Involvement and influencing documents

The case for co-production
Dancing to our own tunes by Jayasree Kalathil
Making user involvement work by Peter Beresford
On our own terms by Jan Wallcraft
Strategies for living: user led research into strategies for living with mental distress
User involvement - a brief literature review by Alison Faulkner

The Making A Real Difference (MARD) project:
Valuing involvement
Involvement policy
Good practice
Working with diverse groups
Communicating with diverse groups
Making events more inclusive
Minimum standards for working with diverse groups
Commissioning guidelines
Leadership training
Payment and reimbursement guidance
Benefit conditions
Communication strategy
Staff induction pack
Training resource
Payment and reimbursement template
Monitoring and evaluation tools
Involvement passport
Final project report
HASCAS report on the MARD project

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

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Service User Involvement

Where to find advice on being paid for involvement opportunities without affecting ESA payments.
Unlocking Service User Involvement Practice in Forensic Settings (2011)

NSUN commissioned WISH to conduct a review of involvement practice in forensic settings.
Values-based commissioning (2014)

Partnership project around supporting people with lived experience to gain proper input into the commissioning of services they use.
Service user involvement and co-production: the MARD project (2007)

Documents by the Making A Real Difference (MARD) project.
Service user involvement and co-production publications

Publications by the members of the national survivor user network (NSUN), network for mental health, on user involvement and co-production

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.