EUFAMI

EUFAMI is the representative body for voluntary organisations throughout Europe promoting the interests and well-being of people with mental illness and their carers.

Founded in 1990, EUFAMI is a democratic, member-led organisation, registered in Brussels under Belgian law. EUFAMI was formed by members of carer organisations who, overwhelmed by the trauma of severe mental illness in the family, and finding their own ability to cope undermined, shared their experience of helplessness and frustration, and resolved to work together to help themselves and the people that they care for.

EUFAMI holds regular meetings and conferences.

For further information about EUFAMI's aims and activities write to:

EUFAMI
Groeneweg 151
B-3001 HEVERLEE
Belgium
email: [email protected]
website: http://www.eufami.org

EUFAMI's Mission

• Contribute to removing the stigma surrounding mental illness by promoting a positive image to counteract ignorance and misinformation
  
  
• Highlight examples of good practice in the field of mental illness, in order to promote good practice throughout Europe, identify examples of bad practice in the field of mental illness, and campaign for positive change
  
  
• Lobby for greater equality of legislation throughout Europe in order to bring about improvements in the health and social care of people with mental illness, and in the well-being of their carers
  
  
• Promote and support further research into the causes and treatment of mental illness
  
  
• Campaign for adequate resources for the health and social care of people with mental illness and their carers.

• Carers must be acknowledged as equal partners with professionals in the care team supporting the person with mental illness
  
  
• Carers need support in their own right and have independent needs which must be recognised and respected
  
  
• All people with mental illness should be cared for in an appropriate environment and provided with a comprehensive range of health care and social care services
  
  
• All people with mental illness should have the right to share in the opportunities, enjoyments, challenges and responsibilities of everyday life