When you only have a few minutes with a person you can still make a difference.

One Small Thing’s vision is a justice system that can recognise, understand, and respond to trauma. Our mission is to redesign the justice system for women and their children, which has led us to open our residential community Hope Street. We also facilitate trauma-informed and gender-responsive programmes for the justice and community sectors.

Our name reflects the value of small acts – empathy, compassion, respect – and their combined power to make a big difference to the individual - and to society as a whole. 

REDESIGN

We redesign the way the justice system responds to women and their children in a way that can be replicated and scaled nationally. Our commitment to systemic change for women in the justice system has inspired us to build Hope Street - a pioneering residential community for women and their children.

EDUCATE

We educate people within the justice system on the impact of trauma, and draw on our knowledge and expertise to help build capacity within organisations.

INFLUENCE

We influence politicians and policy makers to encourage culture change across the justice system and the people who work within it.