Partner with Us
At Generation Mental Health, we believe meaningful change in mental health systems happens when lived experience is recognised as essential expertise. We partner with organisations to strengthen research, workforce development, and organisational practice through authentic collaboration.
Whether you represent an academic institution, CSR team, healthcare provider, funder, or innovation partner, your organisation plays a vital role in shaping mental health solutions that are more equitable, effective, and grounded in real-world needs. Together, we move beyond consultation toward genuine co-creation with people who have direct experience of mental health challenges.
Through our global network of lived experience leaders, researchers, and advocates, we support partners to design inclusive research, build leadership capability, and deliver initiatives that reflect the realities of the communities they serve.
Why partner with us?
We bring together a global community of lived experience experts, educators, researchers, and advocates who are redefining what leadership, research, and system transformation can look like.
At GenMH, we have built a well-established and engaged global youth lived experience network that brings diverse perspectives and expertise. We have a strong track record in community engagement, advisory support, and lived experience–led programme development.
By partnering with us your organisation can:
Embed lived experience expertise into research, programme design, policy, workforce, and organisational development
Co-produce research and insights grounded in real-world experience
Build leadership capacity around mental health, equity, and inclusive practice
Design programmes and strategies that reflect the needs of diverse communities
How we work with you
We co-design with intention, prioritising the knowledge and leadership of people with lived experience. Our approach moves beyond consultation toward meaningful partnership and shared decision-making.
We support organisations to build sustainable, ethical, and inclusive models of engagement that deliver real-world impact.
Our Commitment to Intersectional Lived Experience Leadership
We recognise that experiences of mental health are shaped by overlapping social realities and systems of power, including race, caste, gender, sexuality, disability, class, and geography. This understanding shapes how we design and lead our work.
Our engagement processes prioritise:
Intentional inclusion of people from diverse and historically marginalised communities
Accessible and supportive spaces for participation and collaboration
Recognition of cultural and structural contexts that shape lived experience
Ensuring participation is meaningful, ethical and fairly compensated
Explore Partnership Opportunities
Research & Evaluation Partnerships
We help organisations embed lived experience throughout the research lifecycle, from study design and methodology to analysis, dissemination, and knowledge translation. These partnerships move beyond consultation toward strategic co-creation.
This can include:
- Coordination of lived experience advisory boards
- Review by a Lived Experience Ethics Review Committee
- Co-design of research questions, methodologies, and study tools
- Advisory and strategic roles for lived experience experts across project cycles
- Lived experience-informed review and quality assurance of research outputs
- Tailored recruitment to ensure projects reach people with lived experience
Who this is for: Universities, research institutes, think tanks, public sector agencies, and philanthropic funders seeking to strengthen the relevance, quality, and impact of their work.
Leadership & Capability Building Programs
We design and deliver capacity-building initiatives that strengthen leadership in mental health, equity, and inclusion, grounded in lived experience principles.
This can include:
- Workshops and training programmes
- Leadership development initiatives
- Organisational advisory support
- Guidance on ethical and effective engagement of lived experience experts
Who this is for: Organisations looking to build internal capability for inclusive leadership, mental health literacy, and equity-focused practice.
Strategic Co-Creation & Innovation Labs
Partner with us to co-design services, programmes, or system interventions. We facilitate multi-stakeholder design processes that combine lived experience, research evidence, and organisational insight to accelerate innovation and impact.
This can include:
- Mental health system innovation labs
- Programme development with lived experience leadership
- Collaborative advisory cohorts for service or system redesign
- Mental health policy and strategy co-development
Who this is for: Organisations seeking to drive innovation, develop new services, or transform mental health systems with a co-creative approach.
Thought Leadership, Events & Speakers
We connect organisations with lived experience leaders and advocates to foster learning, conversation, and systemic influence.
This can include:
- Keynote talks, panels, and workshops
- Learning events and training sessions
- Strategic dialogues on lived experience inclusion in research, policy, and systems change
Who this is for: Organisations aiming to embed lived experience perspectives into conferences, convenings, and organisational learning initiatives.
Ready to Explore a Partnership?
Please reach out to our Chief Development Officer, Shruti, at shruti@generationmentalhealth.org!