Who we are
and what we do
EveryMan - working with men and for men
Like anyone else, men can have their ability to live a full and fulfilling life impacted by mental health conditions like depression or anxiety, by physical or intellectual disability, or by relationship breakdown and experience of significant loss, estrangement and social isolation. When they lead to feelings of helplessness, social withdrawal, emotional instability, or aggressiveness and violence, such challenges can also impact partners and family, friends, workplaces and other community connections.
Men's support needs can become highly complex and require specialist support when they have:
- used violence with partners, other family, or in the community
- experience of domestic and family violence and/or sexual assault as children or as adults
- Acquired Brain Injury or other neurological issues which affect emotional dysregulation
- experience of incarceration or secure mental health facilities
- considerable histories of service provider support failure
Whatever his background or personal history, each man we see comes with his own set of needs, interests and concerns. He knows the areas of life that matter to him, where he needs help, where he's getting into trouble and who in his life is being distressed or hurt by his struggles and his behaviour. The partners and families we see need their own support too.
With more than twenty-five years of experience, we have specialist programs, knowledge and tools to work through the tough times with men, and with their partners and families.
Real outcomes. Change that matters.
Because every man deserves a chance.
Our Story
From Canberra Men's Centre to EveryMan
EveryMan began in 1992 as a twice-weekly drop-in space in a small upstairs room in St John's church in Reid (Canberra). Our original name was Murringu and we provided men with access to some support and advice from volunteers who led weekly men's group meetings, and later from a small counselling service. These early days gave men opportunities to meet up and explore personal issues and circumstances. It provided them with a support network and useful experiences with counselling.
By 1999 we had evolved into a small community service provider with dedicated staff - case managers and counsellors. We changed our name to Canberra Men's Centre and expanded our services. This allowed us to reach men with a broader range of issues. With the greater flexibility, we developed a stronger focus on working with men who live with significant life challenges.
In 2015 we became EveryMan Australia. This new name is distinctive and makes us immediately recognisable to the regional NSW community as well as people living in the ACT. This is important, as we have stepped up as thought leaders who advocate and educate about contemporary men's issues nationally as well. Now we can use our experience and understanding to speak out for men's issues across Australia.
Greg Aldridge
Chief Executive Officer
Greg is a registered psychologist who has worked in the community sector since 1977, with extensive experience in complex case management, counselling and family therapy, program management, collaborative initiatives with community service organisations, and advice to government not always solicited). In 1995, Greg moved from Adelaide to Canberra. In 1998 he joined the management committee of Murringu Canberra, a small incorporated association for men living in the ACT, serving as President from 2001 to 2003.
Greg worked with co-founder Gerald Franks to use Murringu to build Canberra Men's Centre as a professional community service organisation working with men of all ages, focussing particularly on men living with high and complex support needs. Greg was appointed as Men's Centre Manager in 2004, as Executive Director in 2015, and in 2022, he finally accepted the need to change his position title to CEO.
Greg has always been drawn to working with people living with and presenting the biggest challenges, people with lifelong experience of multiple forms of trauma and neglect and chronic intergenerational histories of support failures, at the hands of mostly well-intentioned community sector and government agencies.
Before EveryMan, where he has worked since 2004, Greg worked for 9 years in out-of-home care and family support services at Canberra's Marymead Child and Family Centre. Prior to this, in Adelaide he worked for more than 15 years with individuals, couples and families dealing with domestic and family violence, child abuse and neglect (victims and perpetrators) in programs offered through the Adelaide Central Mission, CatholicCare and the Women's and Children's Hospital.
Greg was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the The King's Birthday 2024 Honours List for service to community health.
He lives in Flynn with his wife, their two dogs, and a garden which serves as living proof that only the fittest survive.
Josh Hewitt
Client Services Director
Josh is an experienced community services leader with more than a decade of experience across frontline practice and senior leadership roles with NEAMI National and St Vincent De Paul before joining EveryMan in 2020.
In his role as Client Services Director at EveryMan Australia, Josh provides leadership across our Violence Prevention Services, Counselling, and Men’s Accommodation Support Services programs.
