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INVOLVE: developing and expanding political advocacy for families

INVOLVE - DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING POLITICAL ADVOCACY FOR FAMILIES

EUFAMI's INVOLVE project aims to promote family-friendly mental health services by providing national member organisations with mentoring, training and an advocacy handbook to help them advocate for family involvement.

The project stems from the recognition that family members and informal carers, who play a vital role in supporting people living with mental illness, are often excluded from treatment, care planning and decision-making, thereby limiting recovery-oriented care. Developed by EUFAMI to strengthen the advocacy capacity of its member organisations, the INVOLVE Project aims to foster partnerships between families and mental health professionals, improve recognition of families as partners in recovery, strengthen advocacy skills within member organisations, develop practical advocacy resources and support national advocacy initiatives. The poster states that families provide ongoing emotional, practical and crisis support throughout treatment, possess unique knowledge of the individual's needs, and that services that actively involve families strengthen communication, recovery and continuity of care. Families' priority needs are identified as timely support during crises, practical guidance and education, recognition of carers' own well-being needs, improved communication with professionals, reduced stigma and meaningful involvement throughout treatment and recovery. Project activities include professional advocacy mentoring and training for national organisations, the co-production of a practical Advocacy Toolkit, collaborative workshops, the development of national advocacy campaigns, and monitoring, evaluation and dissemination of good practice. The project's main output is the Savunuculuk El Kitabı: Siyasi Savunuculuk Rehberi (Advocacy Handbook: A Guide to Political Advocacy), which introduces a structured advocacy cycle encompassing problem identification, stakeholder engagement, advocacy messaging, action planning, implementation and evaluation. The poster reports no quantitative results or evaluation data, but presents a framework to enable organisations to translate evidence and lived experience into policy change.

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