A Life in the Day: Volume 3 Issue 1

Editorial

Bob Grove

The Lancashire Stepping Stones Programme

Jeremy Braund

‘[Learning] helps all of us to improve our chances of getting a job and getting on …encourages independence …has opened up the chance to explore or become creative. It helps make…

Towards a Happier Life — Therapeutic Horticulture as a Means of Mental Health Rehabilitation

Jessica Davies

Cherry Tree Nursery came about because users of mental health services in East Dorset wanted meaningful occupation which would enhance the quality of their lives. Many of us find…

Creating Learning Opportunities for Adults with Mental Health Problems in Rochdale

Anne Baker, Hazel Burke, Patricia Callaghan, Catherine Saunders

Lack of opportunities in further education for people with mental health problems in the Borough of Rochdale prompted a small group of mental health workers from a range of…

A Life in the Day of a Conference or Two Lives in Three Days of a Conference: Barriers to Participation

Eden Carmichael, David O'Flynn

Eden Carmichael and David O'Flynn ‐ user of mental health services and psychiatrist ‐ discuss what they learned about the barriers we professionals erect to ‘user participation’…

Therapeutic Earnings Limit to Increase

Judy Scott

On the last page of the White Paper A New Contract for Welfare ‐ Support for the Disabled, the Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Secretary of State for Social Security, states: ‘We are…

A Day in the Life of Joan Remil

Mary Nettle

Joan lives in Denmark and we met at one of the European seminars Bob Grove writes about in the Editorial.

CAPITAL — More Than a Learning Experience

Clare Ockwell

Freelance mental health consultants and trainers, Jim Read and Veronica Dewan, have recently completed a one year contract to develop and co‐ordinate a user‐led mental health…

Open Employment Opportunities

Adam Pozner

In this issue, we profile a number of initiatives concerned with developing open employment opportunities for individuals with mental health problems ‐ real jobs with market level…

Exploring Mental Health at Sandwell College

Tracey Austin

The mental health provision at Sandwell College in the West Midlands has designed a course which offers people with mental health difficulties the opportunity to explore their…