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Adam has been an editorial board member from the beginning and is also compiler of the journal's Network page. He looks back and reflects on how mental health and employment services have changed over the last decade.

Most mental health service users want to work and could work if only they were given encouragement and the right support. Adam Pozner reviews a new book that brings together in one volume current thinking about mental health and employment and what services can and should be doing to support clients towards meaningful occupation.

In this issue, we profile three very different user‐led initiatives: a thriving user forum in Kent (FURST) involved in a wide range of local activities; the European Network of (Ex‐) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, which promotes the rights of mental health service users on a European level; and a winning New Deal ‘innovative scheme’ designed by Talent to Work, a registered charity founded by an ex‐user of mental health services. Do not forget that the Network Page is your chance to share information or make contact with others. If you are involved in an innovative project or partnership, why not use this space to tell our readers about it? Contact Adam Pozner at OUTSET. Tel. 0181‐692 7141.

In this issue, we have profiles from three very different work initiatives: a pioneering regional consortium in Northern Ireland with extensive international links; a social enterprise in Leicester producing craft products — its members tell us why they like it; and the National Clubhouse Association (United Kingdom).Do not forget, the Network page is your chance to share information or make contact with others. If you are involved in an innovative project, network or partnership that might be of interest to others, why not use this space to tell our readers about it? Contact: Adam Pozner at OUTSET. Telephone: 0181‐692 7141.

The network pages in this issue are devoted to describing work in progress on two multisite action research projects supporting the development of comprehensive, effective vocational services for people with mental health problems in seven localities in England and Wales. The Employment Support Unit at the Institute of Applied Health and Social Policy at King's College London is running Care Programme to Work, which is funded by the Department of Health and works in Sutton, Sheffield, Manchester and Plymouth. Expanding Opportunity Through Partnership is run by the OUTSET Consultancy Service, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and works in Eastbourne, North Staffordshire and Bridgend, South Wales. Part of the value of these projects is the opportunities they afford for sharing experience and ideas across different places engaged in the same task. In 2000 the two projects are planning to join forces to create a Practice Development Network, which will expand the opportunities for joint learning and sharing experience even further.