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Annual Report 2019 | 2020 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 | 2020 Caring for our communities for 35 years PURPOSE We create opportunities for people in our communities to live their healthiest lives. ABOUT CONTENTS ACON acknowledges and pays respects to the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we work. Contents 2019/2020 SNAPSHOT ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6 PRESIDENT/CEO MESSAGE ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������8 COVID-19 & CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES ............................................................................................................. 10 HERE FOR 35 YEARS: HOW IT ALL BEGAN ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 12 HERE FOR COMMUNITY: A STORY OF GRIEF, STRUGGLE, STRENGTH AND HOPE ................................................. 15 OUR BOARD ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 18 OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������20 OUR STRATEGIC PLAN �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������22 About ACON FOCUS AREA 1: ENDING HIV TRANSMISSION FOR ALL IN OUR COMMUNITIES 24 HIV PREVENTION �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������26 We are a fiercely proud community organisation. For our entire history, HIV CAMPAIGNS �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������28 the work of ACON has been designed by and for our communities. HIV & SEXUAL HEALTH �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 30 HIV TESTING ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������32 Established in 1985, our early years were defined by community coming together to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in NSW, and we remain FOCUS AREA 2: DELIVERING EXCELLENT, CLIENT-CENTRED CARE AND INNOVATIVE committed to ending HIV for everyone in our communities. We do this by COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMMING 34 delivering campaigns and programs to eliminate new HIV transmissions. Supporting people living with HIV to live healthy and connected lives remains HIV SUPPORT ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������36 core to our work. MENTAL HEALTH ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 38 LGBTQ HEALTH ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 40 As we have grown, we have been proud to work with a diverse range of people ALCOHOL & OTHER DRUGS ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������42 to ensure their voice and health needs are represented in the work we do. DOMESTIC & FAMILY VIOLENCE ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������44 We help our communities take control of their health so they can look after 2019/2020 REPORT ANNUAL ACON themselves as well as their partners, family and friends. We offer a range of FOCUS AREA 3: GIVING VOICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHENING INCLUSION 46 services including sexual health, mental health, alcohol and drugs, safety and POLICY, STRATEGY & RESEARCH ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 48 inclusion, domestic and family violence and ageing. SAFETY & SOCIAL INCLUSION ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 50 We have continued to evolve as an organisation, developing significant new TRANS & GENDER DIVERSE HEALTH �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 52 programs and services to meet the needs of our community, especially in the HEALTHY AGEING �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 54 areas of training, capacity building, cancer prevention, and clinical testing PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 55 and screening services. REGIONAL NSW ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 56 Our head office is in Sydney and we also have offices in regional centres PRIDE INCLUSION PROGRAMS ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 60 across New South Wales. We provide our services and programs locally, state-wide and nationally. FOCUS AREA 4: DEVELOPING FINANCIAL DIVERSITY, STRENGTH AND GROWTH 64 DEVELOPING FINANCIAL DIVERSITY, STRENGTH & GROWTH......................................................................................66 FOCUS AREA 5: BUILDING A WORKPLACE THAT ATTRACTS AND DEVELOPS THE BEST PEOPLE 70 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 72 RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 76 FINANCIALS �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������78 4 5 2019/20202019/2020 SNAPSHOT SNAPSHOT ACON ANNUAL REPORT 2019/2020 REPORT ANNUAL ACON 3.1 million 1.4 million 135,253 5,572 Estimated online media reach ACON campaigns, corporate and social video views Safe sex packs distributed through the year HIV tests across our network 2.7 million 438,533 8,814 3371 Sessions in ACON’s Ending HIV website Digital interactions relating to HIV prevention Counselling occasions of service Free meals served at our weekly across our online network through the year HIV meal service Photography: Steve Christo Steve Photography: 2.1 million 91,000 6,000 156 Users across ACON websites Connections across ACON social media channels Clients across a[TEST] Staff members throughout the year 6 7 ACON President Dr Justin Koonin (left) President/CEO Message and ACON CEO Nicolas Parkhill PRESIDENT/CEO MESSAGE When ACON was established in 1985, it was in response communities. Data from the NSW Ministry of Health showed to a mysterious illness devastating our communities. that, in 2019, there were 282 new HIV diagnoses in NSW, Hysteria, misinformation, fear – it was a time of great a decrease of 12% when compared to the average for the uncertainty and anxiety. same period of the previous five years. Gay men and MSM accounted for 215 diagnoses, a reduction of 15% on the But our communities banded as one to face the crisis head five-year average. on and to provide care and support to those impacted by HIV and dying from AIDS. With unity and cooperation, These outcomes show that our collective efforts to reduce knowledge and information, strength and resilience, we HIV transmissions across the state continue to work. The carried on and we sustained. We did it together. use of HIV prevention strategies such as PrEP, condoms and Undetectable Viral Load, combined with frequent HIV testing Today, as we mark our 35th year, we find ourselves in and earlier uptake of treatment, have proven to be effective the grip of another virus and again, our world is forever methods in reducing the spread of HIV. It’s important that changed. And just as our communities came together we maintain this momentum. when HIV/AIDS first hit in the 1980s, so too have people today united in the fight against COVID-19. However, we are acutely aware of the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV notifications. Research The coronavirus pandemic has brought with it massive shows that sexual activity among gay men and other men disruptions and immense challenges to our daily lives. who have sex with men declined sharply at the height of But throughout it all, we have been heartened to see the the lockdown due to social distancing and public health displays of care and compassion in our communities. restrictions. At the same time, there was also a drop in PrEP use.
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