A Life in the Day: Volume 8 Issue 4
Table of contents
When Channel One met Year 10: using the arts to combat stigma
Paul Brewer, Kylie Moore, Marlene ReidSurveys of mental health services users consistently report stigma as a major barrier to recovery. Service users from black and other minority ethnic groups, of course, suffer…
Implementing a user employment programme in a mental health trust ‐ lessons learned
Miles Rinaldi, Rachel Perkins, Joss Hardisty, Emma Harding, Angie Taylor, Sarah BrownThe User Employment Programme at South West London & St George's Mental Health Trust pioneered user employment in mental health trusts. Eight years on, Miles Rinaldi and…
How I found a new meaning for myself
Debbie MayesDebbie Mayes describes how she has gradually worked out a new meaning to life and a new way of living after 20 years of mental illness, and the importance of art, as well as…
The positives and negatives of service user led training ‐ from the service user's perspective
Shaun JohnsonWith service user led training becoming more popular in the training of mental health workers, little attention seems to have been paid to how the trainers themselves experience…
Beyond the sheltered workshop: balancing continuity with change
Anton NeumannIn common with many other agencies, Richmond Fellowship Employment and Training has been grappling with the problem of how to modernise its sheltered workshops to meet the…
Network
Adam PoznerIn the first issue this year (volume 8, issue 1), Network profiled self‐employment support programmes offered by Business Ability and East Lancs into Employment. In this, the…