National Survivor User Network
Network of people/groups with experience of mental ill-health, distress & trauma
About us
NSUN website
NSUN website
NSUN is a network of people and groups with lived-experience of mental ill-health, trauma, and distress. We work to redistribute power and resource in mental health.
What we do
What we do
NSUN is a network of community groups and people who have experience of mental distress, ill-health, or trauma. We work to redistribute power and resource in mental health.
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News, blogs + campaigns
News (statements/events/jobs)
News (statements/events/jobs)
Blogs
Blogs
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Mad Campaigns Lab meetups
Mad Campaigns Lab meetups
Mad Campaigns Lab is a monthly online meet-up for NSUN members interested in/working around mental health policy and campaigning.
Open letter/petition: Stop Oxevision
Open letter/petition: Stop Oxevision
We write to express caution about the continued use of Oxevision in inpatient settings: blanket, 24-hour surveillance without ongoing consent
Statement: Stop Taking Our Picture
Statement: Stop Taking Our Picture
For many years, patients, campaigners, and survivors have been raising concerns about psychiatric wards sharing photographs of patients on social media. This statement outlines our concerns about wards sharing photographs of patients.
Publications
The Shape of Safety (2024)
The Shape of Safety (2024)
This document is a guide to reimagining safety and safeguarding alongside young people with experience of mental ill-health, trauma and distress.
The language of the mental health lived experience landscape (2024)
The language of the mental health lived experience landscape (2024)
Mapping resilience and sustainability in user-led groups (2024)
Mapping resilience and sustainability in user-led groups (2024)
Menstrual health in psychiatric inpatient settings (2024)
Menstrual health in psychiatric inpatient settings (2024)
Exploring “community” & the lived experience landscape (2024)
Exploring “community” & the lived experience landscape (2024)
This report explores the meaning of "community" in the mental health lived experience landscape: whether those with lived experience could be considered a “community”, and how the term “community” is assumed or forced upon us.
Trans & non-binary service users' experiences of single sex wards (2023)
Trans & non-binary service users' experiences of single sex wards (2023)
Trans and non-binary people experience harm and discrimination with care settings. A gap exists between the standards set out in trust policies and the actual experiences of trans and non-binary service users.
Funding grassroots mental health work (2022)
Funding grassroots mental health work (2022)
Mapping the lived experience landscape in mental health (2021)
Mapping the lived experience landscape in mental health (2021)
Any supportive endeavour should be underpinned by principles of being LE-led, learning from the past, acknowledging inequalities and harm, and being visibly, genuinely diverse.
What do user-led groups need? (2020)
What do user-led groups need? (2020)
This research looked to understand what challenges user-led mental health organisations face, and to explore what might help them meet their aims and sustain and develop their activities.
Virtual creative exhibitions
Annual members' exhibitions
Annual members' exhibitions
Every year NSUN holds and Annual Members’ Event and the AGM (Annual General Meeting). Find out more about Members' Events and AGMs here.
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