“We are an alliance of individuals and organisations with a vision of a community that offers everyone in Powys the best possible opportunities to improve their mental health and well-being, both now and in the future.”

• To practise good governance and financial management of the Alliance.
  
  
• To promote participation of people with lived experience of mental distress and their supporters in the design, planning, delivery and evaluation of services.
  
  
• To strengthen connections between services, organisations and individuals by promoting partnership working across local organisations and by engaging more widely with members or those wish to become members of the Alliance.
  
  
• To provide a network of support for organisations providing mental health services in Powys.
  
  
• To carry out regular reviews of the Alliance’s vision, objectives and progress.
  
  
• To provide the best possible services either through delivery of support and/or training.
  
  
• To raise public awareness of aspects surrounding mental health and wellbeing and aiming to reduce stigma and discrimination.
  
  
• To exert a positive influence on policies affecting mental health provision both locally and nationally.
  
  
• To represent the rights and interests of those who experience mental distress and their supporters.
  
  
• To support the continued development of Powys Patients’ Council and the development of a community model.
  
  
• To embed a learning and recovery based approach within mental health service delivery across Powys.