Beyond Empathy recognises that while all of us experience hardship at some time in our lives, some people live with it on a constant, recurring basis. For individuals and communities who experience recurring hardship our objectives are:

• To improve well being, health, social and economic participation;
• To improve social cohesion and create the capacity to respond; and
• To enrich the lives of individuals who are involved in creating art works and the audiences who witness the art works and products that are created.

Beyond Empathy is committed to the building of a sustainable, fair and equitable organisation motivated by a culture of innovation, achievement and excellence. We adhere to sound business principles and believe in the benefits of rigorous evaluation and measurement of outcomes. We support effective marketing and communications strategies. We are committed to powerful advocacy on behalf of people experiencing hardship and, at the same time, to increasing engagement with the creative sector across Australia. Beyond Empathy is committed to an ongoing dialogue with all sectors of government and to advocating for the inclusion of arts based interventions in conventional welfare delivery.