Steunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel

What Steunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel does

Steunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel is a Dutch non-profit foundation (Stichting) headquartered in Utrecht that operates as a free, peer-led self-management and recovery center for adults with mental health and psychosocial challenges. Originally established as Steunpunt GGZ Utrecht and later rebranded, the organization holds ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling) status, CRKBO educational certification, and erkend leerbedrijf recognition (RSIN 816344486). It runs eight physical walk-in locations across five municipalities in the Utrecht region — Utrecht, Zeist, De Bilt, De Ronde Venen, and Stichtse Vecht — and serves adults with mental health challenges, men aged 40+ (via the Gouden Mannen program), and women from migrant backgrounds (via Vrouwen en Verbinding, delivered in Arabic, Berber, Turkish, and Dutch). All services are provided free of charge, with no referral or waitlist required.

The organization delivers structured training programs including Acceptance Training (ACT-based, mindfulness, self-compassion), Recovery Planning (Positive Health framework), and Grief and Loss support, plus movement and creative offerings such as dance and yoga. Its core delivery model is built on experiential experts (ervaringsdeskundigen) — staff and volunteers with lived experience of mental health challenges — supported by a director (Daphne van Dijk, since November 2025), a network connector, a volunteer coordinator, trainers, and partner-hosted sites. The technology stack is minimal: a WordPress-based website and an online Herstelverhaal platform where participants write and share recovery stories with volunteer coaching. There is no proprietary software or AI technology described.

The business model is grant-funded. Revenue is derived from municipal subsidies across the five served municipalities and from grant programs such as Herstel Dichtbij, with additional visibility through national frameworks (Integraal Zorg Akkoord, Gezond en Actief Leven Akkoord, Ecosysteem Mentale Gezondheid). Go-to-market is community-led: word-of-mouth, walk-in in-person contact, referrals from GPs, social teams, GGZ, and municipalities, and volunteer-supported social media. Strategic posture is expanding: effective 1 January 2026, De Achterkant Utrecht — a network of twelve client councils across social shelter, addiction care, and mental health — will be integrated, and a new savings-group partnership with Spaarkracht is scheduled from September 2026.

Name

Steunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel

Legal name

Steunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel

Website

https://zelfregie-herstel.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Steunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel is a Dutch non-profit foundation providing free, peer-led mental health recovery support through eight walk-in locations across five municipalities in the Utrecht region, serving adults with psychosocial challenges, men aged 40+, and migrant women via experiential experts and grant-funded programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Mental Health Recovery Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Wraparound & Community-Based Behavioral Support (ABA-Adjacent) (EDAKAHAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Holistic & Alternative Therapies (Reiki, Sound Healing, Breathwork, Energy Work) (THAJAHAF)

Keywords

• Peer support services
• Mental health recovery
• Community mental health
• Experiential expertise training
• Psychosocial support programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Utrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subsidies and Grants: Steunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel operates as a non-profit organization (ANBI status) funded primarily through municipal subsidies and grants. The organization works without profit motive and all activities are provided free of charge to participants. Revenue is supplemented by contributions from subsidy programs such as Herstel Dichtbij.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Steunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel is a non-profit foundation that provides free, low-threshold peer-support services for adults experiencing mental health vulnerabilities in the Utrecht region. Its core delivery consists of recurring recovery-focused activities (e.g., men's groups, women's groups, dance, yoga), structured multi-session training programs (Acceptance, Grief and Loss, Make Your Own Recovery Plan, Experiential Expertise), and an online recovery-story platform, all led by trained experiential experts with lived experience.

Product overview

Steunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel operates as a peer-support self-management center offering free mental health recovery activities. The core offering consists of diverse workshops and training programs led by experienced peer support specialists, including structured programs like Training: Acceptatie (based on ACT, mindfulness and self-compassion), Training: Maak jouw eigen herstelplan (using the Positive Health framework), and Training Rouw en Verlies for grief support. The organization also runs branded group programs such as Gouden Mannen (for men 40+) and Vrouwen en Verbinding (women's groups in multiple languages), plus creative and movement offerings like Dans en Herstel and Herstelyoga. An online platform called Herstelverhaal enables participants to write and share their recovery stories online with volunteer guidance. All activities are free, require no referral, and are accessible without a waiting list.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Training Acceptatie (Acceptance Training)

