Open Up: campaigning against discrimination

Abstract

Open Up is Mental Health Media's anti‐discrimination project run by and for mental health service users. It spans nine geographical regions throughout England and Wales. Each region has a part‐time co‐ordinator, whose role is to network with groups and individuals, set up training courses, and support people who want to take forward action to challenge discrimination. Here, Mina Sassoon outlines the development of Open Up, and Chandra Shah describes how the training has been used at local level to campaign against cuts in services.

Citation

Sassoon, M. and Shah, C. (2008), "Open Up: campaigning against discrimination", A Life in the Day, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 29-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/13666282200800008