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 The Richmond Fellowship
was founded in 1957 in Richmond, England, and has since grown into a
worldwide network of support services for the disadvantaged in our
community.
As part of this international
network, the Richmond Fellowship of the ACT provides a variety of
facilities and services for adolescents
and adults experiencing social and
behavioural challenges, long-term unemployment and psychiatric disability,
as well as counselling and support to their families.
We provide services
to disadvantaged people in our community which recognise cultural and
indigenous diversity. These services include:
- residential facilities for
adolescents with social and behavioural challenges,
- counselling, support and
advocacy services for families with adolescents,
- a range of accommodation and
support options for people with a mental illness who wish to live in
the community, and
- individually tailored programs
for young people with complex and high support needs.
Richmond Fellowship
ACT is also a member of the Richmond Fellowship Asia Pacific Forum (AsPac)
which was formed to provide for the exchange of information, ideas and
staff, and to ensure consistency and quality across member organisations.
Role, vision, principles
Our role
To use
professional and innovative service delivery in working respectfully and
collaboratively
with people, drawing on their strengths and resilience to encourage
possibilities
of change.
Our vision
To work with
passionate commitment alongside people, with belief in their dignity and
confidence in
their capacity for positive change.
Our principles
To uphold human
dignity and people’s right to be respected.
To foster and
support people’s independence.
To cast people
in the role of agent of change in their own lives.
To empower
people to identify realistic goals of their own and provide information
which will help
them make safe and appropriate choices.
To strive for
excellence in all that we do, aiming at all times for best practice.
To encourage
the sharing of ideas and resources across our programs.
To engage in
reflective practice and continuous learning.
To promote
cultural, spiritual and religious diversity and tolerance.
To involve
staff in developing high standards of training, education and development.
To strive for a
happy and supportive work environment which will encourage staff.
stability,
passion and commitment.
To develop
partnerships with organisations which share our values.
To foster
accountability and transparency within and between our programs.
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