A true team, a real community

Raise has evolved from a small, family-and-friends oriented start up to a professional large-tier NFP organisation registered on the ACNC with DGR status. In 2023, our exceptional team supported a record-number of young people, and recruited, trained and onboarded more volunteer mentors than ever before.  

We're an expert and passionate team made up of thousands of volunteer mentors along with Raise staff, advisory councils, ambassadors and a dedicated Board.

We are a kind and close-knit team who work right across the community to support as many young people as possible through best practice mentoring.

“Our work culture is collaborative, creative, kind, compassionate and respectful.” – feedback from our 2023 Team Culture Survey.

 

A solution built on strengths

We put young people first

By actively listening to young people, we can successfully support and empower them to resiliently navigate challenges both now and in the future.

We are youth mentoring experts

As an early intervention and prevention solution, we provide industry-leading mentor training to deliver best-practice programs that meet or exceed industry benchmarks.

We are trusted, safe and reliable

Providing a safe space, supervised by a degree-qualified professional, for young people to connect with a trusted, independent adult who shows up every week, just for them.

We deliver programs that work

By rigorously monitoring and evaluating our programs, we demonstrate and enhance our impact in improving young people's ability to seek help, be resilient, find belonging, and hope for the future.

We bring everyone together

Forging connections with schools, donors, businesses, and government to foster thriving communities by equipping everyone with essential youth mentoring skills.

We find better ways

Constantly developing new approaches, exciting initiatives, and innovative ways to provide a mentor for every young person who needs one.

We are people people

Priding ourselves on listening, caring and working openly with everyone, we proactively build strong relationships and successful goal-oriented partnerships.

Our values in action

Be Courageous

We are imaginative, driven, progressive, confident

Show Heart

We are kind, passionate, sincere, empathetic

Give Respect

We believe in acceptance, equity, inclusivity

Practise Integrity

We operate with authenticity, accountability, transparency

Bring Vitality

We are positive, fun, energetic, inspiring

Deliver Excellence

We are evidence-based, responsive, consistent, experts in our industry

In our most recent culture survey...

  • 99%

    believe Raise contributes to the wider community

  • 91%

    are engaged with our vision and purpose

  • 94%

    believe their manager demonstrates Raise values

Team showcase

Stacey, Graphic Designer and volunteer mentor

"I've been at Raise for two years now and I'm in my first year mentoring. It's really helpful in my role to understand first hand how our programs work. Being able to experience the program we provide is a unique opportunity. It helps me to bring insight to the work I do in promoting Raise.

I feel pretty lucky to do what I love in design as well as the rewarding opportunity of mentoring. As a mum of three, I love that I get to help young people, because I know that the teenage years are difficult for everyone and young people today need all the help they can get."

Dan Davis, our podcasting Program Counsellor

"I have been working with Raise since the beginning of 2021. The Raise Program is a wonderful fit for me as I want to positively impact people through connection, communication and support. This program encourages me to empower youth and mentors on their journey through life."

In the article below Dan Davis shares a comprehensive guide to solution focused therapy and narrative therapy, and how his professional background guides each session as a Raise Program Counsellor.

Read Dan's blog article

Living and breathing our values

At Raise these are more than words on a page, they guide how we operate, how we collaborate and how we show up — every single day.

   
We are imaginative, driven, progressive, confident   We are kind, passionate, sincere, empathetic   We believe in acceptance, equity, inclusivity

 

   
We operate with  authenticity, accountability, transparency   We are positive, fun, energetic, inspiring   We are evidence-based, responsive, consistent, experts in our industry
We are imaginative, driven, progressive, confident We are kind, passionate, sincere, empathetic
We believe in acceptance, equity, inclusivity We operate with  authenticity, accountability, transparency
We are positive, fun, energetic, inspiring We are evidence-based, responsive, consistent, experts in our industry

 

Our strategic teams

Positively impact Raise mentees by co-developing and delivering Raise mentoring programs in high schools, including driving expansion into new high schools. Attract key talent, provide exceptional customer experience for our volunteer mentors, and train and screen a sufficient number of high-quality mentors. Research design, develop and evaluate evidence-based mentoring programs within a continual improvement framework which incorporates the voice of youth and prioritises their safety.
Generate the required fundraising income from diversified and sustainable sources Create and executive authentic campaigns to attract, nurture, convert and retain more mentors, more schools and more funding. Design and execute finance, technology, legal, governance and risk strategy, and ensure we collaboratively develop our Strategic Impact Plan.
Positively impact Raise mentees by co-developing and delivering Raise mentoring programs in high schools, including driving expansion into new high schools. Attract key talent, provide exceptional customer experience for our volunteer mentors, and train and screen a sufficient number of high-quality mentors.
Research design, develop and evaluate evidence-based mentoring programs within a continual improvement framework which incorporates the voice of youth and prioritises their safety. Generate the required fundraising income from diversified and sustainable sources

Create and executive authentic campaigns to attract, nurture, convert and retain more mentors, more schools and more funding.

 Design and execute finance, technology, legal, governance and risk strategy, and ensure we collaboratively develop our Strategic Impact Plan.

 

A purposeful path for passionate people

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