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• De Achterkant UtrechtcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026De Achterkant Utrecht, a collaborative network of twelve client councils and client organizations active in Maatschappelijke Opvang (social shelter), Verslavingszorg (addiction care), and GGZ (mental health) in the Utrecht region, will become part of Steunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel effective 1 January 2026. De Achterkant brings a broad network of experiential experts and client councils, strengthening the voice of clients in policy and decision-making. The partnership deepens the organization's reach and diversity of perspectives.
• MENS (De Bilt)minorOthersSteunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel operates its De Bilt walk-in location within the MENS community center at Hessenweg 121, De Bilt. The location is open every Thursday 13:00-15:00.
• SpaarkrachtminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSteunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel collaborates with Spaarkracht to offer a savings group (spaarkring) for participants. The partnership starts September 2026 and runs for 6 months, meeting weekly. Participants save toward their own goals with mutual support.
• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Zelfregie en Herstel (NVZ)minorOthersSteunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel is an active member of the NVZ, the Dutch Association for Self-management and Recovery. The organization also participates in national projects including the Integraal Zorg Akkoord, Gezond en Actief Leven Akkoord, and Ecosysteem Mentale Gezondheid.
• MIND PlatformminorOthersActive member of MIND (mental health platform in the Netherlands), contributing to and benefiting from the national network for mental health transformation.
• Herstel Dichtbij ProgrammaminorOthersWith subsidy funding from the Herstel Dichtbij program, Steunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel developed a handbook and training on culturally sensitive self-management and recovery, contributing to the organization's intellectual output.
• BuurtteamminorOthersPartnered with Buurtteam (neighborhood team) as part of the Gouden Mannen-Utrecht project. Buurtteam provides social support services and refers residents to the program.
• Stichting Gouden Mannen AmsterdamminorOthersSteunpunt Zelfregie & Herstel's Gouden Mannen program was inspired by and developed in partnership with Stichting Gouden Mannen Amsterdam, which supports similar programs for men aged 40+.
• Gouden Mannen-Utrecht stakeholder networkminorOthersGouden Mannen-Utrecht involved collaboration with wethouders (aldermen), gemeenteraadsleden (council members), Buurtteam, Belastingdienst, DOCK, Trimbos-instituut, U op leeftijd, SOMnl, Sagenn, Gezondheidspact, Digiwijs, De Tussenvoorziening, Leger des Heils, and Kleurrijk Zorg, among others.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights9 records

Broad incumbents

• Mentaal Beter: Mentaal Beter is one of the largest Dutch outpatient mental health treatment providers with multiple regional locations. It is comparable as a broader mental-health ambulatory services provider in the Netherlands, although its clinical/insurance-reimbursed model contrasts with Steunpunt's non-clinical peer-support approach.
• Buurtzorg Nederland: Buurtzorg is the well-known Dutch community-based home care pioneer operating across the Netherlands with neighborhood-embedded teams. While its core work is somatic/nursing rather than mental-health recovery, the small self-managing teams in local neighborhoods mirror Steunpunt's grassroots community-based operating model.

Direct peers

• Lister: Lister provides supported housing and recovery-oriented care for people with psychosocial vulnerabilities across multiple Dutch regions, often involving experiential experts in service delivery. It is comparable as a regional Dutch provider combining housing, recovery support, and self-management focus—overlapping with Steunpunt's recovery mission.
• Phrenos: Phrenos is a Dutch expertise center focused on recovery and participation for people with severe mental illness, developing methodologies and training for recovery-oriented work. Both organizations explicitly center recovery, lived experience, and self-management as their organizing principles, making Phrenos a directly comparable peer.
• Indigo (Lichtpunkt): Indigo is a Dutch organization providing low-threshold mental health support and prevention, including walk-in inloop locations and peer-led groups in many municipalities. It overlaps directly with Steunpunt on walk-in recovery support, peer-led facilitation, and free-of-charge access.
• Stichting MIND: MIND is the Dutch national mental health platform that aggregates peer support, information, and advocacy for people with psychosocial challenges. Steunpunt is an active member of MIND, and both organizations operate peer-led support and recovery-oriented programming under a similar not-for-profit, low-threshold philosophy.
• Stichting 113 Zelfmoordpreventie: 113 Zelfmoordpreventie runs the Dutch suicide prevention hotline and peer-led crisis chat services, combining volunteer-based delivery with training of frontline responders. Steunpunt's peer-support model and emphasis on accessibility (no waitlist, no referral) is directly comparable in philosophy and volunteer-led delivery.

Others

• GGZ Nederland: GGZ Nederland is the Dutch trade association for mental health and addiction care providers, representing institutional members across the country. It is not a peer in service delivery but is the industry-body umbrella under which Steunpunt could increasingly partner or align for policy advocacy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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