PIPS News
Listening to PIPS members and helping members to develop PIPS service
Over the last few months I have been liaising with Ashley Daw (PIPS Co-ordinator) and members of PIPS and also getting some feedback on unmet needs and how PIPS members want the service to develop.
To respond to this so far we have:
Put together a funding bid to Comic Relief for a 3 year ‘Engagement Worker’ to directly support PIPS members to achieve some of their goals and aspirations. The worker will also try to help secure pots of money for activities that PIPS members would find beneficial. The worker will try to help PIPS widen and expand its membership to under-represented groups of mental health users, develop PIPS web pages, find sustainable funding for a full newsletter, coaching opportunities, task and finish ‘theme groups’ and community events to raise awareness of mental health and to reduce stigma, discrimination and inequality. We will keep you informed.
We have also submitted an ‘Ecominds’ bid to fund a time-limited project focusing on reducing stigma and discrimination and also supporting people to make the most of their local environments and spaces. If we succeed, the job opportunity would be for 9 months and would be earmarked for a ‘mental health’ user, past or present.
I am going to meet with PIPS members soon to listen to what else they may want to work towards so I can help try to access funding for PIPS to drive forward on user led aspects and create new opportunities for people with mental health needs.
Desanne McAllister
General Manager
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February 2010 Newsletter 5
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