AGM

We are delighted to invite you to our Members' Event and AGM 2020 on the 24th and 25th of November.

Register: click here

Visit the AGM website: click here

This year, our free two-day event will be held online. You can attend as much or as little of the two days as you'd like. We are so excited to welcome back those of you who have attended one of our AGMs before, and we extend a warm welcome to those of you who are joining us for the first time.

The website gives you all the info you need about the event, including the full schedule for both days and a creative exhibition which displays imaginative artwork, poetry and must-watch videos from our amazing members. We will continue updating it with videos and artwork over the next few weeks.

At our event this year, you can:

Listen to keynote speakers Baljeet Sandhu and Micha Frazer-Carroll
Take part in discussion sessions facilitated by Debbie Roberts on various topics such as the future of peer support with Alison Faulkner, and what works and what hurts in mental health services with Emma Ormerod
Watch the ever-popular 3-minute soapbox speeches whenever and wherever you want - why not make one yourself?
Meet the NSUN team - come meet us and say hello!
Attend our Annual General Meeting where we talk through our activities and finances and where we will review the results of this year's proposed motions
Watch our panel discussions:

LGBTQ+ and survivor activism with Meg-John Barker (further panellists TBC), chaired by Amy Rushton
What do user-led groups need? With Shuranjeet Singh, Steph de la Haye, and Ursula Myrie, chaired by Mark Brown
Youth activism and lived experience leadership with Denise Brown, Liv Wynter, Oge Obioha, and Rosie Tressler, chaired by Amy Wells

We look forward to seeing you soon!

The NSUN Team

Please note: Once you have registered you will receive a confirmation email and will be on our AGM mailing list. We will send you more information including how to sign up to the different sessions.

Past AGM reports

Latest

Statement on liability of NSUN members in case of insolvency

The NSUN Board of Trustees and CEO have released a statement regarding member liability in the case of insolvency
How can organisations use the 4Pi Involvement Standards?

Meerat Kaur, Sandra Jayacodi, & Rachel Matthews talk us through how the 4Pi Involvement Standards for co-production were used to facilitate meaningful partnerships between service users, the public, healthcare professionals, and researchers.
African Health Policy Network and COVID-19

Maureen Ndawana, Community and Engagement Officer for the African Health Policy Network and coordinator of Ffena, tells us about how they have been able to keep their members connected with help from NSUN.
NSUN Members' Event and AGM 2020

We are delighted to invite you to our Members' Event and AGM 2020 on the 24th and 25th of November with keynote speakers, discussion sessions, and panels with guests including Rosie Tressler, Ursula Myrie, and Meg-John Barker.

Jobs and involvement opportunities

We are recruiting a Policy Officer to expand our focus on rights-based mental health policy that considers the impact of poverty, precarity, housing and employment on mental health.
4Pi national involvement standards

Developed by people with lived experience as part of the National Involvement Partnership (NIP) project, the 4Pi National Standards ensure effective co-production, thus improving experiences of services and support.
Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit - Open Letters

The UK government is hosting a Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit in London on the 9th and 10th of October, 2018. The Summit aims to “build momentum on global mental health issues such as early intervention, public health, research, tackling stigma, and promoting access to evidence-based services.”. Read the Open Letters to the Organisers, Partners and Delegates of the Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit, London
BME mental health service users launch manifesto

The Kindred Minds BME mental health service user led manifesto is a unique resource, has been written by BME mental health service users and has a comprehensive vision for the policy and practice changes needed to improve the mental well-being of BME mental health service users.
History

About the National Survivor User Network (NSUN) and the wider service user survivor movement. What we have achieved.
Join as a member or supporter

We are a user-led network of over 5000 individual and group members or supporters. We aim to connect, inform, influence, and improve the experiences of people who need services and support when in distress.
Survivor Researcher Network launch manifesto

Written by the Survivor Researcher Working Group, the SRN manifesto sets out the background and context to survivor and service user research and SRN's aims and values as a network
Alternatives to detention/sectioning under the Mental Health Act 1983. Can you help with suggestions?

As part of her work for the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act, Dorothy Gould is trying to collect as many examples as possible of alternatives to detention/sectioning.
Our vision

Our vision is for the lives of people who experience mental distress, discrimination and disadvantage to be better
The Principles of Peer Support Charter

A collaboration between statutory and voluntary sector organisations has facilitated the production of a peer led and produced Principles of Peer Support Charter.