Step One Charity

Established in 1937, Step One is a registered charity with 85 years’ experience helping people across Devon who are facing challenges with their mental health, learning disabilities or neurodiversity, to take control of their future and fulfil their potential. We are a charity motivated by seeing people making progress. We work positively with people to identify their individual needs and support them to manage their wellbeing and take positive steps forward. Our diverse services and teams have expertise ranging from mental health crisis care and recovery, to one-to-one enabling support and employment mentoring. We consider a person’s wider wellbeing which could be affecting their mental health, their ability to work or be a part of their community. We have many years’ experience in providing specialist support and adapting what we do to meet people’s needs in the most effective way. We continue to do this through research and trialling new approaches. Step One is the new name for St Loye’s Foundation and its subsidiary Community Care Trust (CCT). The two charities merged in 2015 because of increasing recognition of the links between support for people with disabilities and mental health conditions.