Eden Carmichael and David O'Flynn
Eden Carmichael and David O'Flynn ‐ user of mental health services and psychiatrist ‐ discuss what they learned about the barriers we professionals erect to ‘user participation’…
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Eden Carmichael and David O'Flynn ‐ user of mental health services and psychiatrist ‐ discuss what they learned about the barriers we professionals erect to ‘user participation’ from the experience of attending an international conference together.
Network in Lewisham, thirteen employment, education and training projects in Lewisham, south‐east London, are working together to create a full vocational rehabilitation service…
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Network in Lewisham, thirteen employment, education and training projects in Lewisham, south‐east London, are working together to create a full vocational rehabilitation service for people with mental health problems. This is a complex process. This paper reviews the background, and the local development of the Network in Lewisham, and draws some early conclusions.
Drawing on nearly ten years' experience of developing and managing social firms in Edinburgh, Sheila Durie makes the case for creating real jobs to complement the government's…
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Drawing on nearly ten years' experience of developing and managing social firms in Edinburgh, Sheila Durie makes the case for creating real jobs to complement the government's ‘Welfare to Work’ and ‘New Deal’ initiatives.
Rebecca Feculak and Sharon Bedworth
Becky Feculak has battled through early onset illness to make a life for herself, finding support at vital times from fellow users, professionals and employers. Becky's story has…
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Becky Feculak has battled through early onset illness to make a life for herself, finding support at vital times from fellow users, professionals and employers. Becky's story has many lessons and she hopes that others, including those responsible for designing and commissioning mental health services, will benefit from her experiences.
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…
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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?
Tijno Voors, Julia Nehring and Robert Hill
Blackthorn Garden is a work‐rehabilitation project attached to a general practice. In the first part of this paper, Tijno Voors, Director of Blackthorn Garden, describes its…
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Blackthorn Garden is a work‐rehabilitation project attached to a general practice. In the first part of this paper, Tijno Voors, Director of Blackthorn Garden, describes its development, its aims and approach to work, its connection with the general practice and the views of its workers. In the second part, Julia Nehring and Robert Hill discuss Blackthorn Garden as a community mental health service and relate this to findings from a two‐year evaluation of the project.
A large part of this paper is based on a presentation by Maria Fafalios‐Dragonas at the International Conference on Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, ‘Bridging the…
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A large part of this paper is based on a presentation by Maria Fafalios‐Dragonas at the International Conference on Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, ‘Bridging the Continents’, held in Cyprus, 27‐29 March 1998. The conference was organised by the North Dakota Centre for Persons with Disabilities, a university‐affiliated programme at Minot, North Dakota, and Cyprus University, Nicosia, Cyprus. The paper looks at vocational rehabilitation projects in Greece and is based on a questionnaire distributed (August 1996 to August 1997) to the directors of various sheltered workschemes throughout the country, for people with mental health problems, learning difficulties and physical disabilities. This survey ‐ unique in Greece, to our knowledge ‐ was carried out by Maria Fafalios‐Dragonas, Eleni Tsigara and Panayota Papamanoli, for Kaleidoscope social enterprise. The statistical analysis is by ORCO, Athens.