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Making mental health care accessible to all

Why offer and promote free mental health care?

The public mental health care system in Spain is not able to provide high-needed mental health support. Those in already marganilised positions are the ones most affected by this, as they are more prone to suffer from mental health conditions and cannot access private care.

This is why we offer free psychosocial support to those who need it the most.

Mental health care in Spain

Fact 1: Mental health conditions

22% of the Spanish population suffers or has suffered from at least one mental health condition.

Fact 2: Suicide statistics

Suicide is the leading cause of unnatural death, double the number of deaths from traffic accidents.

Fact 3: Number of psychologists

Spanish public hospital have less than five psychologist per 100.000 inhabitants, compared to an average of 18 in the EU.

Fact 4: Lack of funding

Funding for mental health services falls short of EU standards, accounting for just 0.6% of the GDP.

What do we do?

PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT

We carry out various types of free psychosocial support, including one-to-one counselling and other activities to promote positive mental health care.

SPORTS COMMUNITY BUILDING

We organise sports activities and events to promote community building and positive mental health care through exercise and bringing people together.

ADVOCACY & RESEARCH

We give a voice to communities that face marginalisation and do not have access to adequate health care, through awareness raising and research.

In collaboration with the nonprofit sector – and the private sector

Collaborating locally and transnationally with other NGOs

Offering support together with other specialized partners

Working with companies through strong Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) partnerships

Support us and become involved

Donate or become a member

Your financial contribution as an individual or organisation will be directly used for our activities, once or monthly.

Become an Iguality Ambassador

Help us spread the word about our work and create awareness about mental health by sharing our work, events and impact.

Become a Social Impact partner

Benefit from Shared Value with your company and start a partnership with us to make mental health care accessible.

Volunteer as therapist

Use your skills and experience to support people through psychosocial support on a (bi-)weekly basis.

The people at Iguality

At the moment, our whole team consists of volunteers and we are proud of the great people we work with.

Alex
Duran

Founder & Co-coordinator

Verónica Siller
Uvalle

Volunteer
therapist

Claudia
Cutiño

Volunteer
therapist

Lucy de
Keizer

COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEER

Join our cycling community event in 2024!

With great success we organised the RIDE FOR IGUALITY last September, and we’re already working hard on the next edition in September 2024!

The official web page is already live, so you can find all information and pre-register to get your spot amongst many other cyclists, for free!

The Iguality blog & updates

Learn about our work, mental health-related topics and much more.

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Trusted by individuals, organisations and institutions

Iguality offered me free psychological support through their amazing volunteers, which helped me regain my confidence and thrust.

Ananda
From Venezuela

I learned so much during my internship with Iguality. Thanks to great support and guidance from the supervisors of Iguality I had the chance to develop myself into a professional social worker.

Tiare
Intern at Iguality

It is a privilege to work with an NGO like Iguality, and the dedication of their team - mainly consisting of volunteers - is incredible to see. Moreover, their CSR opportunities for companies are excellent.

N. Waller
CEO of Global M

Marta and Vincent are unique professionals and can make big social change happen in an extremely effective way through training and coaching of other organisations.

Martin
Project Manager at Madrid for Refugees

Volunteering for Iguality has been brilliant- the professionalism, dedication and motivation of the team is incredible.

Lauren
Volunteer therapist at Iguality

I have been a volunteer with Iguality since the beginning and I am loving the experience. The team is fantastic and the projects have a lot of impact.

Ainoa
Volunteer in Iguality’s core team

Our collaborations and partners

We work with companies, universities, NGOs and governmental institutions, both on a local and international level.