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Research + Reports

Through partnerships with academics and research institutes, Anglicare WA is engaged in and supports high quality research to inform service delivery and contribute to policy solutions.

Visit our Innovation page to learn about Anglicare WA service trials

Poverty and Mental Health: Reducing Systemic Harm to Improve Wellbeing

Joint Anglicare WA and WA Association for Mental Health paper which examines the link between mental health and poverty and proposes ways to achieve economic and social justice.

WA Housing Future Fund

We have this moment in time to think beyond the current government investments in social housing and create a long-term mechanism to ensure supply of social and affordable housing for the benefit of the Western Australian community well into the future. The proposed WA Housing Future Fund model would set aside $1 billion of the state’s surplus in perpetuity, with annual returns on the fund forming a long-term funding pipeline for new social and affordable housing supply. View the WA Housing Future Fund Snapshot

Rental Affordability Snapshot

Annual report which shows how the WA rental market is changing and the implications for Western Australians living on low incomes.
Click to read 2025 Rental Affordability Snapshot

2024 Jobs Availability Snapshot

Anglicare Australia report examining what the labour market is like for those who lack qualifications, experience, or other employment barriers.

Reducing Poverty and Improving Child Development in WA

Joint Anglicare WA and Ngala paper which highlights the impact of poverty on child development and proposes policy and practice solutions. Reducing Poverty and Improving Child Development in WA - Snapshot

100 Families WA

Findings from a multiple-agency collaborative action research project examining the the issues faced by people living in entrenched disadvantage.

Mental Health of Children Exposed to Domestic and Family Violence

A UWA retrospective cohort study which uses police and health records to identify the mental health outcomes for children exposed to DFV in Western Australia.

Current research projects and partnerships

Young Women's Voices

Young Women's Voices (YWV) aims to document young women’s experiences of the youth justice ecosystem across Australia. The project will use an innovative ‘sensemaker’ methodology, involving young women in co-designing the study and interpreting the results. Learn more here.

Life Course Centre

The Life Course Centre is a national research centre investigating the ways in which deep and persistent disadvantage endures within families and across generations. Learn more here.

Frameworks

Recovery Framework

We aim to align our practice, service delivery and overall organisational culture with the principles of recovery. This Framework applies to and guides all staff, volunteers, students, leaders and the Board in how to embed recovery-oriented practices through all the work we do.