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Welcome to Step Ahead Trust

How to get to Step Ahead

Currently bus services to both West Step Ahead (6 Brake St) and Step Ahead at 167 Stanmore Road are as follows:

West

The Orbiter bus stops on Waimairi Road, opposite the Bush Inn Centre. Other bus routes that pass close enough to walk to 6 Brake St are No. 81 (Lincoln), No. 83 (Hei Hei), No. 84 (Russley) and No. 88 (Rolleston).

167 Stanmore Road

As of Thursday 16th June the Orbiter bus is detouring between The Palms and Eastgate via North Parade, North Avon Rd and Stanmore Road.
From the Central Station (46-50 Lichfield Street) No. 60 (Parklands) travels up Stanmore Road.
No. 5 (Hornby/South Shore) crosses Stanmore Road on Cashel Street
No. 3 (Ferrymead) comes as close as Ferry Road
No. 40 (Wainoni) crosses Stanmore Road at St. Asaph Street.
No. 21 (Ilam/Ferrymead) crosses Stanmore Road at Gloucester Street.

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.

We are a charitable trust, registered with the Charities Commission - CC22156

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

Enhancing the well being of people who experience mental illness

Call 03 389 4001 or 0800 688 732