HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATION

History of the Association


  • November 11, 1989: Foundation and Approval of AMAFE Statutes
  • December 18, 1989: Official Registration of Statutes and Association Registry
  • December 29, 1989: Registration with the Ministry of Finance
  • March 24, 1990: First General Assembly of Members
  • December 19, 1991: Administrative Authorization of the Information and Orientation Service, “AMAFE Living Room”
  • September 9, 1991: Registration of the Association with the Ministry of Social Affairs (IMSERSO)
  • October 3, 1991: Registration of the Association with the Ministry of Social Integration of the Community of Madrid
  • March 1, 1992: Registration of the Association in the General Social Security Regime
  • April 4, 1992 : First Amendment of Statutes
  • June 8, 1992: Official Registration of the Amendment to the Statutes
  • November 17, 1992 : Administrative Authorization of the AMAFE Living Room Service
  • May 7, 1994: Acquisition of the premises for the Headquarters and Activity Center at C/ Ruiz Perelló, 7, Madrid and Second Amendment to the Statutes.
  • July 19, 1994: Official Registration of the Second Amendment to the Statutes
  • August 5, 1994: Administrative Authorization of the Home Help Service
  • January 14, 1995: Inauguration of the Social Headquarters and Activities Center
  • April 9, 1996: AMAFE is declared a public utility entity
  • December 17, 1997 : Third Amendment of Statutes
  • November 20, 1997: Administrative Authorization of the AMAFE Center
  • February 5, 1998: Official Registration of the Third Amendment to the Statutes
  • December 27, 2004: Official Registration of the Fourth Amendment to the Statutes
  • July 20, 2006: Adaptation to Organic Law 15/1999 on the Protection of Personal Data
  • May 30, 2007: Fifth Amendment to the Statutes
  • October 10, 2007: Registration of the Association in the Registry of Citizen Entities of the Madrid City Council
  • December 20, 2007: Official Registration of the Fifth Amendment to the Statutes
  • January 14, 2008: Declaration of Public Utility by the Madrid City Council to AMAFE
  • May 2016: Seventh amendment to the Statutes
  • March 31, 2017 : Registration in the National Registry of Associations
  • May 29, 2019 : Eighth amendment to the Statutes. Name change.
  • October 16, 2023: Ninth amendment to the Statutes. Change of AMAFE's headquarters.
  • December 2023: signing of the new AMAFE Equality Plan
  • February 1, 2024: AMAFE headquarters moved to Calle General Aranaz, 31.




Institutional framework

Organic Law 1/2002 of March 22:

  • Art 14. Documentary and formal obligations
  • Art. 32 Public utility associations
  • Art. 34.1. Obligations of public utility associations


    • Organic Law 49/2002 of December 23, 2002:

    • Art. 3. Requirements for non-profit entities


      REGULATION (EU) 679/2016 of 25 May, relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and to the free movement of such data.


      Regulatory Regulations with which AMAFE Complies

      • Royal Decree 226/2003 of November 6, approving the Regulations of the Registry of Directors of Private Initiative Social Service Centers in the Community of Madrid.
      • UNE-EN-ISO 9001:2015


        • Organizations with which the Spanish Association for Psychosis Support is linked


        International scope:

        • EUFAMI (European Federation of Associations of Families of People with Mental Illness).


          National scope:

          • Spanish Mental Health Confederation: Full Member, since March 24, 1990.
          • Manantial Foundation for the Mentally Ill: Patrons since its founding, July 11, 1995.


            • Provincial scope:

            • Madrid Federation of Mental Health Associations (FEMASAM) (Defunct): Founding member, January 30, 1992 – December 2012.
            • Madrid Mental Health Federation - UMASAM: Founding member, January 8, 2013.


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