About Brave Enough Co
Brave Enough Co is a South Australian community support service built on genuine care, lived understanding, and strong values.
We believe support should feel safe, respectful, and empowering never rushed, never transactional. Our focus is on building trusting relationships that create stability, confidence, and real change in everyday life.
At Brave Enough Co, we walk alongside people, offering practical support, encouragement, and mentoring that honours each person’s goals, pace, and individuality.
Our Approach
At Brave Enough Co, we provide professional, highly trained and person-centred support that is guided by your goals, your choices and what matters most to you.
We take the time to understand the real stories behind every plan and referral, building trust, emotional safety and meaningful progress at your pace.
Our approach is grounded in:
• Respect for individual goals and preferences
• Choice and control in all aspects of support
• Professional standards and ongoing training
• Clear communication with participants and families
• Cultural awareness and inclusive practice
• Consistency, reliability and accountability
We support not only individuals, but also the families who carry the weight of care and work together to create positive, sustainable outcomes.
What We Believe
We believe:
Support is about partnership, not control
Small steps create meaningful change
People thrive when they feel seen, heard, and valued
Independence grows when support feels safe and steady
Our role is not to take over your life it is to support you to live it your way.
Who We Support
Brave Enough Co supports individuals and families who are looking for compassionate, person-centred care that values connection, dignity and real understanding.
We work with:
• NDIS participants who are self-managed or plan-managed
• Individuals with autism-related needs and neurodivergence
• People living with psychosocial disability and mental health challenges
• Participants with complex and high care needs
• Individuals requiring mobility, communication and seizure awareness support
• Families and carers seeking genuine partnership and respite
• People from multicultural and diverse backgrounds
• Members of the LGBTQIA+ community seeking safe, affirming support
If you’re unsure whether we’re the right fit, we invite you to reach out, we’re always happy to have a conversation and explore how we can support you.
Jayden Lister
Founder of Brave Enough Co
Hello & Welcome!
Im Jay, I bring over 15 years of experience across the disability, mental health and community services sectors, including team leadership, participant advocacy and frontline support with individuals and families navigating complex, high care, psychosocial and autism-related needs. I have extensive experience working within multicultural and diverse communities, providing culturally aware and inclusive support. Alongside my professional background, I hold a Certificate IV in Disability and have extensive trauma-informed experience gained through many years working in children and youth camps, where emotional safety, trust-building and behaviour-aware care are essential.
Throughout my career, I’ve seen too many people treated as tasks instead of humans. Brave Enough Co was born from a simple belief: everyone deserves to feel safe, heard and genuinely supported from the heart!
Lived Experience That Shapes My Work
What truly sets Brave Enough Co apart is lived experience.
I am neurodivergent and live with ADHD, and I have personal experience within the LGBTQIA+ community. These lived insights shape the way I work creating environments where people feel safe, affirmed and understood.
I also bring lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery, which gives me a genuine understanding of how vulnerable it can feel to ask for help. Combined with a deep awareness of resilience and rebuilding life after adversity, this allows me to meet people with compassion, patience and without judgement.
Approach
At Brave Enough Co, we don’t just provide services we build relationships.
We take a trauma-informed, person-centred approach that recognises the real stories behind every plan, diagnosis and referral. We support not only individuals, but also the families who carry the weight of caring every single day.
Our work is grounded in:
• Respect
• Dignity
• Emotional safety
• Choice and control
• Genuine connection
Mission
The mission is to create a supportive network, a true community and extended family where everyone is welcomed, valued and safe to be themselves.
At Brave Enough Co, we believe people thrive when they feel connected, understood and supported not only as individuals, but as part of something bigger.
We are here to build relationships, strengthen families and walk alongside people with compassion, respect and genuine care, every step of the way.
You are a person and you belong here!
