Sieć Przyjaciół Zdrowia Psychicznego

What Sieć Przyjaciół Zdrowia Psychicznego does

Sieć Przyjaciół Zdrowia Psychicznego is a Polish non-profit foundation (Fundacja Sieć Przyjaciół Zdrowia Psychicznego) founded in 2020 and headquartered in Poznań, dedicated to peer-based mental health support. Its core service is a volunteer matching program in which trained young volunteers, called 'opiekunowie' (carer-friends), are paired with beneficiaries experiencing mental health challenges, isolation, or stigma; the documented waiting time for a matched carer is approximately seven days. The foundation operates across Poland, with active volunteer carers in at least seven cities (Poznań, Olsztyn, Warsaw, Wrocław, Lublin, Szczecin, Gdańsk) and explicitly welcomes both beneficiaries and carers from any region. All support services are provided free of charge.

Name

Sieć Przyjaciół Zdrowia Psychicznego

Legal name

Fundacja Sieć Przyjaciół Zdrowia Psychicznego

Website

https://siecprzyjaciol.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Polish non-profit foundation (founded 2020, Poznań) operating a free, volunteer-led peer mental health support network across seven cities in Poland, serving individuals facing mental health challenges, isolation, or stigma.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Peer Support

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGAEAH)

Keywords

• Mental health peer support
• Nonprofit foundation services
• Community integration programs
• Psychoeducation content
• Volunteer support network

Headquarters

HQ city

Poznań

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Project grants and dofinansowanie (co-funding): The foundation receives grant funding for specific projects from external programs. Documented grants include: 5,000 zł from Regrantingowe Centrum Inicjatyw Lokalnych (project 'Młodzi przy stole'), 14,550 zł from 'Wspólnie dla Regionu' 2026 edition (project 'Drugie życie rzeczy'), and 18,910 zł from 'Zielona społeczność 2026' (project 'Zielona Przestrzeń Wspólna'). Grants are tied to specific project deliverables and timelines.
2. Donations (darowizny): The foundation accepts monetary donations from individuals on a voluntary basis. Donations are made to the foundation's bank account with the description 'Darowizna na cele statutowe'. This is a one-time or recurring revenue stream from individual donors.
3. 1.5% income tax assignment: Polish taxpayers can assign 1.5% of their income tax to the foundation by entering the KRS number (0000270261) and target 'Fundacja Sieć Przyjaciół Zdrowia Psychicznego 30598' in their annual tax return. This represents a form of public funding from individual tax contributions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fundacja Sieć Przyjaciół Zdrowia Psychicznego is a Polish non-profit foundation that provides free peer-based mental health support. Trained young volunteer "opiekunowie" (carer-friends) are matched with individuals experiencing mental health challenges, isolation, or stigma, with a typical waiting time of around 7 days. The foundation complements this core service with community-integration projects (community gardens, repair/upcycling workshops, family integration events) and an educational blog of psychoeducational articles.

Product overview

Sieć Przyjaciół Zdrowia Psychicznego to Fundacja (non-profit) działająca na rzecz zdrowia psychicznego, oferująca zróżnicowany portfel usług i programów. Główne działania obejmują: (1) program wsparcia rówieśniczego typu peer-support, w którym przeszkoleni wolontariusze-opiekunowie wspierają podopiecznych; (2) warsztaty integracyjno-naprawcze i ekologiczne (np. projekt „Drugie życie rzeczy", „Zielona Przestrzeń Wspólna"); (3) projekty budowania wspólnoty (np. „Młodzi przy stole"); (4) portal blogowy z artykułami psychoedukacyjnymi obejmujący tematy takie jak wsparcie społeczne, syndrom oszusta, komunikacja bez przemocy, depresja młodzieńcza, uzależnienia i relacje; oraz (5) program wolontariatu rekrutujący osoby do różnych ról wsparcia, komunikacji, IT i pisania projektów. Organizacja nie jest firmą technologiczną i nie oferuje produktów typu software-as-a-service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Peer Support Program (Wsparcie typu peer: opiekun – podopieczny) Core free service in which trained volunteer opiekunowie (carer-friends) are matched with individuals facing mental health challenges, isolation, or stigma and provide ongoing peer-based emotional support. Typical waiting time for a matched opiekun is approximately 7 days. Beneficiaries apply via an online form on the foundation's website.
• Drugie życie rzeczy – wspólna naprawa, wspólna zmiana (Integration-repair workshops) A series of 10 integration-repair workshops combined with psychoeducation on procrastination and psychological well-being, in which participants repair clothing, restore household items, and reuse salvaged materials. Targets approximately 70 direct participants, ~50 items repaired/renewed, and ~30 kg of materials reused.
• Zielona Przestrzeń Wspólna – drugie życie ogrodu na Szarotkowej Community project converting the garden at the foundation's Szarotkowa (Kwiatowe estate) headquarters in Poznań into an accessible green communal space for meetings, rest, workshops, ecological activities, and neighbourhood integration.
• Młodzi przy stole – budowanie wspólnoty w Poznaniu Community-building program for young residents of Poznań aged 20+, comprising inaugural meetings, an online webinar on relationships, integration workshops, and final culinary workshops, with planned support for approximately 50 beneficiaries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Waiting time for a matched 'opiekun' (carer) is approximately 7 days
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• 7 Cups: International online peer-support platform connecting users with trained volunteer listeners. Comparable peer-to-peer emotional support model, but operates globally and at much larger scale via technology.
• Mindgram: Polish mental-wellness platform offering digital content, therapy access, and EAP-style services to employers. Adjacent peer — same beneficiary segment (mental health support for Polish audiences) but a commercial, technology-enabled model.

Direct peers

• Fundacja Dajemy Dzieciom Siłę: One of the largest Polish child-and-youth support NGOs operating helplines, counseling, and educational programs. Highly comparable as a peer-led support nonprofit competing for the same Polish grant pools and 1.5% tax assignments.
• Fundacja ITAKA: Polish nonprofit providing crisis-line emotional support and missing-persons assistance. Comparable volunteer-led helpline/crisis support delivery model.
• Stowarzyszenie Aktywnie Przeciwko Depresji: Polish association providing peer support groups and educational programming for people experiencing depression. Closely matches Sieć Przyjaciół's peer-support model and mental-health education approach.
• Telefon Zaufania dla Dzieci i Młodzieży: Poland's national youth helpline run by Fundacja Dajemy Dzieciom Siłę. Comparable as a free, nationwide, peer/trained-volunteer emotional support service for young Poles in crisis.
• Fundacja eF Kropka: Polish mental-health education and support foundation running peer-support and psychoeducational programs. Comparable in scale, mission, and community-led delivery model.
• Fundacja Chce Się Żyć: Polish nonprofit focused on suicide prevention and mental health crisis support. Directly comparable target audience (people in mental health crisis) and reliance on volunteer-based emotional support.
• Centrum Wsparcia dla Osób Dorosłych w Kryzysie Psychicznym: Polish crisis support centers offering free psychological counseling. Comparable free-of-charge mental health support service targeting adults in crisis across Poland.

Broad incumbents

• Caritas Polska: Largest Polish Catholic social services NGO operating nationwide social assistance, crisis support, and community programs. Competes for the same donor/grant pool and 1.5% tax assignment revenue.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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