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

Ecole Initiatique Aurore

Inrichtingen in een hut en solidariteitsfonds / Aménagements dans une chaumière et fonds de solidarité

Improving the reception facilities at a thatched cottage in the Hautes-Alpes region and creating a solidarity fund to reduce the cost of registration for various activities.

Tejo Vlaanderen

Friends of Tejo Fund

Training of volunteers, financing of IT costs, support of local TEJO activity.

Tejo Vlaanderen

Projectwerking TEJO Vlaanderen en ondersteuning lokale TEJO-werkingen / Projets TEJO Vlaanderen et soutien aux actions TEJO locales

Support for the TEJO Flanders project in the quality development of local and regional TEJO associations and in representing their interests.

Partnerships, missions, specific initiatives

Chair ‘Transition psychiatry’

Promoting interdisciplinary research, education and knowledge sharing on transitional psychiatry

Funds and philanthropic tools

Ecole Initiatique Aurore (Friends of Fund)

Philanthropists support projects of Ecole Initiatique Aurore asbl, a school of self-knowledge aiming at transmitting life skills.

Sidekick Sam Academy Fonds

Through the Side Kick Sam Academy Fund, the Sidekick Sam Academy offers teachers teaching packages, podcasts,... to help them improve pupils' wellbeing and resilience.

Fund Gerald Futter

Supporting projects for those who feel stigmatised or excluded. Initiatives that help people regain their dignity and their place in society.Support of the recovery-oriented acti…

Press Releases

1 Million Euros for Research into Early-Onset Dementia. Prof. Dr. Patrik Verstreken Receives Generet Prize for Rare Diseases

28 02 2025

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