Healthway funds activities related to the promotion of good health in general, with particular emphasis on young people.

The Act defines the objects, functions and powers of Healthway and establishes a skills-based Board of Management. Healthway’s role defined in the Act, is to “promote and facilitate in Western Australia good health and activities which encourage healthy lifestyles.”

Healthway’s role is:

To fund activities related to the promotion of good health in general with particular emphasis on young people;
To support sporting and arts activities which encourage healthy lifestyles and advance health promotion programmes;
To provide grants to organisations engaged in health promotion programmes;
To fund research relevant to health promotion;
To evaluate and report on the effectiveness of the performance of the Foundation in achieving health promotion activities.