Disrupting harmful social norms

Empathy  Courage  Honesty  Safety

Learn more Make a notification

Disrupting harmful social norms

Empathy  Courage  Honesty  Safety

Learn more Make a notification

Disrupting harmful social norms

Empathy  Courage  Honesty  Safety

Learn more Make a notification

Disrupting harmful social norms

Empathy  Courage  Honesty  Safety

Learn more Make a notification

It takes courage to say something.

The word Stymie means, to stop.

We help young people anonymously report any harm they may be seeing or experiencing so that it can stop.

In 2024, we delivered more than 110,000 notifications Australia-wide.

Stymie provides online reporting for schools. Encrypted, anonymous notifications are delivered within seconds to authorised school recipients, who respond according to their well-being framework. The notification provides the option to include images that validate and support the notification. 

Bullying, suicide ideation, sexual assault, discrimination, anxiety, depression, self-harm, physical fights,  family violence, sextortion and illegal activity are reported using Stymie.

 

What schools are saying

Macksville High School, NSW Deputy Principal

Stymie gives our students the opportunity to do the right thing. It has empowered them to stand up for themselves, their friends and our entire school community.

Harristown State High School, QLD Deputy Principal

Stymie has become an integral part of how we support student emotional health and wellbeing at Harristown.

Highfields State Secondary College, QLD P&C President

Parents and students know that Stymie is reliable and confidential and that the message gets to the right people immediately so that action can be taken to support our students.

We help to build psychological safety and challenge harmful social norms.

We help your community to challenge social norms around ‘staying silent’. In doing so, we empower bystanders and people who are being harmed to take some action.

Overcoming the fears and social pressures that prevent many of us from being able to say something is a challenging and sometimes frightening place to be.

Being able to anonymously report, relieves feelings of helplessness for those who want to help their peers but don’t quite know how. Our purpose is to support you in creating an environment where harm can be minimised and pro-active action can be maximised.

 

What does Stymie do for young people?

We are an early intervention initiative that changes and saves lives.

Students can notify their school before harm happens or they can report what they know after a critical incident. Our purpose is to support young peoples’ psychological safety by empowering them with the self-belief that they have the agency to #saysomething on their behalf, or as a bystander for someone else.

We support schools in their wellbeing frameworks and the application of Child Safe Standards

Learn more about Stymie from one of our team.

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