Our mission and key values
Nightline’s key dates
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2020-10/Capture%20d%E2%80%99e%CC%81cran%202020-10-16%20a%CC%80%2017.11.50.png?itok=oDfjQVFu)
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.
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2020-10/Capture%20d%E2%80%99e%CC%81cran%202020-10-16%20a%CC%80%2017.23.22.png?itok=xmyEZHPR)
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.
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2020-10/Capture%20d%E2%80%99e%CC%81cran%202020-10-16%20a%CC%80%2017.24.36.png?itok=I8sTbW8k)
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.
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2020-10/IMG_0203.jpeg?itok=23EU5G8m)
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.
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2022-07/Copie%20de%20Mascotte_0.png?itok=cF0AEBdE)
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.
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2022-10/nathalie%20et%20erkan.png?itok=UemVJQvy)
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.