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NSUN bulletin: A new report by the Race Equality Foundation has highlighted racial disparities in mental healthcare. Read more
NSUN bulletin: Food banks are playing an important part in ensuring people have enough food to eat in these challenging times. Find out how to donate to your local food bank or access help here. Read more
On 6 January 2020, Sarah Yiannoullou will be stepping down as Managing Director after an amazing 10 years of growing NSUN’s network and working to put our members manifesto into action. She will be handing over to Akiko Hart who joins NSUN as the new CEO. Read more
In November 2017 a number of stakeholders raised their concern about significant flaws in methodology, lack of transparency and several inconsistencies in the document. Read more
Launched on 5th December, this guidance was facilitated by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence (APPG for PDD) in the last parliament by bringing together the main professional bodies representing psychological therapists in the UK, with key academics and professionals. Read more
Here's a summary of our review of how widely 4Pi is being used and what difference it's making. Read more
What match is there between the political parties' election manifestos and NSUN's Members' Manifesto 2019. The manifestos particularly considered have been those from the Conservative and Unionist Party, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrat Party. Read more
Further horrifying evidence that many people with learning difficulties and/or autism are being badly abused in mental health hospitals On 23rd October, the parliamentary Joint Commission on Human Rights published a report on the detention of young people with learning difficulties and/or autism. Read more
Update about the Mental Health Act Review and support urgently wanted. NSUN, together with a wide range of other user-led organisations, individuals with mental health diagnoses and allies, is campaigning for recommendations and legal change which fully comply with human rights set out under the UNCRPD. Read more
Read our short report of the NSUN AGM & Members' event 2019. 'Justice, hope, togetherness, history, solidarity, love for each other and practical actions is where NSUN has its value. ' Read more
ROFA calls for a new, free-standing law, drawn up in consultation with user-led organisations, to implement an independent living bill of rights. Read more
At the start of October, Dorothy Gould travelled to Brussels to join in the Freedom Drive. Read Dorothy's report on the event. Read more
In January 2020, Akiko Hart will join NSUN as CEO. Sarah Yiannoullou will be leaving after an amazing 10 years of growing NSUN’s network and working to put our members manifesto into action. Akiko introduces herself and shares her hopes for the future of NSUN. Read more
User-led groups can make life worth living. Our 2019 campaign is to raise awareness of the loss of hundreds of user-led groups over the last few years and the crisis facing those that still exist. They have a significant role to play in supporting people going through the bleakest and most difficult moments of life. Read more