Mission
Promoting better sleep to optimise health, safety, wellbeing, and performance for all Australians.
Vision
Improving people's lives through better sleep.
Strategic aims and objectives
The Sleep Health Foundation undertakes a range of activities to further the understanding of the importance of sleep and how to improve it at an individual, community and work-place level. At the core of the Foundation is a deep understanding of the need to be guided by those with lived and living experience of inadequate sleep. People with sleep disorders, chronic sleep disturbances, and those working non-standard hours continue to provide insights and advice that shapes the strategic objectives of the SHF.
The SHF aims to be Australia’s most trusted voice for the public and to position ourselves as a key ambassador for sleep health. Our focus is on awareness raising, provision of resources and tools, education, and advocacy to improve lives through better sleep. We believe in dreaming bigger.
We are on a mission to expand our reach and make sleep apriority for everyone. We’re setting our sights high, aiming to transform the way Australians think about sleep health. To do this, we are focused on a few key goals that will help us create a bigger impact.
- Shine a Spotlight on Sleep: We’re working to raise our public profile, ensuring sleep health messages reach more people through our website, social media platforms, and traditional media. We are sparking conversations to inspire change.
- Inspire Action Across Communities: By growing our Speaker Program, we’re connecting with communities, schools, and industries, sparking a nationwide movement towards better sleep health. We are also creating a rich library of high-quality audio-visual resources to complement these in-person sessions, ensuring our sleep health message reaches even further and resonates with every audience. We’re bringing the science of sleep to Australians everywhere, empowering them with the tools to sleep better and live better.
- Make Sleep a National Priority: We’re increasing our reach with our annual Sleep Health Week. We’re working with partners to build our capacity and tailor events and programs across the nation.
- Take a Sleep Pulse Check every year: We’re known for our influential sleep reports and will be producing an annual Sleep in Australia survey.
- Shape Policy for Better Sleep: Through strategic advocacy and lobbying, we’re pushing for healthier sleep to become a central focus of the national agenda, making it a key priority for policymakers. We are seeking action in follow up to the 2023 response to the 2019 Parliamentary Inquiry into Sleep Health Awareness in Australia. Sleep affects more than health and we need a multi-pronged approach.