Jess on Mutual Aid

In the 6th post in our series #NSUNCovidLife, Jess Worner talks about Mutual Aid.

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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
Vikki Price
Community Constellations

Community Constellations is a new capacity-building project for the vibrant but precarious user-led and community-led sector in London

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?"
Response to the Competence Framework

Tamar Whyte responds to the Competence Framework for Mental Health Peer Support Workers
Life's Lessons

Blog by NSUN Member Kerry Harrison. "They say humans have a unique vessel to heal after experiencing some kind of traumatic life event. What happens if you feel despondent and on mute or don't have loved ones and friends?"
2021: Let the adventure begin!

Blog by NSUN member David Gibbs. "Covid has exposed many vulnerabilities but also has created an opportunity to look afresh at issues and reevaluate what is important as individuals and in our various affinity groups. We need new tools for a new age. The need for co-production has never been greater."
Mental Health Peer Support Worker Competence Framework: A Personal & Professional Reflection
How can organisations use the 4Pi Involvement Standards?

Meerat Kaur, Sandra Jayacodi, & Rachel Matthews talk us through how the 4Pi Involvement Standards for co-production were used to facilitate meaningful partnerships between service users, the public, healthcare professionals, and researchers.
African Health Policy Network and COVID-19

Maureen Ndawana, Community and Engagement Officer for the African Health Policy Network and coordinator of Ffena, tells us about how they have been able to keep their members connected with help from NSUN.
SM Talking Circles and COVID-19

Jane Salazar, founder of SM Talking Circles, talks about her group for adults with selective mutism. They have been able to move online and start planning the use of non-verbal software for their group.
"Normal" saw millions trapped in the poverty cycle. Is that what we want to return to?

Part 2. Amy Wells explores the experiences of those struggling with work, benefits, debt, and housing.
"Normal” saw millions trapped in the poverty cycle. Is that what we want to return to?

Part 1. Amy Wells shares the experiences of those struggling with their mental health in poverty right now.

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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.