Category: Mental health & social justice

Survivors at the sharp end of oppressive practices and history, don’t need rhetoric, game playing or a supremacist gaze but a compassionate praxis always moving toward justice…. more

Imagine that this is not how people see you. Imagine that the stain has been washed off. Imagine that you never sat on the pavement while the paramedics laughed and refused to place you in an ambulance and take you to the hospital, to offer care to a homeless body, a corrupt body, a worthless body, an unnecessary body. Imagine that it didn’t strike you as strange even then: the way your friend’s voice rose in a crescendo of disbelief and outrage, the way you couldn’t quite believe it, couldn’t quite emphasize with their pain. As if you had value. As if you were a human being. As if you were worth saving…. more

On Monday, the police powers bill that has been the topic of a summer of protest under the #KillTheBill movement… more

Growing up as a child in the Caribbean, I remember that any mention of the subject mental health meant that… more

In the 14th post in our series #NSUNCovidLife, Red from Freed Voices calls for the release of people detained in immigration detention. Watch… more

In the 5th post in our series #NSUNCovidLife, David Gibbs writes about hope and how Covid-19 must not derail anti-racism… more

This week, I attended NSUN’s annual event in York and, from speeches to conversations with my peers,  it was clear… more

Why we need a campaigning alliance to improve women’s mental health care The Women’s Mental Health Network is a partnership… more

The Government has announced a Minister for Suicide Prevention. NSUN member Madame Merteuil reacts to the news. I’m a person… more

I find it difficult to celebrate black history/herstory month when black men and black women are still illegally imprisoned inside… more

‘Co-production: Whiteness, mental health and diagnosis’ An Advanced Studies Seminar with The Collaborating Centre for Values-based practice in Health and Social… more

“Are you enjoying your art therapy?” she said. I shook my head, partly in answer, and partly in disbelief that… more