Latest member blogs

Actions Speak Louder Than Words!

David Gibbs

14 January 2022

Book Review: Voices that Shake! A trilogy of youth led publications

Kaiisha Kukendra

11 January 2022

When Getting into the Room is the First Hurdle: Lack of Wheelchair Access in Therapy Services

Katy Evans

17 December 2021

NSUN AGM 2021

On the 29th November & 1st December we held our AGM & Members’ Event – watch the recordings now

Watch the recordings

Latest news

Joint statement on the impact of video & audio links in criminal proceedings on defendants with learning difficulties, neurodiversity or mental health issues

We are extremely concerned by the wholesale expansion of ‘remote’ video and audio link criminal proceedings proposed in the Police,… more

10 January 2022

Surveillance in mental health settings – NSUN response to JCHR inquiry

NSUN’s written evidence to Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) inquiry into the protection of human rights in care… more

16 December 2021

Open letter to Sajid Javid on institutional racism within Mental Health Act reform

Rt Hon Sajid Javid MPSecretary of State for Health and Social CareDepartment of Health and Social Care39 Victoria Street LondonSW1H… more

14 December 2021

Membership benefits

  • Weekly e-bulletin with involvement and influencing opportunities, membership events, research and policy updates, jobs and more
  • Support of new and existing user-led initiatives, access to events and resources
  • Feed into collective responses to policy developments
Become a member

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

Lived Experience Leadership – Mapping the Lived Experience Landscape in Mental Health (2021)

About the report This report is the result of our Mapping Lived Experience Leadership project. Terminology The report uses the… more