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My experience of the Community Rehabilitation Service

Ruth Valerie

17 September 2021

Whiteness as a chemical restraint in the statutory guidance of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018

Colin King

16 August 2021

Cognitive justice and survival

David Gibbs

23 July 2021

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New NSUN podcast: funding user-led groups

Funding user-led groups: learning from the Side By Side Fund In the first episode of the NSUN podcast, Mark Brown… more

23 September 2021

Abolition and mental health: pitch us

NSUN (The National Survivor User Network) is a membership organisation of people and grassroots groups with lived experience of mental… more

16 September 2021

Annual members’ questionnaire 2021

Today we are launching our annual members’ questionnaire for 2021. Each year we ask members to take a few minutes… more

13 September 2021

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Latest research and publications

What Do User-Led Groups Need? (2020)

This research looked to understand what challenges user-led mental health organisations face, and to explore what might help user-led organisations… more

Keeping Control: what to do if you have experienced abuse or hate crime

These resources are for anyone who has experienced abuse, victimisation or hate crime directed at them because of their mental… more