Our Purpose
Enabling the wellbeing of male survivors of sexual violence.
Our Ambition
All male survivors have access to a sustainable national network of appropriate high-quality support services.
Our Key Strategies
Building our capability and capacity
Strategy
Implementing quality frameworks
Developing and implementing governance frameworks and operating policies and guidelines that enable and support the delivery of best practice peer support and counselling services.
Success Measure
The Male Room peer support and counselling services are recognised by local service providers and government agencies as an effective, enabling and professional male survivor service
Strategy
Developing our people
Enabling and supporting our people to become skilled facilitators and communicators and confident, proficient peer support and counselling professionals.
Success Measure
The Male Room services are provided by appropriately qualified professional managers and staff performance development outcomes evidence an effective continuing education program
Increasing service engagement
Strategy
Welcoming survivors
Increasing the awareness and accessibility of our survivor support services, assuring service quality and enabling and encouraging more male survivors to seek our help.
Success Measure
An expanding client base attests to the effectiveness of The Make Room’s communication and client engagement strategies and client feedback and external reviews attest to the quality of our support service experience.
Strategy
Kia Mārire: Effectiveness with Māori
Working more effectively with Māori by enabling and encouraging the application of kaupapa Māori across our governance and operational platforms and our service delivery programs.
Success Measure
Feedback from Māori survivors and their whanua, Māori kaupapa services and Iwi groups confirm increasing positive engagement with Māori and our service outcomes reflect increasing collaboration and more effective engagement with Māori.
Strategy
Developing our services
Assuring sustainable operational funding, enabling our governance and operational frameworks and expanding our service capacity and reach.
Success Measure
The Male Room enjoys secure national and local funding arrangements and ongoing philanthropic support that assure the continuing accessibility of our male survivor support services.