Port Elizabeth Mental Health has been operating since 1939. We are a community driven organization serving the needs of people with intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and their families as well as those people experiencing life crises.
Our Vision
Port Elizabeth Mental Health strives to be a dynamic movement that serves as an effective resource to empower people to attain optimal mental wellbeing and quality of life in a just society.
Our Mission
WE ACTIVELY WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR ALL BY:
Working with the community to achieve the highest possible level of mental health for all by:
Enabling people to participate in identifying community mental health needs and responding appropriately.
Developing equal, caring services for people having difficulties coping with everyday life, and those affected with a mental disability.
Creating public awareness of mental issues.
Striving for recognition and protection of mental health rights.
The Society aspires towards a caring and equal service system within a just and fair society.
The Organisation believes in a services delivering system reflected in an accountable partnership between the Society and the individual or community. It accepts the uniqueness of each individual and recognises the potential of people. Its management is responsive and based on participation, mutual trust and respect. Its structure is such that it encourages and facilitates the development of competence and commitment to the mental health movement in its management, staff and volunteers.
