A Life in the Day: Volume 9 Issue 1

Editorial

Adam Pozner, Judith Hammond, Mee Ng

Self‐employment as a survivor trainer: tension, tedium and opportunity

Sara Stanton

When Sara Stanton found it difficult to get a job because of her psychiatric history, she decided to set up her own not‐for‐profit company and become a self‐employed survivor…

Stepping in early: a job retention scheme

Neil Robdale

Neil Robdale describes how the Enable pilot job retention project has been successfully developed into a county‐wide service that aims to step in before people experiencing mental…

Sex, romance and mental health

David Lowson

David Lowson explores some of the obstacles faced by mental health service users who want a fulfilling romantic/sexual life and looks at some of the implications for mental health…

A life less ordinary: developing an out‐of‐hours inpatient activity programme

Deborah Wildgoose, Peter Flanagan, Melanie Crewe

Lack of therapeutic activities, or simply ‘something to do’ has been widely criticised as a major shortcoming of acute inpatient psychiatric units. Deborah Wildgoose and…

Creative partnerships for promoting physical activity

Diane Crone, Daren Edwards, Laura Price, Emily Webber, Leon Meek

Diane Crone and colleagues describe a collaboration between a university sport and exercise science department and the local mental health trust that not only resulted in a number…

Building bridges to work: the changing world of employment training and support

Paul Edwards

InterAct's Bridges to Work programme aims to help adults recovering from mental illness return to work or find employment for the first time. Since its inception in 1995, the…

network

Adam Pozner

Our regular round‐up of innovative projects that support social inclusion for people with mental health problems

resources

Adam Pozner

Introducing a new regular page listing reports, publications and training materials of relevance to readers. If you come across new publications, training materials, websites or…