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ABOUT US
The Mental Health Northants Collaboration (MHNC) exists to ensure people in Northamptonshire are able to access mental heath support services that understand and meet their needs.
We bring together charities across the county who provide services to improve mental health and wellbeing; these organisations are our members.
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MHNC began as a support network for likeminded organisations delivering community mental health services.

We shared policies, developed systems and practices, bid for funding to deliver joint services. Our collaboration has remained strong: seven of our original members continue to be part of MHNC.

We became a registered charity in 2014 and formalised our collaboration. We are led by our members, for our members. We are recognised as a beacon of strength within a voluntary sector often fractured by the need to compete for funding.

Our approach has meant that not only we have weathered the storms, our members have too. We now have 19 members, covering all ages and spanning mental health and counselling charities through to charities supporting those who are unpaid carers, those who are homeless and in insecure accommodation, those who misuse alcohol and substances.

Our membership now reflects the broader determinants of mental health and the wider network of services supporting people experiencing mental ill health.

All of our members are small charities, most of whom have a turnover below £1m. We anticipate that our membership will continue to grow as our role within the Integrated Care System develops.

As our strategic role within the county has developed, our governance structures have had to evolve. Our Board is now comprised of five independent Trustees, plus the CEOs of two member organisations.

This enables the Board to have impartiality when distributing funding for services, but remain deeply connected to the needs of both our members and the population of Northamptonshire.

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VISION
People in Northamptonshire are able to access mental health support services that understand and meet their needs.
PURPOSE
MHNC supports local providers working together to develop and deliver high-quality, integrated, person-centred community services to improve the mental health and wellbeing of people living in Northamptonshire.
VALUES
Voluntary and Community Sector focus; objectivity and impartiality; coordinated provision; protecting autonomy and strengthening organisations; inherent dynamism and responsiveness.