News & Events

NSUN statement on social care charging

Today’s announcements on social care: a cap of £86k, a tapered ‘floor’ of £20-£100k and a 10% (1.25 percentage points)… more

Survivor Researcher Network becomes a Community Interest Company

The Survivor Researcher Network is a UK based user-controlled network for mental health service users and survivors with an interest… more

NSUN Annual Report 2020-2021

Our 2020-2021 Annual Report has now been published and you can read it here.  It includes statements from CEO Akiko Hart… more

#KeepTheLifeline: Standing together to stop the benefits cut

NSUN is joining a coalition of voices calling on the government to #KeepTheLifeline and stop the cut to Universal Credit… more

SRN Discussion and Support Group for Survivor Researchers

Next meeting: 17.30 – 19.30  Wednesday 18 August via Zoom A space for people with lived experience of mental distress… more

Government Fails Disabled People Again: About us but not with us

Press release: Wed 28 July 2021 Disabled People reject new ‘tick box’ national disability strategy Disabled people and our organisations[i] … more

NHSE/I mental health waitlist proposals

On Thursday 22nd July, NHS England/Improvement announced proposals to introduce new waiting time guarantees or standards. This is intended to… more

(In)Visibility in policy work: when more data isn’t always the answer

By Mary Sadid, NSUN Policy Officer “No one does that research so we can’t prove what we know to funders.”… more

NSUN Side By Side Fund distributes grants of £500 to 37 user-led groups

NSUN’s Side By Side fund made grants of £500 to 37 peer support, mutual aid or self-help groups benefiting people… more

NSUN is recruiting new Trustees – deadline 29th July

NSUN, the National Survivor User Network, is a network of people and groups with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress, or… more

What do we mean when we talk about community? WHO’s guidance on community mental health services

By Mary Sadid, NSUN Policy Officer The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a new report: Guidance on community mental… more

SRN Discussion and Support Group for Survivor Researchers

Next meeting: 17.30 – 19.30 Tuesday 29 June via Zoom A space for people with lived experience of mental distress… more