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Our mission and values

Stride is committed to our purpose of working together for better mental health and wellbeing today and tomorrow.

Our mission

To support people who access services and those who support them to live their best lives. We endeavour to:

  • engage early in care and support
  • with the appropriate service needed
  • led by those who engage our services, those who support them and the community
  • with the right people on our teams and informed by lived experience
  • always being local even though we are national
  • measuring our impact using outcomes and feedback
  • whilst operating sustainably to ensure continuity of service.

We support people of all ages

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All are welcome

Stride continues to expand our impact, delivering a diverse range of mental health and wellbeing services across the country. Last year we helped more than 21,000 people find the support they need.

We help people of all ages improve their wellbeing, from early intervention to complex mental health concerns, through delivery of a range of community mental health services and supports including residential, crisis, psychosocial, and integrated services.

Working alongside you, we’re 100% dedicated to creating and delivering services, which improve the lifelong mental health of children and young people and help people with complex needs live better.

To make sure that we do this every day, we are guided by our values.

Our values

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Dedicated

Specialisation takes commitment. Our clear focus on mental health allows us to live at the side of our consumers, continually delivering to their needs without distraction. When we talk, it’s clear, concise, and always delivered in our authentic, accessible style.

We go further, try harder, and we never give up.

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Outside the box

Be brave. Try something different. Be individual. The way we do things is informed by expertise and backed by research, but the way we engage is fresh and forward-thinking. We encourage new ideas, value creativity, and will never take a one-size-fits-all approach to anything we do.

We work tirelessly and creatively to find the right solution.

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On your side

We deliver the support our consumers need. It’s about being warmly empathetic but sharing hard truths when the time is right – talking with people, not at them. We adapt our communications for our message and audience and never underestimate the complexity of what they’re experiencing.

We are with you every step of the way.

 

Our stories

Inspiring people in their stride

“This is all because of Stride and how they have supported me”

Cassandra, NSW
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“Without headspace Meadowbrook Work and Study program, I wouldn’t have had this opportunity to grow.”

Alex, QLD
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“Stride Hub Springwood helped me, a 66 year old suffering with mental health issues. They provided free courses that really helped get me the help I needed.”

Helen, QLD
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“I can actually have a life now. Before I could never leave the house…”

Bailey, QLD
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“Stride is helping me to live my best life [and] helps me to see my full potential and not just the illness I have.”

Alison, NSW
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“There is a lot more freedom, I can leave when I want to because I’ve always got the key to come back in. [I] can live more independently.”

Brett, QLD
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Help more Australians experience better mental health and wellbeing today and tomorrow

Close to 50% of all Australians aged between 16 and 85 years old have, or will, experience mental health concerns at some point in their life. The demand for mental health services is expected to continue to grow, so we need your help.