grupe uzajamne podrške za osobe s mentalnim oboljenjima/izazovima
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mutual support groups for people with mental illness/challenges
The mutual support group for old and new members of the Association for the Promotion of Mental Health Feniks Split offers, every Thursday, an opportunity for honest togetherness where we can freely be who we are, without labels, shame or judgement.
Feel free to join us, without prior notice, on THURSDAYS from 7–9pm at the Multimedia Cultural Centre RAZRED (Classroom) in the Dom Mladih (Youth Centre), east entrance (opposite the School of Economics), 3rd floor, Ulica Slobode 28 (Freedom Street 28), in Split!
Mutual support groups are open, free get-togethers intended for people with mental health difficulties, experiences of altered states of consciousness, with or without a formal diagnosis or experience of psychiatric hospitalisation. They are conceived as a space for psychosocial empowerment through honest conversation, togetherness and mutual human support in the recovery process.
The groups are not run by professionals by qualification, but rather this is a community of experts by experience of coping with psychological pain. The group processes are guided by 2 trained facilitators whose role is to create a safe and tolerant environment in which participants have equal space and time to express themselves. Rules of equality, fairness, confidentiality and anonymity are respected.
In our groups we meet to talk as human beings.
Brave, wounded, hurt, rejected, misunderstood people.
People who struggle with their emotional vulnerability and low tolerance for a meaningless life that comes down to mere survival. People who have been given various, often multiple, labels: oversensitive, neurotic, depressive, schizophrenic, borderline, bipolar, oddballs, madmen. Regardless of our wounds, whether they are diagnoses we have given ourselves or labels others have put on us, we come together to listen to one another, to comfort, embrace, support, encourage and make each other laugh.
We hope you will join us, and that these get-togethers will make your world at least a little less grey, lonely and cold. We hope you will find words for every part of yourself, even the chipped ones full of scars, and we hope you can gather them together with the community around you and discover that you are, in fact, not alone. Because friendship is medicine!
Support groups are FREE and open to all citizens, regardless of age, education or specific difficulties. You don't need to sign up in advance, just come, you'll be welcome!
They are part of the programme "Zasučimo rukave za mentalno zdravlje" (Let's Roll Up Our Sleeves for Mental Health) of UDRUGA FENIKS SPLIT, funded by the Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy and the Ministry of Health, co-funded by the City of Split and Split-Dalmatia County. The content of the programme is the sole responsibility of the association and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Ministries. We run the programme in partnership with the Family Centre, the Split-Dalmatia Regional Office, and the association Permakultura Dalmacija (Permaculture Dalmatia).
What it sets out to do
to create a safe space for honest conversation about challenging states and feelings, to contribute to the recovery of people with mental illness
Who it reaches
City of Split, Split-Dalmatia County
Who runs it
NGO Udruga Feniks Split / Association for the Promotion of Mental Health Feniks Split
What seems to make it work
Free activity, mutuality, being outside institutional settings, run by experts by experience (peer support experts), a safe space for honest expression
What gets in the way
Lack of space to work in; it has been run on a voluntary basis for many years by inclusive volunteers; there is no adequate funding
How it is funded
Organising and running the activity is voluntary, but refreshments and the space for holding the activity are, for now, provided by various donors through project funding; currently the activity is part of the Udruga Feniks Split project "Zasučimo rukave za mentalno zdravlje" (Let's Roll Up Our Sleeves for Mental Health), funded by the Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy, co-funded by the Ministry of Health and the City of Split and Split-Dalmatia County.
Moving it somewhere else
The activity is applicable in different countries and cultural contexts
Read the original in Croatian
Grupa uzajamne podrške starim i novim članovima Udruge za promicanje mentalnog zdravlja Feniks Split svaki četvrtak pruža priliku za iskreno druženje gdje možemo slobodno biti ono što jesmo, bez etikete, srama ili osude.
Pridružite nam se slobodno, bez najave, ČETVRTKOM od 19-21:00 h u prostoru Multimedijalnog kulturnog centra RAZRED u Domu Mladih, istočni ulaz (nasuprot Ekonomskoj školi), 3. kat, Ulica Slobode 28, u Splitu!
Grupe uzajamne podrške su otvorena besplatna druženja namijenjena osobama sa mentalnim poteškoćama, iskustvima izmijenjenih stanja svijesti, sa ili bez postavljene dijagnoze ili iskustva psihijatrijske hospitalizacije. Zamišljene su kao prostor psihosocijalnog osnaživanja kroz iskren razgovor, zajedništvo i uzajamnu ljudsku podršku u procesu oporavka.
