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Tập 8 Số 1 - Trang 28-30
Programmes offering support for individuals with mental health problems to run their own businesses are still rare, yet self‐employment could be an ideal approach for many people. In this issue we offer profiles of two pan‐disability agencies providing support for individuals to move towards self‐employment and entrepreneurship. Business Ability is a multi‐agency project operating in the south eas......
‘There may be trouble ahead’
Tập 2 Số 1 - Trang 27-29
It was John Perske who wrote about the ‘dignity of risk’ and reminded us that a good quality of life includes the right to try things out, to experiment, to fail. If every toddler who tumbled over was protected from further harm, then nobody would be walking on two legs. Many employment and education projects for people who use mental health services invite their participants to take a risk — to t......
Networking: A Personal View
Tập 2 Số 3 - Trang 32-34
Anne Harding was Deputy Director of Richmond Fellowship Workschemes until 1991 and a founder member of the CEFEC European Network. As such she has seen (and initiated) many of the developments in employment and mental health we now take for granted, especially social firms — having been the prime mover in starting Castle Project Printfinishers and a co‐author of the Social Firm Handbook, published......
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Tập 9 Số 2 - Trang 31-33
This month's round‐up of innovative projects that support social inclusion for people with mental health problems is by Peter Bates
Service users as managers: two sides of the same coin or a different currency?
Tập 12 Số 3 - Trang 23-25
As part of their work on social inclusion, the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) asked Richard Hayes to facilitate a learning set for managers who work in mental health organisations and who are current or recent recipients of the services provided by these agencies. This article brings together some of the strands of their learning as a group and provides an insight into what it is lik......
Building bridges to education
Tập 8 Số 1 - Trang 9-14
Since it started in May 1998, InterAct's Bridges to Education programme has helped over 1000 clients with mental health issues to access lifelong learning. The underlying purpose of the programme is to help clients involve themselves in their communities. Client feedback about the benefits is overwhelmingly positive. A few clients have not been helped. This article looks at factors that have led t......