A Life in the Day: Volume 2 Issue 3
Table of contents
INCube Inc. and the TAP Programme — An Innovative Programme for Consumer‐Run Business Development in New York City
Gerold SchwarzWith financial support from the New York City Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services, INCube Inc., a consumer‐run technical assistance agency…
ACCEPT Northern Ireland — Taking Mental Health into the Boardroom and on to the High Street
Carol MagillOver the years there have been many transnational partnerships formed under various European programmes — many under the HORIZON strand of the European Social Fund's Community…
The Social Firm — An Idea Whose Time has Come
Sheila DurieDrawing on nearly ten years' experience of developing and managing social firms in Edinburgh, Sheila Durie makes the case for creating real jobs to complement the government's…
A Day in the Life of Severe Depression
Colin EdingtonA Life in the day is mostly about what people do with their lives when they are well, but what happens when a black hole opens in our lives? We cannot get on and do things and the…
Three Work Initiatives
Adam PoznerIn this issue, we have profiles from three very different work initiatives: a pioneering regional consortium in Northern Ireland with extensive international links; a social…
Snakes and Ladders
Tracey AustinSnakes and Ladders: Adult education and mental health video‐based action pack. Jeremy Braund, Richard Hooper, Stewart Moore and Robin Hoyle (Eds.). Looseleaf folder with 2 videos…
LETS and the Benefit System
Liz ShephardIf the government is looking to reduce social exclusion (rather than exclusion from the tax system) then perhaps the next Green Paper could look at the advantages of local…
Networking: A Personal View
Anne HardingAnne Harding was Deputy Director of Richmond Fellowship Workschemes until 1991 and a founder member of the CEFEC European Network. As such she has seen (and initiated) many of the…