SHARE STORIES, CREATE CHANGE
Join OurHerd, a safe digital space to open up about tough times, learn from each other’s experiences and be reminded that we’re not alone in our struggles. Your story matters.
What is OurHerd?
OurHerd is a mental health storytelling app that empowers young people to confidently and safely share stories of lived experience and amplifies youth voices to create positive change. The purpose of OurHerd is to support young people to drive informed and improved mental health outcomes by sharing powerful stories.
The OurHerd app is powered by batyr and funded by the Commonwealth Government. It was proudly created in collaboration with over 600 young people and 75 mental health experts.
Hear real stories from people just like you
You’re not alone
Explore our story feed for relatable stories from other young people going through tough times.
Your story is powerful
Be guided by our story creation portal to express yourself. Let’s change the world, one story at a time!
“By sharing (your story) you open up the endless potential. By telling your story you can breathe without the heavy weight on your shoulder.”
- Scott, Gooniyandi, Gadgerong and Muludja man
How are we making change?
OurHerd is uniquely positioned to amplify young people’s voices to inform the decisions that affect them by harnessing the power of technology. Sentiment analysis, AI and machine learning allows us to capture qualitative and quantitative data to draw insights from the lived experiences stories of our users, which is fed back to key decision-makers, essentially acting as a megaphone to ensure that young people are at the heart of decision-making.
Share stories
Young people share lived experience mental health stories publicly or privately on the app through various story mediums such as video and written.
Analyse stories
The OurHerd team analyse these stories with the help of technology. Sentiment analysis, AI and machine learning allows us to draw insights from the stories.
Share insights
These insights are shared back with key decision-makers such as governments and service providers, in order to equip them with real-time data on how to better serve the mental health needs of young people.
Join a community SHARING STORIES of tough times, resilience and hope.
