Mielen Association(Mielen ry)
Mielen ry is a nonprofit and socially responsible association representing the third sector. We are an expert organisation on mental wellbeing. We provide services for individuals recovering from mental health disorders and addictions, as well as open activities for all to support recovery, positive mental health, and well-being. We actively participate in and look for new development projects.
Our organization was founded in 1991. Currently, the association operates in three cities: Tampere, Ylöjärvi, and Pirkkala, serving clients from the entire Pirkanmaa region.
Our activities include supported accommodation, social rehabilitation, rehabilitative work activities, employment services, family work, and open, low-threshold activities such as group and educational offerings. We work in close collaboration with the public sector.
Mielen NGO’s Recovery College is a young recovery College in Tampere, Finland. What has become Recovery College used to be a unit providing the public with different civic activities. We started an organisational change after we had found a new focus: recovery orientation. Finally, we adopted the name Recovery College in 2018. Recovery orientation emphasises that goals for recovery are set by people themselves instead of by professionals. Recovery College has attracted interest from both our participants and our partners.
Our aims are:
- to promote recovery, well-being, and positive mental health: everyone can recover, flourish, and lead a meaningful life
- to give participants opportunities to pursue their dreams
- to bring together people of different backgrounds to learn and act together
- to promote co-production and involvement: we have in our staff professionals of various fields as well as certified experts by experience
