A Life in the Day: Volume 10 Issue 2

Editorial

Making a million

The government's proposals for the reform of Incapacity Benefit offer more stick than carrot to people with long‐term and severe mental health problems, writes Beatrice Bray. Here…

Making radio waves

Mike O'Sullivan visits Radio Nikosia, a radio station in Barcelona run by people with mental health problems that broadcasts to the city once a week. He believes the time is ripe…

There be monsters

When Workshop and Company was commissioned by the National Archives to make a mosaic sculpture for its grounds at Kew, members were slightly daunted. But 650 hours and 15,150…

Through pain and isolation to acceptance

The importance of employment for people who use mental health services has been highlighted with the release of the Mental Health and Social Exclusion report (SEU, 2004). However…

Political or parental?

Should mental health workers be subsidising service users' expenses on trips and outings? Ian Popperwell believes that the common practice of paying for meals, entry tickets and…

Helping people reclaim their lives

Can volunteering help people with mental health issues reclaim their lives? Claire Helman describes the Capital Volunteering project, which aims to tackle social exclusion by…

PAThS to employment

Employ—Ability is a charity promoting employment opportunities for disabled and disadvantaged people in Harlow and the surrounding area. Phil Edwards describes how use of the…

A grand day out?

When Debbie Mayes went with a group of arts—loving service users to visit two sculpture parks, their reception could not have been more different. Here she describes what…

Challenging the myths

Most mental health service users want to work and could work if only they were given encouragement and the right support. Adam Pozner reviews a new book that brings together in…