Today’s announcements on social care: a cap of £86k, a tapered ‘floor’ of £20-£100k and a 10% (1.25 percentage points)… more
News Type: Justice and inequalities
#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
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
(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
Racism, mental health and pre-crime policing: the ethics of Vulnerability Support Hubs
By Mary Sadid, NSUN Policy Officer Medact’s latest report, ‘Racism, mental health and pre-crime policing: the ethics of Vulnerability Support… more
StopSIM Coalition Consensus Statement relating to The High Intensity Network (HIN)
Over the last couple of weeks, service users, survivors, people with lived experience of mental distress and allies have been… more
Covid-19 and Human Rights: the Coronavirus Act
Proposed changes to mental health legislation On the 25th of March, the Coronavirus Act was passed. The Act will relax… more
Covid-19: NSUN response to the Coronavirus Bill
NSUN Response to the Coronavirus Bill Measures proposed on 19th of March in the UK’s Coronavirus Bill will relax safeguards… more
World Mental Health Day – the crisis of user-led organisations
User-led groups can make life worth living The National Survivor User Network (NSUN) is a network of groups and organisations… more