About Us

Coast Mental Health Foundation supports community mental health programs that improve the lives of people with serious mental illness.

Our Credo

Coast Mental Health Foundation exists to make better mental health possible.

Coast Mental Health Foundation supports community mental health programs that help return people to better mental health so they can share their gifts and talents with society. Coast's goal is to increase assistance for programs that provide supported housing, employment and community service centres to those in need and that help mental health consumers achieve practical goals. Coast's first responsibility is to build and sustain the resources needed to ensure universal access to these vital programs in our communities.

Coast Mental Health Foundation must strive to change how the world looks at people with mental illness and to change how those who are ill see themselves. Coast must inform the public about the enormous social, economic and human toll of leaving mental illness untreated. Equally, Coast must increase the awareness of both the need for mental health services and the enormous individual and societal benefits of providing appropriate care and support. Coast must also work to instill in the public's mind an understanding that mental illness is not a weakness of character, but rather a sickness.

Finally, Coast Mental Health Foundation must bring our community together in support of our vision of a society that affords respect and dignity to those with mental illness, and a pathway for those with serious mental illness to achieve their full potential and to make substantive contributions to society.