The charity also has a core principle of "Service User Leadership" which they define as empowering people to make choices that affect their lives, lead their journey to wellbeing on their own terms and to collectively influence and improve services, organisations and society.
The charity provides mental health services by working in partnership with many other organisations, including housing associations, health trusts, local authorities, criminal justice agencies, and private and other voluntary sector bodies.
Key to the change was the incorporation of wellbeing, now a foundational concept in the charity's work.
Together was founded in 1879 by Rev Henry Hawkins, then chaplain of Colney Hatch asylum, who wanted to find ways to support people leaving the institution once they returned to the community.
The vast majority of funding is from governmental health and social care agencies, mainly for its supported housing projects.