation. The TGA were supportive of us receiving vital funding through corporate supporters, and published the Therapeutic Goods ‘Restricted Representations—Patient Health Organisations Permission 2021’ (issues 12 May 2021) to allow this (to read more visit https://www.tga.gov.au/advert-exempt/therapeutic-goods-restricted-representations-patient-health-organisations-permission-2021). To align with this permission, all corporate supporters that have products that are therapeutic in nature, must not imply their supporter status is an endorsement of the therapeutic use of the therapeutic goods, but instead an endorsement based on valuable consideration. Our logo ‘Providing support to Arthritis Australia’ as been approved by the TGA and reflects this permission.