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About us

Since its establishment in 2016, Nightline has continued to grow. We look back at the history of Nightline, but also at our mission, our values and what makes us strong: our expertise in student mental health.
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Our mission and key values

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Our priority: student well-being

Our mission is to improve student mental health by acting on an individual and collective scale and on the student's environment. Because good mental health means a state of well-being that allows each person to blossom and to face the normal difficulties of life, acting with young adults in the process of building themselves seems crucial to us. For us, mental health is everyone's business, just like physical health.

Peer support at our core

The values of our association are directly linked to our helpline, Nightline's historical service. All our actions are based on the principle of peer support, that is to say a form of service where committed people share their experiences and common life: at Nightline, young people help other young people.
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Nightline’s key dates

Patrick Skehan, an Irish exchange student in France, was struck by the lack of structures dedicated to student mental health and decided to import the Anglo-Saxon concept of Nightline listening services dating back to the 70s to France.

2016 - Nightline Paris is born

Patrick Skehan, an Irish exchange student in France, was struck by the lack of structures dedicated to student mental health and decided to import the Anglo-Saxon concept of Nightline listening services dating back to the 70s to France.

With the help of PSL University's call for student initiatives, the association trains its first volunteers and opens its French Nightline in November 2017.

2017 - Training our first volunteers

With the help of PSL University's call for student initiatives, the association trains its first volunteers and opens its French Nightline in November 2017.

English-speaking volunteers are recruited in order to offer a listening service dedicated to foreign students living in Paris.

2018 - Launch of the English Parisian line

English-speaking volunteers are recruited in order to offer a listening service dedicated to foreign students living in Paris.

As the months go by, partnerships are set up with more establishments and institutions, allowing Nightline Paris to gain popularity.

2019 - Nightline Paris receives more than 1,500 calls

As the months go by, partnerships are set up with more establishments and institutions, allowing Nightline Paris to gain popularity.

The association becomes Nightline France and, with that, deploys the concept of student listening services in many other cities and regions: Plateau de Saclay, Lille, Lyon, Toulouse and Pays de la Loire.

2020-2021 - New listening services are created throughout France

The association becomes Nightline France and, with that, deploys the concept of student listening services in many other cities and regions: Plateau de Saclay, Lille, Lyon, Toulouse and Pays de la Loire.

Nathalie Roudaut succeeds Patrick Skehan as Chief Delegate and Erkan Narmanli succeeds Florian Tirana as President to accompany the expansion and consolidation of the association.

2022 - A new lead

Nathalie Roudaut succeeds Patrick Skehan as Chief Delegate and Erkan Narmanli succeeds Florian Tirana as President to accompany the expansion and consolidation of the association.

Our expertise

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Our diversity as an asset

Our expertise stems from the diversity of profiles that make up our team: student volunteers committed to their peers and close to the reality of student life, professionals in mental health (psychologists), preventio and communication, as well as local experts. Each new project is based on a concrete, real-life experience, directly from the field.
Nightline also owes its expertise to all the institutional actors who support the association: public and private partners who bring us their financial support but also share their skills and knowledge.