News & Events

Letter to members on NSUN’s future

As a valued member, our commitment as an organisation is to you. So we’re writing to share news that the… more

NSUN’s AGM and members’ event 2017

Last year over 100 people gathered in Sheffield for our Annual General Meeting and Members’ Event. As ever, feedback from attendees… more

Survivor Researcher Network launch manifesto

Survivor Researcher Network Manifesto: Mental health knowledge built by service users and survivors When knowledge about mental health is created… more

Kindred Minds to meet with UN Special Rapporteur on Health

06 April 2018 In his role as NSUN’s London and BME Consultant, Raza Griffiths is meeting the United Nations Special… more

NSUN organises meeting to promote a rights based approach to the Mental Health Act

MAKING REFORM OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT FIT THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES A MEETING… more

NSUN in Oxford

NSUN’s Emma Ormerod has met members of the Arena peer support discussion group in Oxford. The group bring together people… more

Soul Relics Museum launches crowdfunding campaign

Launch of crowdfunding campaign for the Soul Relics Museum Pop-up Exhibitions in London! This coming April, the Soul Relics Museum… more

NSUN attends social prescibing seminar

The seminar started with strong and positive statements about the benefits of social prescribing from Lord Low of Dalston, including… more

NSUN survivor researchers feed into mental health project and concensus conference

The ‘EURIPIDES’ research project (long title – The Evaluating the Use of Patient Experience Data to Improve the Quality of… more

The collective voice of user/survivors from racialised groups: reigniting the space

In 2006, The Afiya Trust, a national charity addressing racial inequalities in health, set up Catch-a-Fiya, a national network of… more

I warned services he would die if he didn’t get help

In 2017 The Suicide Crisis charity started a research project into deaths by suicide which involved attending every inquest which… more

BME mental health service users launch Kindred Minds manifesto

The Kindred Minds BME service user led manifesto ‘A Call for Social Justice’ has been finalised. The Manifesto has concrete… more