The Partners
ANIMA is a non-profit, non-governmental organization (NP-NGO) which has been an active member of the mental health community since 2005. ANIMA’s vision consists in providing advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. We believe no-one should have to face a mental health challenge or difficulty alone.
ANIMA’s objective is to become a substantial and positive choice for mental healthcare and to offer high quality services to those in need. Our aim is the creation of a fully integrated network of services in order to cover population’s needs in levels such as the mental health services system, socio-economic, educational and scientific documentation.
In order to achieve our objectives:
- We offer quality services in mental health and in social support that respond to real needs.
- We focus on developing an effective care service in mental health.
- We fully inform people on the topics that concern his/her personal and social life.
- We form collaborations with other organizations, networks and agencies with similar objectives and actions for common good.
- We are constantly evaluated and improved in the light of our efficiency and effectiveness.
Hugarafl (e. Mindpower) is an Icelandic peer run NGO founded in the year 2003 by individuals with a vast personal and professional knowledge of the mental healthcare system. These individuals had the common goal of wanting to change the mental healthcare system in Iceland and make it better. Everything that Hugarafl does is decided upon and done by people with lived experiences of emotional distress and/or professional background working as equals.
We strive to create an empowering environment that promotes personal recovery for individuals with lived experiences and their loved ones. The uniqueness of Hugarafl is the individual approach taken and the collaboration between people with lived experiences and people from a professional background. The work of Hugarafl is based on the ideology of Empowerment by Judi Chamberlin and the Empowerment Paradigm of Recovery, Healing, and Development by Daniel Fisher.
Some of Hugarafl’s activities are:
Hearing voices peer group; Peer support; Support groups for friends and families; A podcast and a livestream about mental health; Yoga; Mental health education for students; Empowering group work for 18 – 30 year olds; International collaborative projects; Writing articles, media coverage and legislative input; Conferences, lectures and workshops; Art work; Therapy and counseling.
L’Ovile is a social cooperative established in Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy) in 1993, which promotes the inclusion of disadvantaged people. According to the Italian law, the organization is a cooperative of type A and B: sector A provides social services and sector B offers employment opportunities. In the field of mental health, L’Ovile runs rehabilitation structures and designs paths aimed at integration into the labour market.
T-Hap addresses the need of individuals, professionals, and communities for flourishing with finite resources, experiencing collaborative ways of existence, lowering stress and various kinds of anxiety, addressing the different levels of human existence, optimizing mental health and wellness in our lives. T-hap offers related to wellness optimisation can be described through three basic tenets: Education, Therapy, and Travelling.
T-hap is a concept. It aims at optimising opportunities for wellness in people’s lives. It provides an umbrella of experts and services for wellness to be established and enhanced. It brings together professionals from various work environments, to work under “win- win situations”, creating not just networks, but really cultures of well- meant, highly efficient individuals towards wellness.
UNIMORE has a longstanding tradition (it was founded in 1175) and is considered one of the best universities in Italy for teaching and research. It is ranked 2nd among public universities according to Italy’s leading financial daily, and among the top 8 medium-sized Italian universities by the Times Higher Education Ranking 2011-2012.
UNIMORE, which has just over 27,000 students including 3,500 postgraduates, is large enough to offer all the facilities one would expect from a major university (well-stocked libraries, computer rooms, free internet connection and study support services) but small enough to retain a personal and friendly learning environment.
UNIMORE is composed of 13 Departments, offering a wide range of degree programmes at undergraduate level, right up to doctoral studies in most disciplinary areas, from the humanities and social sciences to engineering and technology, and from physical and natural sciences to medicine and life sciences.
UNIMORE is located in the heart of one of Europe’s wealthiest and most dynamic regions, which is world-renowned for its production of mechanical parts, engines, sports cars (e.g. Ferrari and Maserati) as well as for its agro-food sector, ceramic tiles and manufacturing industries.
UNIMORE is located in two cities with the highest quality of living standards in Italy. Both Modena and Reggio Emilia are considered important cities of art and culture, and Modena’s cathedral and main square are on the list of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites.
This section contains general information on the UNIMORE University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: history, governance, o
The Dutch Foundation of Innovation Welfare 2 Work (DFW2W) is an independent, non-profit organisation, based in the Rotterdam Region (Holland), which supports professionals (e.g. European institutes, municipalities, councils, provinces, governments, employment agencies, training providers, youth work organisations, non-profit organisations) and young people (aged 14-35) to reach their full potential in the fields of (youth) employment, traineeship, education, social innovation, mental health, social inclusion and (young) entrepreneurship.
The key staff of DFW2W, Carla de Vreij, Pieter van Schie and Desiree van der Heydt are very experienced in the management of EU funded projects within the framework of different EU financing programmes (ESF, Lifelong Learning, Youth in Action, Integration durch Austausch, Your first EURES job and Erasmus+ KA1, KA2 and KA3).
