Growing funding and support for research

• Grow our financial capital and reserves.
• Build research capacity through increasing grant value and numbers and support for applicants.
• Develop a fundraising program
  including appointing a fundraising coordinator to manage bequests, donations, government grants and partnerships.
• Establish and nurture corporate sponsorship.
• Create brand collateral to support AVR’s activities.
• Establish a CRM to manage stakeholder communication.

Growing our engagement

• Improve our communication across channels with targeted content.
• Establish new membership categories.
• Report on our successes by publishing stories of grant recipients and member achievements.
• Upskill members on research methodology and writing grant applications.
• Develop and enhance digital interactions for members.
• Grow our engagement with RANZCO fellows.
• Grow our engagement with patients and have an active dialogue with consumers.

Growing our impact and reach

• Establish an engagement plan for stakeholder groups and strategic partners.
• Collaborate on whitepapers and thought leadership articles.
• Dialogue with federal and state bodies and engagement on key issues in alignment with key partners.
• Advocate for evidence- based eye care.
• Collaborate with RANZCO and ANZEF on joint initiatives.
• Support the next generation of eye researchers and, in partnership with RANZCO, clinician scientists.
• Measure and report on the impact of our funding.

Continuous Improvement

Continually improving our governance and sustainability in alignment with best practices:

• Restructure the board to include skills-based non-executive directors.
• Ensure that our financial accounting follows best practice, is up-to-date, reconciled, and able to produce accurate reporting.
• Establish a risk management plan and register to ensure adequate internal controls and risk identification and mitigation.
• Review policies, committee charters and structures every two years.
• Maintain our ASIC, ACNC and Health Promotion Charity registration.