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The 1990 Trust is a national Black (African, Asian & Caribbean) organisation working to increase the participation of Black communities in all spheres of society by capacity building within our own.
ACCI provides confidential, culturally sensitive counselling sessions targeting young African/Caribbean people; advisory services on housing, education, small business, employment opportunities and exclusions; as well as help for young offenders. The outreach team, in particular, supports people suffering or recovering from mental illness.
Age Concern is a federation of about 400 independent charities working together with and for older people, locally, regionally and nationally. The organisation provides essential services such as day care and information; campaigns on issues like age discrimination and pensions; and works to influence public opinion and Government policy about older people.
Alcohol Concern is the national agency on alcohol misuse. We work to reduce the incidence and costs of alcohol-related harm and to increase the range and quality of services available to people with alcohol-related problems and their families.
The Association’s members are jointly responsible for the well-being, protection and care of thousands of children, elderly and disabled people.
AWAAZ is a voluntary organisation providing a one-stop service to support Asian people in Manchester - a group with a traditionally low take up of psychiatric services. Advice and support ranges from health care, education, training and employment.
All Wales Black & Minority Ethnic Mental Health Group AWETU ('Our Unity' in Swahili), is the first national organisation dedicated solely to working with the public and private sector, user and survivor groups, and voluntary agencies to promote and foster the mental health of Black and Minority Ethnic individuals, families, and communities in Wales.
The British Medical Association is the professional association for doctors. With over 135,000 members, representing almost 80 per cent of practising doctors in the UK, the BMA is the voice of the profession and medical students.
The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) is a charity which raises awareness and understanding about the importance of human rights. It conducts training with the voluntary and public sectors and feeds this grassroots experience into its policy and research programme. BIHR's work focusses on those living with mental health problems, disabled people, older people and refugees and asylum seekers.
The BME Mental Health Network aims to address the inequalities experienced by and the over-representation of BME groups within the mental health system.
Carers UK is an organisation of carers, run by carers, for carers. It campaigns to ensure that carers have the same rights and equality of opportunities as other people to work, have time off, to access educational opportunities, to have good health and have social contact. The organisation also provides information and advice to carers and professionals on legal matters, policy development, good practice, rights and sources of help.
The Church of England's engagement with the public life of people and society is an integral part of its calling to live out the Christian faith in England and internationally. The Mission & Public Affairs Council of the Church of England is the body responsible for overseeing research and comment on social and political issues on behalf of the Church. The Council comprises a representative group of bishops, clergy and lay people with interest and expertise in the relevant areas, and reports to the General Synod through the Archbishops’ Council.
CIO's Mission is to support the development of South Asian organisations and strengthen their infrastructure through its skilled and customer-orientated specialised teams. Vishvas is its culturally sensitive and accessible mental health service, offering information, support and counselling services to the South Asian community that recognises the diversities in the community and offers counselling in different Asian languages.
The DHN was set up by the Local Government Information Unit in 1999 because of a growing expectation and greater opportunities for local authorities to contribute and to work in partnership on health issues. The Network now encompasses over 120 local authorities, health authorities, PCTs and other health bodies and several public service trade unions. The underlying principle behind the initiative is that Health is not just about treatment when people fall ill: it's also about all the social and economic factors that contribute to their being ill in the first place.
Depression Alliance is a membership organisation which works to relieve and prevent this treatable condition by providing information and support services to anyone affected by Depression.
DrugScope is the UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs. The organisation provides quality drug information; promotes effective responses to drug use; undertakes research at local, national and international levels; advises on policy-making; encourages informed debate and speaks for its member organisations working on the ground.
The Forum is a charitable organisation representing the interests and concerns of carers of people suffering from severe mental illness living in East Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole. We believe that carers can and do make a major contribution to carers' welfare and to the care and recovery of those who experience severe mental illness. We wish to exploit our experiences to influence and inform the mental health services provided for users and carers and be involved in the planning, development and monitorign of these services.
FWA is a leading provider of services to adults with mental health problems through its day and residential services, and to parents where their mental health impacts on the well-being of children through its well established Building Bridges, WellFamily and Newpin Services.
The General Medical Council (GMC) licenses doctors to practise medicine in the UK. Our purpose is to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public by ensuring proper standards in the practice of medicine.
The Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers provides a forum for the discussion and analysis of law and the legal system both nationally and internationally, from a socialist perspective. Independent of any political party, its membership consists of individuals who are lawyers, academics or students and legal workers, and it also has trade union and labour affiliates.
Having a Voice is a user-led voluntary organisation based in East Manchester. The organisation evaluates and designs plans to improve Mental Health services across Manchester. Its members run self-help groups and promote a range of positive activities that bolster people's mental well being.
Homeless Link is the national membership organisation for frontline homelessness agencies in England and Wales. It aims to raise standards in the services that support homeless people and tackle homelessness and to influence the development of policy, strategy and investment at all levels of government. Over 30,000 homeless people use services provided by the Link’s members every day.
HUBB is a user led group which provides support and advocacy for people in the London Boroughs of Barking, Dagenham and Havering. We have monthly support meetings in Romford and our members receive a monthly newsletter. We provide community services from an office in Marks Gate and also have an office at Mascalls Park (formerly Warley Hospital). For more information contact Dawn on 0208 590 2666
Imagine is a mental health charity working primarily in the North West of England, which has a positive approach to mental health and works to promote opportunities for people to live a full and independent life - primarily by providing services in accommodation and Life Opportunities. More than 900 people use Imagine services in Liverpool, Halton, Lancashire, Sefton and on the Wirral.
