A Life in the Day: Volume 9 Issue 2
Table of contents
Me first and other quite possible dreams
Lisa ChalkleyLisa Chalkley celebrates some truly inclusive arts projects for people with experience of mental health problems, and looks forward to a time when there is no need to label such…
Combating social isolation in north Somerset
Nick Horton, Paul Davis, Nicola ClisbyThe North Somerset Education & Training Consortium provides a wide range of education and training courses of varying lengths and intensity, with built‐in, long‐term progression…
An adventure into the unknown: creating employment opportunities in eastern Europe
Jo Lucas, Adriatik Bicaku, Arman VardanyanCollapse of the former communist bloc, coupled with the consequent crumbling of state welfare systems, has left people with mental health problems in many eastern European…
A home of your own: shared ownership and social inclusion
Jennifer Barrett, Hilary Caldicott, Trevor De SainThis article describes a shared ownership scheme developed by Advance Housing and Support so that people who have experienced mental health difficulties could have the choice to…
The Open Door programme: student journeys to employment and university
Ian Morrison, Stephen CliftChanges in government policies threaten to remove an important source of funding that enables people with mental health problems to be supported to enter and progress from further…
All talk: experiencing userled research
Steve Gillard, Estelle StaceySteve Gillard and Estelle Stacey of Slough User‐Led Consultation (SULC) describe the particular benefits of people with experience of mental health problems undertaking research…
network
Peter BatesThis month's round‐up of innovative projects that support social inclusion for people with mental health problems is by Peter Bates
resources
Tracey AustinIntroducing a new regular page listing reports, publications and training materials of relevance to readers. If you come across new publications, training materials, websites or…