A Life in the Day: Volume 2 Issue 2

Editorial

Bob Grove

The Role of Education in the Lives of People with Mental Health Difficulties

Tracey Austin

Tracey Austin draws on her experiences in community mental health and further education t introduce a regular feature exploring the opportunities for education in the lives of…

Hitting the Target — How Clients Establish and Move Towards Their Goals at Barnet Qest

Sam Clogg, Stephanie Stewart, Ray Hemmings, Janette Cumlin

In Richmond Fellowship Workschemes, supporting people in open employment is a team effort. Barnet's Qest team write about how they structure their work and share some of the…

An Uncharted Journey

Andrew Webster

Andrew Webster charts his own journey from a severe mental breakdown and the loss of a successful career to running a totally new business in the non‐profit sector, creating…

Having Your Say

Peter Bates

The word ‘empowerment’ appears in the description of almost every project these days, so we have come a long way from the old paternalism. It means that the people who use a…

A Day in the Life of David, John and Nettie

Mary Nettle

Here are three contributions from mental health service users who feel very positive about the help and support they have received. David is from Kent and works with the Shaw…

Educational Opportunities

Adam Pozner

In this issue we focus on how educational opportunities can be immensely valuable in enabling individuals recovering from mental health problems to rebuild confidence, develop…

Images of Possibility

Tracey Austin, Adam Pozner

Have you read something that has changed your life, made you see things in a totally different way or captured your own experiences so beautifully that you felt absolutely…

Snakes and ladders

Judy Scott

I invited service user representatives and mental health association leaders to comment on the benefit system in just 50 words. A torrent of criticism poured out of my fax…