Influencing & Policy

NSUN has a seat at the national policy table, where we advocate and lobby for the voice of lived experience.

We are a member of the following alliances and consortiums:

Health and Wellbeing Alliance (Dept. Health and Social Care)
As part of the HWA, we are a member of the Lived Experience Alliance of DPOs and ULOs (Disabled Peoples' Organisations and User-Led Organisations) alongside Shaping Our Lives, CHANGE, and Disability Rights UK
Mental Health Alliance, which focusses on mental health legislation
Mental Health Consortia, consisting of Mind, Centre for Mental Health, Mental Health Foundation, Rethink Mental Illness, and the Association of Mental Health Providers
Mental Health Challenge
Disability Benefits Consortium
European Network on Independent Living
Collaboration for Personalised Care
Mental Health Independent Advisory Oversight Group, which tracks progress against the NHS Long Term Plan
HEE's New Roles in Mental Health: Peer Support
COVID19 and Mental Health Psychosocial Support Government Taskforce
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence
Regular Care Quality Commission meetings and updates

Latest

Facilitating brave spaces online

We recently held a session in collaboration with NSUN and Mind, exploring how we create spaces to talk about self-harm online. Here, we have tried to summarise some of the key points, focussing on those we believe often get missed when thinking about facilitating online.
Kaiisha Kukendra-Rajah

Communications Assistant
Response to the MHA White Paper

Response to the White Paper on the reform of the Mental Health Act
NSUN Side By Side Fund

The NSUN Side by Side Fund is open for applications. The Fund will award grants of up to £500 to peer support, mutual aid or self-help groups in England and Wales to connect remotely, prepare to move their activities to face-to-face, or make their group more sustainable. Click here for more information

Jobs and involvement opportunities

We currently have no vacancies. Check back for recruitment opportunities
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.
About NSUN

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.