Mental health

Promoting mental health in general and the well-being of care providers.

Stigmatisation, difficulties in getting work … People who suffer from mental illness – and in Belgium this concerns one in three people – face difficulties that complicate their (re-)integration into society. For more than 10 years, the King Baudouin Foundation has acted in partnership with the Queen Fabiola and Julie Renson Fund to bring about changes in attitudes regarding mental health and to promote the recovery of people suffering from psychological problems.

Our activities

  • raising awareness and informing people about questions relating to negative social representations of people suffering from a psychological vulnerability
  • support for initiatives that reinforce recovery among those suffering from psychological problems
  • support and encouragement for networking among those working in the mental health sector
  • paying particular attention to mental healthcare professionals within their context of working under stress.

Mental health is part of the programme Health

Grantees

Encounter Vlaanderen vzw

Social Fund

Financing participation in activities, subscription fees, etc.

Partnerships, missions, specific initiatives

Chair ‘Transition psychiatry’

Promoting interdisciplinary research, education and knowledge sharing on transitional psychiatry

Funds and philanthropic tools

Maasmechelen-Boorsem - VZW Hoeve De Zijsprong (Project Account)

Creation of an experience garden and contact with animals for children and young people with mental illness and/or autism.

Missing You (Friends of Fund)

Philanthropic projects of the non-profit organization Missing You which provides grief support to children, adolescents and young adults who have lost someone

V Europe (Friends of Fund)

Philanthropists support aisbl V Europe's projects offering psychological support to victims of terrorism

Press Releases

Research in transition psychiatry, a necessity to improve the care of young people with mental suffering

01 07 2021

Stories

Keeping kids well with interactive tech

Mental health

“I wanted to turn my pain and passion into purpose, and that purpose is to foster prevention of mental health issues.”
Sachin Chaudhry
founder of TrustCircle