Your support contributes to ensuring rural and remote communities have equitable and sustainable access to allied health services.
Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH) is a nationally recognised peak body representing Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) working in rural and remote areas in public, non-government and private service settings. We are the strongest and most vocal supporter for those AHPs working in the most isolated areas of Australia; and the only peak body fully focused on rural and remote allied health across all disciplines.
We invite individuals, private practices, non-profit and government organisations to partner with SARRAH to help shape future policy, and welcome you into our ever expanding network of members and contributors.
Our members include:
- Private and non-profit organisations
- Educational institutions
- Community organisations
- Allied health professionals
- Interested individuals
Individual Full Member Benefits
Individuals who become a member of SARRAH receive the following benefits:
- Access to our online learning program, including access to our self paced Mentoring Course, and complimentary access to Rural and Remote Practice Foundations, for people making the move to rural and remote clinical practice.
- Discounted registration to SARRAH organised events such as the biennial SARRAH Conference.
- Access to the SARRAH Circle, our community platform, where you can stay up to date and access webinars, forums, and recordings.
- Invitations to consult and/or collaborate on aspects of SARRAH’s advocacy and policy initiatives.
- Opportunity to join the Board of Directors, or advisory committees, and contribute to SARRAH’s communication activities and publications.
Corporate Member Benefits
As a member association, SARRAH can help you build workforce and service capacity with access to:- Onboarding, training and education supports for allied health professionals
- Leadership development
- Build team collaboration and culture
- Service development and redesign
Your support helps us improve community access to allied health and health outcomes in rural and remote Australia by enabling SARRAH to:
- deliver landmark projects
- lead innovation in integrating allied health professions, systems and policies
SARRAH Members are eligible for the peer nominated awards below. SARRAH takes great pride in recognising the work and efforts of these devoted members.
- The nominee and the nominator should be SARRAH financial members at the time of nomination.
- Award is open to any individual who operates in any allied health profession in rural and remote Australia classified as per the Modified Monash Model as MM3 – MM7.
- Nominations can be made by anyone, but nominators and nominees should be existing SARRAH members respectively, or become one before nomination.
- Self-nominations by members will not be accepted.
- Nominations must fulfill all the required information and documentation, including corroborated evidence of the contribution being nominated for and signed references from authoritative sources.
- Nominations must be accompanied by a recent, updated CV and a high-resolution, electronic photograph of the nominee that can be used for publicity purposes.
- Nominations must be submitted before or by the stated closing date.
- The board reserves the right to not award a SQUAWK Award in any given year.
- All nominators have to complete and submit a nomination form, attaching all relevant supporting documentation.
The list of suggested documentation to consider and include in the award nomination.
- A cover letter from the nominator clearly stating the name, organisation, and contact details of the nominee and the nominator.
- A statement of the contribution category he/she is being nominated for and why he/she is deserving of the award.
- A description of how the nominee has proven results in the category he/she is being nominated for or how recommendations have been implemented to produce results.
- A description of the nominee’s background, including their career history, achievements, principles, and demonstrated reputation for integrity and ethical behavior.
- A description of how the nominee has demonstrated personal commitment to achieving positive results through consistent and enduring actions including demonstration of a selfless attitude that may have incurred personal cost.
- Demonstration of long-term participation and commitment to the allied health profession and industry as a whole in rural and remote Australia
- Demonstration of ongoing commitment and dedication to raising awareness and an appreciation of allied health professionals and allied health challenges and constraints in rural and remote Australia with a variety of industry stakeholders as well as government and community
- Demonstration of a selfless attitude and fortitude in pursuing causes for the benefit of the future of allied health professionals, the industry, and the communities in rural and remote Australia
- Inclusion of any supplementary information such as recognition and awards already held by the nominee, an endorsement from an organisation or establishment or individual stating the benefits derived from the contribution made by the nominee.
- Supporting documentation to evidence any of the claims stated in the submission.
- Nominations are reviewed for fulfilling all required conditions of entry and then forwarded to the SARRAH CEO in the first instance.
- The SARRAH CEO will refer all accepted nominations to the SARRAH board for consideration.
- Selection and entry decisions are final and remain at the discretion of SARRAH, the board, and any judges or judging panel engaged.
- The SARRAH SQUAWK recipient is determined by a two-thirds majority vote of Board members involved in the award selection process.
- All nominations and matters related to nominees are confidential with only the final decision announced publicly.
- SQUAWK awards are typically awarded to recipients at the SARRAH national conference, Annual General Meeting, or the SARRAH summit.
The SARRAH Honorary Life Member Award is a rare and prestigious honour bestowed on an individual or organisation for their outstanding and exceptional contribution to SARRAH through their leadership, guidance and personal time and cost to further the development, growth and sustainability of SARRAH.
Recipients of the award are members who are leaders in advocating for rural and remote allied health reform who have surpassed expectations and gone above and beyond to support SARRAH membership; providing continuous and exemplary years of service to persistently advance the work SARRAH does in line with achieving its mission and objectives.
- All nominators have to complete and submit a nomination letter, attaching all relevant supporting documentation
- Nominations are reviewed for fulfilling all required conditions of entry and then forwarded to the SARRAH CEO in the first instance
- The SARRAH CEO will refer all accepted nominations to the SARRAH board for consideration
- The SARRAH Honorary Life Member Award recipient is determined by a two-thirds majority vote of Board members involved in the award selection process
- All nominations and matters related to nominees are confidential with only the final decision announced publically
- SARRAH Honorary Life Member awards are typically awarded to recipients at the SARRAH national conference or at the SARRAH summit
- The SARRAH Honorary Life Membership Award is open to any individual who is a registered individual member of SARRAH.
- Nominations can be made by anyone, but nominees must be existing SARRAH members, or become one prior to nomination
- Self-nominations by members will not be accepted
- Nominations must fulfil all the required information and documentation, including corroborated evidence of the contribution being nominated for and signed references from authoritative sources
- Nominations must be accompanied by a recent, updated CV and a high resolution, electronic photograph of the nominee that can be used for publicity purposes
- Nominations may be submitted at any time throughout the year
- Selection and entry decisions are final and remain at the discretion of SARRAH, the board and any judges or judging panel engaged
- The board reserves the right to award none or any amount of SARRAH Honorary Life Member Awards in any given year