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Graduate Stories: Rebecca tells us she felt extremely valued at STREAT
Join us as Rebecca shares her STREAT Youth Programs journey with us! Rebecca started in August 2021, and still recalls how she felt from day one.
Our weekly impact
See how much good our customers created last week, from coffees, to reusable cups, to training hours for our young people.
STREAT’s youth programs are accepting applications for 2023
Are you, or someone you know, a young person looking for help finding work? We are now accepting applications for our upcoming programs for next year, in 2023.
Graduate Stories: Jack tells us about learning to be disciplined and his first job at Nando’s
We’re proud to share Jack’s story. He joined STREAT Youth Programs in 2021. After graduating from Ready To Work, he moved straight into our Paid To Work program and started in paid employment at Nando’s for nine months.
We speak to STREAT’s CEO and Co-Founder, Rebecca Scott, about her vision for the future
We speak to STREAT’s CEO & Co-Founder, Rebecca Scott, about her vision for the future of our social enterprise & the sector across Australia.
Graduate Stories: Caitlin tells us working with our partner organisation, Fonda, has been a great experience
Find out more about how we work with Fonda and STREAT graduates, and why Caitlin told us: “Working at Fonda has been one of the greatest experiences of my life.”
We speak to STREAT’s head baker about working with trainees and making sourdough
Have you met our head baker, Didi?Didi leads the bakery team at our flagship site and state-of-the-art bakery in Collingwood, who together bring us freshly-baked artisan sourdough each day, despite Melbourne's ever-changing weather. The bread is then served in our...
STREAT’s Youth Programs team reflect on how we support trainees’ mental health
How do you support trainees with mental health?Many of the young people who come through our doors are faced with serious mental health challenges. As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, we asked the STREAT Youth Programs team to reflect on some quotes written by...
Meet STREAT’s therapy dog, Magic, and her handler, Dr Kate Barrelle
Have you met... Magic?Magic is our therapy dog at STREAT, who helps our trainees and staff to feel a little more relaxed. In this video, her handler, and our co-founder and chief impact officer, Dr Kate Barrelle, tells us about their work in the youth programs team....
Did you know the STREATwise team is accredited to offer Mental Health First Aid training in your workplace?
During October, Australia’s National Mental Health Month, STREAT is helping to shine a light on the importance of advocating for and raising awareness on mental health. And what better people to advocate for this than our wonderful youth programs team who are trained as Mental Health First Aiders? Our new team, STREATwise, offers accredited Mental Health First Aid course training to organisations and workplaces.