Partnerships
Partnership is powerful
Expertise, leadership, and funding builds a community that makes the lives of Australians with disability better.
Make lives better
Partnering with us means that we can all do bigger, more complex things together by learning from each other, sharing ambitious goals, and creating positive impact. We welcome partnership proposals from organisations and individuals, particularly people with disability.
As an intermediary, The Achieve Foundation sits at the intersection of research, policy, practice, and lived experience — connecting the people and organisations who share a commitment to making inclusion a reality for all Australians with disability. We work alongside funding partners who want to invest in meaningful change, researchers who are generating the evidence base for inclusive practice, government agencies shaping the systems and policies that affect people's lives, and implementers on the ground turning ideas into action.
Most importantly, everything we do is grounded in the perspectives of people with disability and their communities, whose voices are central to and embedded in the work.
If you see yourself anywhere in this ecosystem, we'd love to hear from you.
Partnering to build knowledge
TAF is partnering with Professor Phillippa Carnemolla and the UTS Disability Research Network to understand how people living in Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) experience their home, neighbourhood, and community.
The first phase of this research analysed the types and supply of SDA in NSW: Specialist Disability Accommodation in NSW: Analysis of the National Disability Insurance Agency SDA-enrolled Dwelling Dataset.
The second phase explores the diversity of local spaces and places in SDA residents’ daily lives. A series of planned papers addressing ‘what makes a good day in SDA’ will benefit SDA residents, SDA providers, academics, and potential investors in disability housing.
Partnering to create employment pathways
TAF is partnering with the Paul Ramsay Foundation to form pathways to open, secure, and meaningful jobs in human services for young people with disability.
The Disability Employment Catalyst (DEC) uses a scalable approach to provide targeted support across the recruitment cycle. The ‘Identify-Train-Place with Support’ model is informed by lived experience leadership and the expertise of employers in the disability service sector.
In 2025, DEC launched a new disability employment initiative, Rocket Careers. Rocket Careers connects skilled job seekers with disability to inclusive employers across the disability and care sectors.
Partnering to grow disability philanthropy
TAF partnered with Deloitte Access Economics to develop a business case for how philanthropy can contribute to disability inclusion. TAF commissioned this work to create an argument for investment that can be shared with the disability community, philanthropic advisors, and philanthropists.
‘The case for philanthropy in disability’ report found that disability inclusion could realise an additional $84bn annually in Australia. There is a clear case for philanthropists to address social inclusion. In 2017-18, just 4.3% of philanthropic grant funding was allocated to people with disability, despite approximately 18% of Australians having a disability.
TAF welcomes conversations with donors, investors, and partners in projects aligned with our mission to:
· be disability-led
· be grounded in a social, rights-based model of disability,
· remove barriers to inclusion through philanthropy and investment.