The Jewish Association for the Mentally Ill is the only Jewish charity concerned exclusively with serious mental illness: with the impact it has on the lives of those who suffer from it, including their families and all who care for them. JAMI was formed by the parents, relatives and friends of those suffering from mental illness - those who know perhaps better than anyone how devastating these conditions can be.
An independent legal human rights organisation, JUSTICE is the British section of the International Commission of Jurists. Founded in 1957, following the visit of a group of British lawyers to observe treason trials in South Africa and Hungary, it was set up to promote the rule of law and to assist the fair administration of justice. In 2002, the organisation decided to concentrate on four major themes: human rights; criminal justice; the European arrest warrant and the need for procedural safeguards in EU countries; and the legal system and access to justice, including Parliamentary scrutiny.
The Law Society is the regulatory and representative body for 116,000 solicitors in England and Wales. The Society works with a wide variety of external bodies across legal, government and professional institutions to achieve a better system of justice for the public.
Liberty was founded as the National Council for Civil Liberties in 1934 and has campaigned for equal rights for over 70 years. Liberty lobbies Parliament, exposing laws that undermine civil liberties and human rights, and works with politicians to correct them. It also challenges unjust laws by taking test cases to UK courts and the European Court of Human Rights; conducts research and publishes reports and provides expert guidance to lawyers, NGO's and the public.
The LGA is a voluntary lobbying organisation which exists to promote better local government. It works with and for just under 500 member authorities to realise a shared vision of local government that enables local people to shape a distinctive and better future for their locality and its communities. In sum, the Association represents over 50 million people: an expenditure base of around £74 billion a year.
Manchester Race & Health Forum exists to ensure that the city’s diversity is reflected in the provision of health care and works to increase awareness and understanding amongst NHS members, officers and staff on relevant race, religious and cultural issues.
1.5 million people in the UK have a learning disability. Learning disability affects someone's intellectual and social development all their lives. Mencap works with people with a learning disability and their families and carers and directly supports thousands of people to live their lives the way they want.
Nacro, the crime reduction charity, aims to make society safer by finding practical solutions to reducing crime. Since 1966 it has worked to give ex-offenders, disadvantaged people and deprived communities the help they need to build a better future.
The Confederation brings together the organisations that make up the modern NHS across the UK. It also has an affiliate membership scheme for commercial and not-for-profit organisations providing frontline care services on behalf of the NHS. Collectively, the Confederation works with its members to transform health and health services for the better.
ROTA is a social policy think tank devoted to issues that affect Black and ethnic minority (BME) communities in London. It works towards social justice and the elimination of discrimination and to promote diversity, equality of opportunity and best practice, by informing London's strategic decision makers about issues affecting the Black voluntary sector and the community it serves, and ensuring its representation in the development of policy.
RADAR is the UK's leading pan-disability rights organisation. It is itself an organisation of disabled people, with a large membership base of disabled individuals and organisations of and for disabled people. RADAR works to fast-track the views of disabled people to decision-makers in Westminster and Whitehall, and seeks to promote change by empowering disabled people to achieve their rights.
The RCGP is the academic organisation in the UK for general practitioners. Its aim is to encourage and maintain the highest standards of general medical practice and act as the ‘voice’ of GPs on education, training and standards issues.
Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
Sign is the only registered charity whose work is dedicated to the field of mental health and deafness in the UK. The charity provides supported living, advocacy, outreach and training activities for any deaf person in need of emotional support, and campaigns to reduce the likelihood of deaf people developing preventable mental health problems, through working with health and deaf organisations, generic mental health charities, statutory bodies and service providers.
Social Action for Health (SAfH) is a community health development agency working across London. SAfH aim to increase local peoples’ participation in improving their own health and well-being, tackling barriers and finding solutions.
SPN aims to ensure that social perspectives are at the heart of mental health policy, practice and legislation. SPN acts as a forum for sharing experience, knowledge and ideas and is open to all interested service users, practitioners, carers, educators, researchers and policy makers.
The Project is a culturally specific community engagement consortium. It exists to develop culturally acceptable services, which will build up knowledge within the Somali Community regarding mental health issues and supports its members in accessing mainstream mental health and other support services.
Southdown Housing Association, established in 1972 provides housing, support and employment services for people with Mental Health needs (and other client groups). The Association has a strong commitment to tenant and user involvement in all of its work and has tenant representation on its main board. The Association works across East and West Sussex and Brighton and Hove.
SCB was set up by Maca (now Together) for all People Supporting Carers in Mental Health in England. It aims to identify and share good practice and to connect people. The Network represents a broad community covering deliverers and developers of services, strategists and policymakers and 'gate-keepers' to carer identification and support.
UKCP is the national registering body, serving the public by establishing a unified national psychotherapy profession. Statutory regulation will be achieved in partnership with Government and other relevant bodies. It will build on and integrate quality assurance processes in the psychotherapy field in; Training, education and research; service provision; life long learning; equal opportunities; and ethics and disciplinary issues.
The University of London Union (ULU) gives a united voice to over 150,000 students in the 23 Colleges of the University of London. We ensure that students’ views are heard by the University, by the Government and in the media. ULU has a strong tradition of campaigning against prejudice in all its forms. Student mental health is now a campaigning priority of ULU.
The West Dorset Mental Health Users Forum was set up for and by users of mental health services and exists to improve the lives of all adults affected by mental illness by providing an advocacy service, support and information, and by influencing local and regional policy.
WISH campaigns for changes to mental health law on women's issues, and assists women in, at risk of being in, or discharged from secure hospitals, regional medium secure units and Prison Psychiatric units. It arranges visits to women in hospitals and units; offers information and advice, advocacy, and befriending and support, with an emphasis on self-help and empowerment.