Mental Health Network
This network brings together, through quarterly meetings and an email group, volunteers and paid workers from local community and voluntary organisations involved in mental health services.
Members are encouraged to share information about activities and may be consulted about public sector services.
Minutes of all the mental health network meetings are online under 'agendas and minutes'.
Development of a Community and Volantary Sector Consortia
One of the things the Network has been involved in is providing a case study for some action research about developing community and voluntary sector consortia to provide public services.
You can read the report here.Minutes of the Mental Health Consortia Sub Group:
Mental Health Promotion Strategy for Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove City Teaching Primary Care Trust have produced this Mental Health Promotion Strategy for Brighton and Hove (click on the heading). It meets the national requirement of the Department of Health to address Standard One of the Mental Health National Service Framework through the development of a local strategy 2008-2011.
You can read the strategy here.First draft of the Service User and Carer Engagement Strategy
The Strategy aims to provide clarity for staff, service users, and carers on what we mean by "involvement" and outlines different levels of involvement appropriate to different contexts. The paper also outlines the initial thinking in relation to involvement for Foundation Trust members, and describes the role of the new LINks groups.
You can see it here.
