About
Who we are
We’re Australia’s leading not-for-profit organisation delivering support to first responders and their families.
Why we
exist
First responders protect and care for our communities. The work they do is vitally important, and is also often confronting, traumatic, and dangerous. This leads to higher rates of psychological distress and mental health conditions in the first responder community as well as spillover stress suffered by first responders’ families.
First responder wellness is as the heart of all we do, because first responders shouldn’t have to hurt from helping us.
Our
Services
We provide an integrated range of confidential services tailored to each first responder and their family to promote resilience and to transform struggle into strength.
Our services for first responders and their families include:
Our
Expertise
Online resources for resilience tips and tools for first responders and their families
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How we’re
Different
We know prevention can be more powerful than cure
We reinforce resilience to boost mental health and wellbeing in the face of tough conditions with our focus on early intervention. This not only lessens the impacts of any existing trauma — it can prevent issues from occurring in the first place.
We balance science and heart
Every service we provide brings together the latest research with the genuine care of lived experience, with many members of our team having transitioned from first responder careers.
We're independent
First responders and their families can engage our services with confidence that what is shared with only us, stays with only us because we’re entirely separate from internal wellbeing teams.