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

SRN Discussion and Support Group for Survivor Researchers

Second Survivor Researcher Network Discussion and Support Group announced - 17.00-18.30, Thursday 11th February
NSUN initial response to the Mental Health Act White Paper 2021

"Real change in how people experience detention is not just down to legislation, but will also be contingent on changes in practice and culture, and on the funding which follows." - Akiko Hart, NSUN CEO
Still breathing. Not dead.

Blog by Alice Smith, founder of NSUN member 361 Life Support. "We believe in emotional evolution - for ourselves and for society as a whole. To see beyond. Was this ever needed more than now?"
Rai Waddingham

Jobs and involvement opportunities

Please bookmark this page as we will share employment offers and involvement opportunities here as soon as they arise.
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.