A demonstration against the proposed cuts in service by the South
London and Maudsley Trust (SLAM) and the Lambeth and Southwark PCT
will happen on
SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 1-2PM

The poster for the event can be found at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosemarymoore/231116643/

This is the content of the Poster -


ATTENTION ALL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USERS, CARERS AND PROFESSIONALS!

SAVE OUR LOCAL SERVICES

LAMBETH AND SOUTHWARK PCT (Primary Care Trust) and SLaM (South
London and
Maudsley NHS Trust)
are planning to cut £millions from vital mental health services.
If you are concerned as we are then

JOIN THE DEMONSTRATION
STOP THE MAUDSLEY CUTS!

Meet
1-2pm at Kennington Park, Lambeth SE11
(entrance Camberwell New Road)

WE WILL MARCH ALONG BRIXTON ROAD to WINDRUSH SQUARE

TO SHOW THAT THIS COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH
FOR
PEOPLE IN MENTAL DISTRESS

Poster from
Lambeth Mental Health and Disabled People's Action Group
- Fighting for mental health and disabled service users' rights
Working together with user groups across Lambeth and Southwark

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posted by Rosemary Moore (Surrey UK)
www.mentalmagazine.co.uk
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/mentalmagazine/
"Campaigning for good health & Social Care....it's for everyone"

Owner & Moderator of
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SSOtalk/ (discussion board)
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SurvivorsSpeakOut/ (noticeboard)



----- Original Message -----
From: Rosemary Moore
To: SurvivorsSpeakOut@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 7:01 PM
Subject: [SurvivorsSpeakOut] Survivors Speak Out - the aims and
objectives


This is a description of the aims and objectives of SURVIVORS SPEAK
OUT when it was formed in 1986:

SURVIVORS SPEAK OUT INFORMATION SHEET SURVIVORS SPEAK OUT SURVIV
Written by Peter Campbell, published in Newsletter June 1988

SURVIVORS SPEAK OUT was set up to improve contact and communications
between groups and individuals involved in mental health `self-
advocacy'. SURVIVORS is the direct result of an initiative
following the Mental Health 2000 Conference at Brighton in 1985 when
recipients of services from England and Wales were notable by their
absence.
SURVIVORS was established in January 1986.

The aims and objectives of SURVIVORS SPEAK OUT are:

TO MEET WITH OTHER PEOPLE TO SHARE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES
TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS BEING DONE TO CREATE CHANGE
TO LOOK AT WHAT PROVISIONS AND CHOICES WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE FORMATION OF NEW GROUPS

SURVIVORS is also being increasingly approached to provide
workshops, speakers etc, about the `self-advocacy' movement and aims
to respond to these requests, within the limitations of its current
resources.

MEMBERSHIP
The original membership of the group was 20. Now (June 1988), the
paid-up membership is about 230. SURVIVORS is a non-separatist group
and is made up of `survivors' and `allies' - many of whom are mental
health workers. Currently slightly less than a third
of members are `allies'.
Although many members are involved in existing `self-advocacy'
groups, there are a large number who are not involved in any group.
SURVIVORS not only exists to keep these in touch with what is going
on, but also to encourage them to get together with
others in their area to set up groups.

NATIONAL VOICE
SURVIVORS is NOT the national voice of recipients in the U.K. in any
formal sense. Members join as individuals and not as representatives
of any group they may belong to.
In September 1985 SURVIVORS organised a national conference of
mental health service users and their allies which produced a
charter of needs and demands. This charter (on separate sheet) does
broadly reflect the major concerns of recipients involved in action
in this country.

At present SURVIVORS is principally concerned with communication
within the movement and with increasing awareness of the
possibilities of action by recipients.

ACTIVITIES OVER LAST TWO YEARS
Personal contact is an important element in building an effective
movement. Recipients who wish to change things have often felt
completely isolated and without support.
One of our major contributions so far has been to enable people from
across Britain to meet and get to know each other. In 1986/1987
there were four weekend meetings - for about 20 people - at Minstead
Lodge in the New Forest. It has not been possible to continue these
meetings this year but would plan to pursue this idea in the future
either at Minstead or another venue.
A major achievement of 1987 was the NATIONAL CONFERENCE at EDALE
which was the first national conference of mental health service
recipients in this country.
One immediate result of such personal contacts has been an awareness
of solidarity that is based on shared experience and of the range of
possibilities opening up to individuals and combinations of
individuals within `self-advocacy'.

Communication through information etc. has been another main
activity of SURVIVORS. The very first project that we tried during
the months immediately before the final establishment of SURVIVORS
was a newsletter with articles etc. and although this did not
succeed, a regular quarterly newssheet has been sent to members
since February 1987. SURVIVORS have also run stalls at various
conferences including the MIND Annual conference. These have
provided information and a meeting point for recipients attending
the events. On a day-to-day basis SURVIVORS recieves and answers
continual requests through the post for information about its own
activities and about other groups' work.

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posted by Rosemary
Surrey UK