Our Vision Imagining and achieving better lives Our Mission Inspiring, empowering and supporting people to have great lives Araluen is a happy collection of unique people who forge supportive relationships and regularly achieve exciting and even previously unimaginable outcomes. We are very proud of our staff teams who are the backbone of our organisation. The support we have been providing has and is changing. Under the banner of “Imagining Better” more creativity and innovation is evident and people are embracing it. Araluen is a vibrant community where people’s opinions matter. Each of our base locations is a platform for a range of onsite learning and social activities and from which users branch out into the community to be part of local life. We recognise and celebrate the qualities in each individual that make them unique and formulate life-support plans that reflect each person’s goals, abilities and choices. Programs focus on building self-esteem and independence so that people gain the confidence to take greater responsibility over their own futures whilst enjoying the present.