Liv on being an activist and community organiser

In the 11th post in our series #NSUNCovidLife, Liv Wynter talks about being an activist and community organiser during Covid-19.

For the previous post in #NSUNCovidLife, click here. For the next post, click here.

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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?"
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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?"
What Do User-Led Groups Need?

The findings of research to understand what challenges user-led mental health organisations face, and to explore what might help user-led organisations delivering mental health support to meet their aims and sustain and develop their activities. By Mark Brown and Emma Ormerod.
Small grants for online event accessibility - BSL/captions

Are you a mental health user-led group organising an online event in the next few months? NSUN is making 5 small grants of £150 available for British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation or palantypists (live captions) for your event.
Informing a Decision Guide for Psychological Treatments for Depression (2020)

Expert by Experience consultation in partnership with The University of Essex and Shaping Our Lives. Report by Alison Faulkner.
Informing a Decision Guide for Psychological Treatments for Depression

Expert by Experience consultation in partnership with The University of Essex and Shaping Our Lives. Report by Alison Faulkner.
User-led mental health groups in the time of COVID-19

By Mark Brown at the Mental Health Policy Research Unit's event "Immediate impacts and future focus: Coronavirus and mental health services".
SRN Discussion and Support Group for Survivor Researchers

Introductory meeting with the Survivor Researcher Network announced - 17.00 on Wednesday 16th December.
Response to the Competence Framework

Tamar Whyte responds to the Competence Framework for Mental Health Peer Support Workers
Abuse and hate crime in mental health

Listen to interviews & read our report for mental health service users & survivors who have experienced abuse or hate crime, "Keeping Control".

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.