“ I have nothing but praise for Step Ahead. The clients I have encouraged to join / participate in activities have really benefitted in mood and in personal growth. The clients I have work...”
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Welcome to Step Ahead Trust

About Us

Step Ahead provides social, educational, recreational and prevocational rehabilitation through activity based programmes. Our aim is to enable people to live well in their community.

Our Vision

Step Ahead contributes to a reality where anyone with a mental illness has access to the essentials for a life worth living.

Our Mission

To enhance the well being of people who experience serious mental illness by providing community based services that support them in their own recovery.

Our Aims and Objectives

To provide social and pre-vocational rehabilitation for people who experience mental illness by promoting a progression away from illness and institutional care or dependency towards a state of good health, wellness and a level of independence in the community.
To offer Members an environment within which they can learn to live well in the community and to experience and practice life skills.
To provide Members with the opportunity to meet people, make friends and have fun.
To provide the opportunity for the development of work skills and work habits through involvement in activities and in the running of Step Ahead.
To offer a source of information on community resources through staff and Members themselves.
To encourage and support Members to make their own decisions and to accept responsibility for the outcome.
To maintain a partnership between Members, Staff and Management at Step Ahead as such that all are involved in the decision making processes and actions taken.
To uphold the spirit of the Treaty of Waitangi and New Zealand's multi-cultural heritage.

Our Core Values

The fundamental principles and beliefs that guide us in our behaviour, our interactions and our work.

Hope: We believe that being part of Step Ahead will make a positive difference to our lives.

Choice: Members choose their own path and level of participation at Step Ahead.

Respect: We will show consideration and empathy for each other. We will embrace our diversity and acknowledge our differences. We will work together constructively and non judgmentally.

Responsibility: We will be accountable/answerable for all of our actions.

Openness: We involve and listen to each other and our decision making processes will be fair and transparent.

Step Ahead Trust - Christchurch - New Zealand