Injury Matters aims to prevent and reduce the impact of injury within the Western Australian community.
We work to have a positive impact on the community as a quality, sustainable organisation committed to creating safer people and places. We work to raise awareness of injury by providing training, advocacy, and support for those affected by the impact of injury.
Given the breadth and diversity of injury in WA, we work across a range of current and emerging injury priority areas affecting the community. This has included falls, trauma recovery, community violence, substance-related harm, and safety promotion. We influence, empower and collaborate with people, agencies, communities and governments for positive injury outcomes.
· Safer people and places
Our Purpose
· To prevent and reduce the impact of injury and support those affected
Our Values
1. Knowledge through diversity of people and skills
2. Genuine in our intent to have a positive impact
3. Inquisitive and brave to innovate
4. Working with purpose and empathy to achieve better outcomes for people
5. Considered in our approach through evidence and experience
Our Programs
Injury Matters currently delivers three flagship programs that aim to prevent injury and support recovery:
Stay On Your Feet® is WA’s leading falls prevention program for older adults living in the Western Australian community, which aims to reduce falls and fall related injuries while encouraging confidence in independent living. The Stay On Your Feet® Move Improve Remove campaigns provide information, resources, and education to community members, health professionals and community workers on how to keep active and alert to prevent slips, trips and falls.
Road Trauma Support WA is a state wide service assisting anyone affected by road trauma, regardless of when the incident occurred, or what level of involvement the person had. We provide information, support, resources, and specialised trauma counselling to anyone who has been injured, involved in, witnessed, or lost someone in a road crash. We also provide workshops on grief, loss, trauma and self-care strategies to organisations and individuals exposed to trauma as part of their work.
Know Injury is a state-wide program which aims to enhance the capacity of injury prevention and safety promotion practitioners and organisations to deliver quality injury prevention activities. Through the Know, Learn, Connect approach, we provide training, resources, and networking opportunities to increase knowledge and skills needed to prevent and reduce of the impact of injury in Western Australia.
