Welcome

National Residential Intellectual Disability Providers Incorporated (NRID) covers residential services for people with an intellectual disability. NRID is a national organisation, made up of 44 paid up member organisations that support approximately 6,500 people with an intellectual disability.

Vision

"Supporting providers to enable people with intellectual disability to live their own lives"

Values

The values and attributes that NRID members display are:
  • Professional - working in an ethical manner
  • Respectful - taking into account others' points of views when considering issues
  • Challenging - being prepared to question in a non-confrontational style
  • Innovative - generation of new ideas and being creative
  • Collaborative - working collectively with those who have common ideals
  • Visionary / Strategic - looking to the future and working in a strategic framework
  • Responsive - responding in a timely and professional manner
  • Positive - adopting a can do attitude
  • Inclusive - welcoming and understanding cultural needs, welcoming involvement from a number of sources

Objective / Mission

NRID provides the national perspective on issues affecting residential providers of intellectual disability services.

NRID aims to positively influence:
  • Societal attitudes
  • Government legislation, policy, philosophy, contracting and funding
  • Best practice and quality living options
  • Quality of service delivery