Fundació Support-Girona

Support-Girona (formally Fundació Support-Girona, historically associated with the name Fundació Tutelar) is a non-profit foundation headquartered in Girona, in the Catalan region of Spain. It works in the field of disability and mental health, combining legal guardianship and tutelary support with broader rights-based advocacy, personalised care models and community inclusion. Its activity is framed around the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the idea that the barriers people face come not only from a health condition but also from stigma, lack of support and social exclusion. The foundation is registered in Catalonia's official registers: it appears in the Registre Fundacions (number 1817), in the register of the Departament de Treball, Afers Socials i Famílies de la Generalitat de Catalunya (S05710), in the Registre de Grups d'Interès de l'Administració de la Generalitat i del Sector Públic (indicator number 315), in the municipal register of entities of the Ajuntament de Girona (EH3234) and in the Cens d'Entitats de Voluntariat de Catalunya (001907-000). It states that it is accredited with the ISO 9001:2015 quality standard. Support-Girona is active in the mental health ecosystem of the Girona comarques. It co-presents the annual World Mental Health Day campaign in the region together with the Associació Família i Salut Mental de Girona i Comarques, Fundació Drissa and the Institut d'Assistència Sanitària (IAS). It also takes part in Catalan and European mental health networks, including events organised by Mental Health Europe (MHE), and in 2025 it organised international human rights conferences at the Monastery of Montserrat under the title "Vides Dignes, una qüestió de Drets Humans" (Dignified Lives, a Question of Human Rights). Its public positioning is strongly rights-based and person-centred. It promotes supported decision-making, personalised care and support, the voice of people with lived experience, and the fight against the stigma associated with psychosocial disability. It also participates in employment programmes, such as the practical hiring scheme for young beneficiaries of the Youth Guarantee Programme in Catalonia, co-financed by the European Social Fund. As a foundation, Support-Girona is a private, non-profit entity rather than a listed company. Its brand is primarily institutional and social rather than commercial: it represents a service and advocacy organisation whose "offerings" are guardianship, support services, training, events and awareness campaigns for people with disabilities, their families and the wider community.

Support-Girona is a Catalan non-profit foundation based in Girona. The name 'Fundació Tutelar' (tutelary foundation) reflects the organisation's origins and core mission in the field of legal guardianship and support for people who need assistance in exercising their legal capacity, particularly people with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities. Over time, the entity has developed into a broader rights-based organisation working across disability and mental health, using the public-facing name Support-Girona. The foundation operates within the legal and administrative framework of Catalonia. It is registered in the Registre Fundacions with number 1817 and in the register of the Departament de Treball, Afers Socials i Famílies de la Generalitat de Catalunya with number S05710. It also appears in the Registre de Grups d'Interès de l'Administració de la Generalitat i del Sector Públic (indicator number 315), in the municipal register of entities of the Ajuntament de Girona (EH3234) and in the Cens d'Entitats de Voluntariat de Catalunya (001907-000). The foundation states that it is accredited with the ISO 9001:2015 quality management standard. In recent years Support-Girona has become a visible actor in the mental health ecosystem of the Girona comarques. It co-organises and co-presents the regional World Mental Health Day campaign alongside the Associació Família i Salut Mental de Girona i Comarques, Fundació Drissa and the Institut d'Assistència Sanitària (IAS). The 2025 edition, under the slogan 'Experiències viscudes, escoltades: veus reals, canvis reals', emphasised the knowledge of people with lived experience of mental health problems and their active role in transforming care, service design and policy. The campaign included more than fifty events across the territory, and the organisations noted that mental health services attended to more than 29,000 people in the Girona comarques in 2025. Support-Girona also engages at Catalan, Spanish and European level. On 13 November 2025 it participated in the Mental Health Europe (MHE) webinar 'Transforming Services and Shifting Attitudes about Mental Health in Catalonia & Spain: QualityRights Training & Implementation', reflecting its involvement in the WHO QualityRights approach to improving mental health services and promoting the rights of people with psychosocial disabilities. It also participates in the first session of the Catalan PNSM cycle 'Salut mental, una mirada compartida', a meeting focused on rights, innovation and community that gives a voice to professionals, entities, administrations and people with lived experience. A major milestone was the international conference 'Vides Dignes, una qüestió de Drets Humans' (Dignified Lives, a Question of Human Rights), organised by Fundació Support-Girona on 13 and 14 March 2025 at the Monastery of Montserrat, within the framework of the Montserrat Millennium. The event brought together international and national speakers, including representatives of the United Nations, academics, activists with lived experience and leading professionals. Its objectives included analysing progress in respecting the human rights of people with disabilities, exploring innovative models of personalised care and support, giving voice to people with lived experience, fostering collaboration between institutions and organisations, and highlighting the transformative role of work, education and culture. Support-Girona is also involved in employment and youth programmes. Its website refers to practical hiring of young beneficiaries of the Youth Guarantee Programme in Catalonia, under Order TSF/115/2018 of 12 July, a programme financed by the Youth Employment Initiative and the European Social Fund with 91.89% co-financing. In September 2026 Support-Girona joined the Spanish Ministry of Health campaign 'Apropa't, escolta, acompanya... repara' (Come closer, listen, accompany... repair). The campaign focuses on psychosocial disability, stigma and the role of relationships and the social environment. It is based on a human rights perspective: the difficulties experienced by a person with mental health problems depend not only on their health situation but also on barriers such as stigma, lack of support, social exclusion and difficulties in participating fully in the community. The campaign includes a 'Manual de reparació', a practical guide for the general public, and stresses that the aim is not to 'repair' people but the bonds that suffering, stigma or loneliness may have damaged.

• Organised the international conference 'Vides Dignes, una qüestió de Drets Humans' at the Monastery of Montserrat within the Montserrat Millennium.

• Participated in the Mental Health Europe webinar on QualityRights training and implementation in Catalonia and Spain.

• Co-presented the World Mental Health Day campaign in the Girona comarques with partner organisations.

• Joined the Spanish Ministry of Health campaign 'Apropa't, escolta, acompanya... repara' on psychosocial disability and stigma.

A rights-based, person-centred non-profit foundation promoting supported decision-making, personalised care and the fight against stigma in disability and mental health.

• Tutelary and guardianship support

  Legal and personal support for people who need assistance in exercising their legal capacity.

• Personalised care and support services

  Community-based support models for people with disabilities and mental health conditions.

• QualityRights training and webinars

  Training and participation in WHO QualityRights-related events to improve mental health services and rights.

• Awareness campaigns

  Campaigns such as World Mental Health Day and the Ministry of Health's 'Apropa't, escolta, acompanya... repara'.

1. 1Actualitat | Supportsupportgirona.cat
2. 2MHE Webinar. 'Transforming Services and Shifting Attitudes about Mental Health in Catalonia & Spain: QualityRights Training & Implementation' | Supportsupportgirona.cat
3. 3Mil·lenari | Supportsupportgirona.cat
4. 4Support-Girona se suma a la campanya «Apropa't, escolta, acompanya... repara» | Supportsupportgirona.cat
5. 5Fundació Tutelarwikidata.org