The North East and Cumbria Sustainability Transformation Programme (STP) Mental Health Programme Steering Group has established a working group to look at improving the physical health of people with a severe and enduring mental illness through hearing the experiences and journeys of patients and carers. They want to gather feedback from mental health service users and their carers in…
Read More
A recent report by Citizens Advice estimates that 850,000 people contacted by bailiffs over the last two years have experienced bailiffs breaking the rules. This includes agents misrepresenting their rights of entry, and seizing people’s goods inappropriately. There are also continued reports of bailiffs failing to fact sympathetically towards people classed as vulnerable, including people…
Read More
Weekend Friends is our peer support group that meets on the 1st and 3rd Saturday each month for people who find weekends difficult. It’s a friendly group, please do drop by for a cuppa and a chat! They now meet from 11am to 1pm at Costa Coffee, Wallsend High Street, NE28 8JA. Download flyer here….
Read More
The Heads and Tales Newsletter is here! Welcome to our newsletter for our Mental Health Heritage project HEADS & TALES, supported and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and through the great contribution of National lottery players. Heads & Tales is a two-year project led and shaped by participants to explore, rebalance, and celebrate the voice of…
Read More Kosmos launched at World Mental Health Day 2017. This is a collaborative project between peer groups around North Tyneside borough, Launchpad North Tyneside and local artist Helen Smith. Download a copy here. Please do spread far and wide! We’re still working on getting it out there so people can learn from the messages participants felt…
Read More
LAUNCHPAD works to redress the balance, and offers the chance for any mental health service users in Newcastle to have their voice heard by the people who run these services.
Read More