Our members

Our members are organisations and individuals from all over Europe, with different kinds of mental health interests, experiences, expertise and responsibilities, who form an equal partnership. The membership includes user organisations, volunteers and professional organisations working at the regional, national and European level. Their goal is to work jointly towards creating a Europe where people with mental health problems have equal opportunities and can actively build their future.

Membership 

Mental Health Europe has 3 types of membership: 

• Full member organisations: Full members are all national organisations active in the field of mental health in Europe. They must have legal status conform to the laws and customs in their own country. Full members have complete membership of the Association. They set the policies, guidelines and priorities and make ongoing contributions to its activities. Full members have voting rights; each full member association will have 4 votes. They will have the right to stand for election to the Board and other organisational structures of the association. Full members shall be informed and consulted on an ongoing basis about the activities of the Association.

• Supporting member organisations: Supporting members are regional and local associations active in the mental health field, associations with a limited scope in mental health or working in the field of a single disorder, professional associations, research or training institutions in the mental health field or European associations active in the mental health field.Their objective is to support and advise MHE in specific issues. Supporting members have voting rights; each supporting member will have 2 votes. They can take part in the work of the MHE Committees following the rules set out in the Internal Rules. Supporting members do not have the right to stand for elections to the Board of the association. 

• Individual members: Individual members are physical persons who wish to support the aims of Mental Health Europe. Individual members have voting rights; each individual member will have 1 vote. They can take part in the work of the MHE Committees following the rules set out in the Internal Rules. Individual members do not have the right to stand for elections to the Board of the association. 

Mental Health Europe's Membership and Accreditation Committee  is responsible for making recommendations to the Board for the assessment of all applications for membership of MHE. 

List of MHE members

Mental Health Europe currently has 67 member organisations in 30 European countries and 72 individual members. 
MHE members are listed by country. The list can be consulted here

MHE National Focal Points

National Focal Points (NFPs) are intermediaries between MHE and its member organisations and other stakeholders in their respective country in cases were

a) information from the European level needs to be disseminated at the national, regional and local level,

as well as in cases where

b) MHE needs input from its members working at the local, regional and national level in order to report back to the European level on specific issues of consultation.

Ths list of NFPs is available here

How to become a member?

MHE welcomes new members who share its vision and whose main purpose is to promote positive mental health and well-being in Europe.

Membership is open to all organisations and individuals based in Europe.

You want to become involved in our work and join Mental Health Europe?