A Life in the Day: Volume 10 Issue 1
Table of contents
Partnership in peril
Beatrice BrayBeatrice Bray relates her battle to regain the life, loves and career she lost when she became ill. She has, she says, finally managed to get the medical care she has always known…
Not just stacking shelves
Miles Rinaldi, Rachel Perkins, Joss Hardisty, Edmund Glynn, Tatiana SouzaSupported employment programmes for people with serious mental health problems have sometimes been criticised for only helping people to get poorly paid, low skill jobs. Miles…
Tapestry: a social relationship agency
Simon Proudlock, Liz HalléTapestry is Britain's first social relationship agency dedicated to helping people recovering from a mental illness find and sustain social relationships. Simon Proudlock and Liz…
Stepping Out Theatre Company
Steve HennessyFormed in Bristol in 1997, the Stepping Out Theatre Company has produced a wide range of work on mental health themes and is open to people who have used mental health services…
Housing and inclusion
Peter Flanagan, Susan, Garry, Jeremy, Anthony, JasonMilton Court is a supported housing project run by Doncaster and South Humber NHS Trust. Here Peter Flanagan and residents Susan, Garry, Jeremy, Anthony and Jason describe in…
Chipmunkapublishing
John MatthewsChipmunkapublishing is a unique, London—based, social enterprise that aims to help people with mental health problems through the publication of literature — mostly…
Just the job
MarkMark works full—time in a council finance department dealing with public enquiries, and enjoys his job. However, it wasn't always so. A period of depression had led to four year…
Network: Sharing good practice in job retention
This issue's Network gives space to a number of new job retention networks to describe what they do and what they are trying to achieve.
Resources
Our regular page listing reports, publications and training materials of relevance to readers. If you come across new publications, training materials, websites or other resources…