Josh leads and supports the teams to deliver specialist programs and evidence-based interventions to men presenting with high and complex support needs, focussing on improving safety, accountability, and wellbeing outcomes for individuals, families, and the broader community.
To extend his clinical skills and knowledge, and to contribute to EveryMan's future development as a key service provider to young people and families also living with high and complex support needs, Josh is training as a psychologist and clinical family therapist.
Chrystina Stanford
Clinical Services Specialist
For over three decades Chrystina Stanford has stood at the coalface of crisis response, supporting thousands of survivors to pick up the pieces of their lives. Now, she has joined EveryMan to support the work going forward from this platform. A former CEO of the Canberra Rape Crisis Centre, Chrystina also led and worked in Sexual Assault services in NSW. She brings a unique 'whole-of-system' perspective to men’s services. She believes that true family safety requires an integrated approach - we must hold accountability while providing the clinical tools needed for support and change.
As an ex officio member of EveryMan's Board of Directors Director and as Clinical Services Specialist at EveryMan, she champions a culture of radical transparency and psychological safety. Her work focuses on the 'too hard basket' - finding solutions for complex cases to ensure no family is left behind by the system. She has been a member of many community and government initiatives, where she has provided high-level advice on responses to sexual assault, locally, nationally and internationally Chrystina has particular expertise in working with diverse amd disempowered communities impacted by childhood trauma and is a strong advocate for early intervention and primary prevention.
Erin Leonard
Manager, Men's Accommodation and Support Services
Erin has over 20 years experience in community services. After starting her career in youth residential care between 2006 and 2013, Erin began working in the homelessness sector at Innana Inc, a Canberra women’s community service organization, as a case manager with women and children and with the regional First Nations community.
Erin has a Diploma of Community Services, Leadership and Management and has completed sexual violence training through RMIT University.
Erin began working at EveryMan in 2016, moving up into leadership roles in the Indigenous Support and Accommodation program (ISA), Partner Advocacy and Support, the Operations team and now Men’s Accommodation and Support Services (MASS). In her role as the manager of the MASS program she supports a team of dedicated case managers working with men with high and complex support needs who are at risk of homelessness. This service also provides intensive case management and accommodation to men exiting the justice system.
Erin has a longstanding personal and professional commitment to working with men with high support needs who are most at risk of falling through the cracks, particularly men who present with multiple high-level challenges – long term and complex support issues related to Acquired Brain Injury, intellectual and neurological disabilities, mental health conditions, drug and alcohol use, and enmeshment in the criminal justice system.
Our Board
Our Board
EveryMan Australia Ltd is a company limited by guarantee (CLG), a type of organisational legal structure which is registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). This makes us accountable to communities in the ACT and in other states where we provide services. This means we are on the public record, providing a legal framework for our operations and activities, financial affairs, status as a company, and identifying the people responsible for the governance of the organisation.
The Board of Directors
The board's role is to help build and promote EveryMan Australia's vision in the ACT. They work closely with every aspect of the organisation to provide support and sound practice.
The Board is responsible for:
- upholding and advancing the purpose, vision and values of the Company
- exercising of the powers of the Company
- meeting ASIC requirements
- day-to-day management and administration of the Company and its services
- financial management of the Company, including meeting the requirements of funding agreements
Contact
If you'd like to contact the Board, you can write to:
The President
Board of Directors
EveryMan Australia
GPO Box 1753
Canberra ACT 2601
Purpose, Vision and Values
Purpose
To bring effective and professional services to men at risk of exclusion, discrimination and marginalisation, no matter who they are or what they've done.
Vision
A world that works for men and for their partners and families
Values
- Justice - working for fairness, equality, access and participation
- Tenacity - we’re in your corner and don’t give up easily
- Creativity - we're innovative and adaptable
- Empowerment - working with people to achieve the outcomes that matter to them
- Professionalism - providing honest, transparent, accountable, respectful services
- Respect - giving you respect and dignity and asking the same in return
Company Annual Report 2025
Each year we publish our Company Annual Report online for the public to access. Here you can gain insights into our activities over the past twelve months.