Events

Hardly Hard to Reach

27.06.19: Hardly Hard to Reach event, London. Race on the Agenda (ROTA) and partners on the Active Lives, Healthy Minds project: the Account Trust (Nepali), Qoys Daryeel (Family Care, Somali), Network of Eritrean Women-UK and the Tamil Community Centre would like to invite you for their end of project conference. Read more

Peer Power Event - London

17.06.19: F.E.E.L. meeting this month we will be talking about the importance of peer support with Chris Hansen. Chris is the Director of the organisation Intentional Peer Support, which was developed in the 1990s and is based in New Hampshire, USA. Read more

Webinar: Peer Support, User-Led Organisations, and Mental Health and Prevention

18.06.19: Webinar with Alison Faulkner and Emma Ormerod from NSUN. Exploring the role of user-led organisations and peer support initiatives in the prevention of mental distress and social exclusion. Read more

Mental Health Charter Manchester

19.06.19: The Mental Health Charter Manchester. The Mental Health Charter Alliance are enabling service users and carers to have their say about mental health services in Manchester and raise their concerns about being let down or stepped down by them. Read more

Race, Sexuality and Mental Health

21.06.19: LGBT+ activist and writer, talk mental health within the QPOC (Queer People of Colour) community, discussing the difficulties of juggling multiple minority identities, its subsequent effect on mental wellbeing, and what can be done to ensure QPOC are catered for when it comes to mental healthcare services Read more

Hardly Hard to Reach

Consultation on Inclusion London's campaign priorities

04.07.19: Consultation on Inclusion London's campaigning priorities and training on Public Sector Equality Duty Read more

Latest

NSUN is recruiting!

We are at an exciting stage of change and development, having finished a period of deep reflection and review. After 10 years in post Sarah Yiannoullou is standing down as Managing Director and managing the recruitment of a new CEO. We are also looking to recruit new Trustees. Find out more here.

Update on the UNCRPD

An important recent development is that work is now occurring on indicators for the 33 Articles which make up the UNCRPD. The idea is that these can then be used to demonstrate further what the UNCRPD means in practice and to track a country’s progress with implementing it.

The Value of User Led Groups (2019 campaign)

NSUN’s main campaign in 2019 is the value of user-led groups - that is demonstrating the huge value of user-led groups in our society and fighting the cause for their survival.

Know your human rights

NSUN trustee, Rachel Rowan Olive, attended the launch of the British Institute of Human Rights online tool earlier this month. The 'Know Your Human Rights' tool is aimed at helping mental health service users raise issues around human rights in their care. BIHR are looking at how they can make sure the tool is widely used and get feedback on how to develop it further.

Jobs and involvement opportunities

Jobs and other involvement opportunities that call upon your lived experience as a mental health survivor / service user / carer.

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 really 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.