HWEI Survey

HWEI Survey: Gain Insights to Shape Your Inclusion Strategy

The HWEI Survey is a crucial resource for health, wellbeing, and human service organisations looking to assess their LGBTQ+ workforce inclusion and service provision. This survey provides deep insights into the experiences of both LGBTQ+ employees and the clients, patients, and communities they serve.

Organisations can evaluate cultural safety, access to services, and inclusion efforts, allowing them to identify barriers, inform training, and improve policies. The survey results complement the HWEI Submission, offering data-driven recommendations to create safer and more inclusive workplaces and services.

Leverage the HWEI National Survey to drive meaningful change in LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing inclusion.

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What is the HWEI Survey?

The HWEI National Survey offers your organisation the opportunity to:

• Gather essential insights into the experiences and perceptions of employees, patients, and service users regarding LGBTQ+ inclusion in health and wellbeing services.
• Compare your results with national data from other participating organisations.
• Use these insights to refine and strengthen your LGBTQ+ inclusion strategies in healthcare and human services.

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Who Can Participate?

The Health + Wellbeing Equality Index (HWEI) is open to all organisations.

Participation is included as part of Pride in Health + Wellbeing membership benefits.

Non-member organisations are required to pay a participation fee to cover the costs associated with development, administration, assessment, data analysis, and reporting. 

Pride in Health + Wellbeing also offers a ‘Digital and Index Participation (Lite)‘ membership tier for organisations that only wish to participate in the HWEI Submission process, the HWEI Employee Survey, or both. This membership covers the costs associated with participation, and also includes access to selected member-only publications, factsheets, video resources, and an LGBTQ+ inclusion eLearning module. 

As the HWEI Employee Survey is designed to measure the impact of LGBTQ+ inclusion initiatives within participating organisations, non-member organisations wishing to participate in the survey must also complete a Foundation-level submission or hold a current Bronze Tier status. 

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How to Get Started

Participating in the HWEI National Survey is simple and involves four key steps:

1. Request Your Unique Link
   Submit a request for your unique survey link and receive a comprehensive participation pack.
2. Obtain Organisational Approval
   Ensure your organisation is on board with participating in the survey.
3. Plan Your Communications Strategy
   Develop an internal plan to effectively promote the survey to employees, patients, and service users.
4. Share Your Link
   Distribute the unique link across your organisation to employees, clients, and key stakeholders.

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Want to Know More?

Visit the Survey FAQs page for detailed answers to common questions and further information about the survey process.

Have questions? Contact us at hwei@acon.org.au or call (02) 9206 2139.