Our current strategic community investment partners echo the Optus values and enhance the communities we live and work in.

Our national partnerships with Kids Helpline, The Smith Family, and the Australian Wildlife Conservancy continue to thrive as we collaborate on many key initiatives aimed at achieving long-term positive social and environmental outcomes.

Through workplace giving contributions, fundraising events and awareness activities, we are proud to continue providing our deep and involved support to our strategic community partners.

Erase Cyberbullying Campaign

Advances in technology, social media and telecommunications have made communications seamless and more convenient than ever before. However through their misuse, issues have arisen in the forms of sexting, cyber bullying/bullying and Cyber-safety.

In 2011, Kids Helpline and Optus joined forces to help schools around Australia tackle cyber safety by launching a new education pack. Over 10,000 schools in Australia were sent a direct mail pack containing a USB stick with lesson plans and DVDs covering the aforementioned key issues reaching over 3.5 million students. To help promote this initiative, Vanessa Amorosi joined Kids Helpline and Optus to by visiting schools and reaching out to children through her past experiences as a victim of bullying. 2012 will see Kids Helpline and Optus continuing this partnership as they take it to the next level to engage parents, teacher and youth through further educational programs.

These resources along with a wealth of other information is available at www.kidshelp.com.au