Berry Street and Yooralla join forces

The priority for the merged organisation is to ensure that existing services for both Berry Street and Yooralla clients, service users and participants continue without disruption, said Dr Flynn. Each organisation will retain their brands and will continue direct engagement with their respective funders, donors, supporters and volunteers.

The decision to merge is a historic coming together of two of Victoria’s longest-serving, experienced and most respected providers of social services and was made after extensive due diligence, on the basis of future benefits to service users and clients of both organisations.

We look forward to bringing the expertise in our highly skilled workforces together to develop innovative services for people with disability and those experiencing trauma, violence and abuse, said Mr Symonds. The best ways to support people with disability and those impacted by violence and abuse require new ways of thinking about the future. By merging our organisations, we can better meet the current and emerging needs of our communities and continue doing so for another hundred years.

This is an exciting opportunity for Berry Street and Yooralla to continue to improve outcomes for children, families and those with a disability, and we look forward to developing enhanced services to benefit our service users, clients and the wider community.