A Life in the Day: Volume 1 Issue 1

Introducing the Editorial Board

Editorial

Bob Grove

What is a Good Day Project?

Jim Read

The author's experience of day services is that they offered him a friendly and accepting environment but didn't help him overcome his problems. He was left suspended delicately…

The Blackthorn Garden Project: Rehabilitation Through Work in the Context of Community Mental Health

Tijno Voors, Julia Nehring, Robert Hill

Blackthorn Garden is a work‐rehabilitation project attached to a general practice. In the first part of this paper, Tijno Voors, Director of Blackthorn Garden, describes its…

Day in the life of a Service User

Veronica Dewan

I was asked to join the editorial board of A Life in the Day to provide a service user perspective. It is the intention to have an article reflecting this perspective in every…

Staff Selection

Peter Bates

The key of the door is highly symbolic in our society — keyholders are adult, trustworthy and independent. A bunch of keys represents the power in an organisation. The front door…

Working it Out

Judi Clements

The Arts Network

Dave Lowson

There are many initiatives — by organisations and by individuals — across the UK displaying imagination in responding to mental distress. Many of us want to be enthused through…

Rehabilitation: A Challenge for the Next Government

Elizabeth Bray

In this regular column, we aim to promote constructive debate about our curious Benefits system which deters and prevents people earning a living. Experts will cast light on the…

The European ‘Marienthal’ Network: New Work Opportunities for People with Mental Health Problems

Gerard Higgins

Many of the readers of A Life in the Day will already have had some involvement with programmes funded by the European Social Fund. Some will be working actively with partners…