MENTAL EUROPEAN NETWORK of SPORT EVENTS
▶Summary
Overall goal: Within the frames of “Sports for all” strategy shapes of the involvement of sports in healing and socialization procedures for people with mobility problems or intellectual disabilities have been already studied and developed. The MENS project aims to develop strong institutional procedures for the specific contribution of sports and physical exercise to the prevention, therapy and rehabilitation of mental disorders at European level. Within this frame the main objectives of the project and the respective deliverables were: • the development of a documented and evidence based approach of the use of sports ans physical exercise in the overall approach of mental illness (12 Policy papers)• the establishment of the European Network of Active Living for Mental Health, based in Brussels , Belgium having the legal form of an AISBL. • the public awareness on the necessity of a new specific approach on the conjunction of Sport and Physical Exercise with Mental Health the within a EU wide Awareness CampaignPartnership: 17 Organizations acting in Mental Health and/or Sports in the following 12 countries: Greece, Italy, Spain, UK, Ireland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Portugal. Lithuania, Slovenia, Croatia and Turkey representing the 62 % of the programme population.Budget: A total budget of 483.241 € upon an 80% EU contribution has been spentProject duration: 18 months