Grupe ne vode stručnjaci po zvanju, nego se radi o zajednici stručnjaka po iskustvu nošenja sa psihičkom boli. Grupne procese usmjeravaju 2 educirana facilitatora čija je uloga stvoriti sigurno i tolerantno okruženje u kojem će sudionici imati podjednak prostor i vrijeme za izražavanje. Poštuju se pravila jednakosti, ravnopravnosti, povjerljivosti i anonimnosti.
Na našim se grupama sastajemo da bismo razgovarali kao ljudi.
Hrabri, ranjeni, povrijeđeni, odbačeni, neshvaćeni ljudi.
Oni koji se bore sa svojom emotivnom ranjivošću i malom tolerancijom na besmisleni život koji se svodi na preživljavanje. Oni kojima su stavili razne, često višestruke etikete: preosjetljivih, neurotičara, depresivaca, šizofreničara, graničnih slučajeva, bipolaraca, čudaka, luđaka. Bez obzira na naše rane, dijagnoze koje smo si sami stavili ili su nas drugi njima označili, nalazimo se kako bi jedni druge saslušali, utješili, zagrlili, podržali, ohrabrili, nasmijali.
Nadamo se da ćete nam se priključiti, i da ćemo ovim druženjima učiniti vaš svijet bar malo manje sivim, usamljenim i hladnim. Nadamo se da ćete pronaći riječi za sve djeliće sebe, čak i one okrhnute pune ožiljaka i nadamo se da ih možete sabrati zajedno sa zajednicom oko vas i otkriti da zapravo niste sami. Jer prijateljstvo je lijek!
Grupe podrške su BESPLATNE i otvorene za sve građane, neovisno o dobi, obrazovanju ili specifičnim teškoćama. Ne trebate se najaviti, samo dođite, bit ćete nam dobrodošli!
Dio su programa “Zasučimo rukave za mentalno zdravlje” UDRUGE FENIKS SPLIT kojeg financira Ministarstvo rada, mirovinskoga sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike, Ministarstvo zdravstva, sufinanciraju Grad Split i Županija Splitsko-dalmatinska. Sadržaj programa isključiva je odgovornost udruge i ne odražava nužno stavove Ministarstava. Program provodimo u partnerstvu s Obiteljskim centrom, područnom službom Splitsko-dalmatinskom i udrugom Permakultura Dalmacija.
What it sets out to do
stvoriti siguran prostor za iskren razgovor o izazovnim stanjima i osjećajima, doprinijeti oporavku osoba s mentalnim oboljenjima
Who it reaches
Grad Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Who runs it
NGO Udruga Feniks Split/Udruga za promicanje mentalnog zdravlja Feniks Split
What seems to make it work
Besplatna aktivnost, uzajamnost, vaninstitucionalnost, vode ju stručnjaci po iskustvu (peer support stručnjaci), siguran prostor za iskreno izražavanje
What gets in the way
Nedostatak prostora za rad, volonterski seprovodi duži niz godina od strane inkluzivnih volontera, nema adekvatnog financiranja
How it is funded
Organizacija i vođenje aktivnosti je volontersko, no osvježenje i prostor za odvijanje aktivnosti, terminski osiguravaju različiti donatori kroz projektno fnanciranje, trenutno je aktivnost dio projekta Udruge Feniks Split-Zasučimo rukave za mentalno zdravlje kojeg financira Ministarstvo rada, mirovinskoga sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike, sufinancira Ministarstvo zdravstva te Grad Split i Županija Splitsko-dalmatinska.
Moving it somewhere else
Aktivnost je primjenjiva u različitim zemljama i kulturološkim kontekstima
The record
- Lead organisation
- NGO Udruga Feniks Split/Udruga za promicanje mentalnog zdravlja Feniks Split
- Target populations
- Older adults (65+), Children and young people, People with disabilities
- Countries
- Croatia
- Evaluation status
- Internally evaluated
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Publication
- https://udrugafenikssplit.com/dogadanja/grupe-uzajamne-podrske-119/
- Contributed by
- Marina Vidović, predsjednica/ Udruga za promicanje mentalnog zdravlja FENIKS SPLIT
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Marina Vidović, predsjednica/ Udruga za promicanje mentalnog zdravlja FENIKS SPLIT (2026). grupe uzajamne podrške za osobe s mentalnim oboljenjima/izazovima. LONELY-EU Intervention Registry, entry LEU-012. https://buddyboss.silc-exchange.com/interventions/grupe-uzajamne-podrske-za-osobe-s-mentalnim-oboljenjima-izazovima/
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