Inter-Active Living for Mental Health

Inter-Active Living Mental Health "InALMH Project" Overall framework Concrete policies and evidence based practices are a “conditio sine qua non” for the effective incorporation of the Active Living in the wider Mental Health context in terms of prevention, therapy, rehabilitation and anti-discrimination. Into this direction the InALMH proposal addresses the priorities • “Encourage participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the implementation of the Council Recommendation on health-enhancing physical activity and being in line with the EU Physical Activity Guidelines;” • “Encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport.” Objectives 1. Drafting of Recommendations for specific EU Guidelines on the utilization of Sport / Physical Exercise for Mental Health. 3P ALMH aims at a contribution to improve, update and integrate the existing policy background. 2. Development of an Interactive European Platform for PE practices on Mental Health. An integrated, sustainable and innovative IT platform aiming at the promotion of the existing practices and the development of new ones based on scientific documentation, self-creativity and interaction between Sport/PE + Mental Health institutions, professionals and services users. An enlarged partnership has been built including 3 EU networks on MH, 1 EU Think Tank on Sport, 3 and more Universities and research groups, 3 Mental Health services providers and a famous Sport Club from BE, IT, FR, UK, GR, PT and CZ. Within the project activities are listed: data collection of policies and practices, conduction of a Core Policy Document, a Digital Library, an innovative Practices’ Generator IT Tool, an Online Forum, 8 Multipliers event and the final EU Conference. Project duration: 18 months Project Coordinator: European Network of Active Living for Mental Health – ENALMH www.enalmh.eu