Mielle

Founded in 1987, Mielle is a non-profit association based in Vaasa, Finland working on mental health, employment & skills, children & youth.

Mielle ry is a Finnish association working to promote mental wellbeing and recovery for people with mental health challenges. It has more than 30 years of experience providing social rehabilitation, mental health services and youth workshop activities. Its services include a daytime activity unit, a low-threshold open meeting place, a youth workshop for under-29s outside education and work, and rehabilitative work activities for long-term unemployed people. Its approach follows recovery orientation and uses green care methods, nature-based activities and peer support. The association operates mainly in the Vaasa region and Laihia in Ostrobothnia, Finland, and works with the Ostrobothnia wellbeing services county and the City of Vaasa. Its profits are reinvested in client and staff wellbeing and service development rather than distributed.