Vision 2020 Australia is the national peak body for eye health and vision care.
Our mission is to prevent avoidable vision loss and improve opportunities and outcomes for people living with blindness or low vision. We do this by working to ensure that eye health and vision care remains high on the health, disability and international development agendas of Australian governments.
Vision 2020 Australia works with member organisations, governments and other relevant stakeholders to develop effective policy solutions focused on improving eye health and vision.
Our member organisations have the knowledge and expertise to identify the crucial issues that need to be addressed for improved eye health outcomes and come together through Vision 2020 Australia to speak with a united voice.
We advocate
We articulate and reflect our sector’s views and, with the aim of improving equity and participation:
- We influence, through proactive policy development and problem solving
- We leverage government, and public and private sectors
- We walk with, and are led by the priorities of, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples organisations and communities
- We are guided by people with lived experience.
In our advocacy, we acknowledge Australia as an international leader in eye health, and therefore:
- We collaborate with our members and work in partnership with international aid entities to ensure vision and eye health matters are advanced in the international arena
- We leverage the Australian government’s international support for vision issues
- We provide a forum for collaboration and information exchange for the benefit of our members and all Australians.
We build awareness
We communicate with the aim of increasing eye health and vision care knowledge in all related sectors, as well as the general public:
- We make issues relating to eye health visible to varied audiences
- We generate and aggregate evidence on eye health and vision care
- We highlight areas for improvement in services and participation for people who are blind or have low vision.
In our awareness building, we do so in ways that:
- Capture multiple perspectives, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples voices and those with lived experience of blindness and low vision
- Engage with, and build on, the successful communications and activities of our members.