News News Archive 2010 SRN welcomes new Network Officer
SRN welcomes new Network Officer |
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| Wednesday, 05 May 2010 |
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We are pleased to welcome Lesley Smith to the SRN team. Lesley recently took up the post of Network Officer and will be working alongside John Moody (Network Officer) to promote and support the development of Peer Support, WRAP and local recovery networks, as well as looking at issues relating to equalities, diversity and employment. As a graduate of the Recovery Innovation peer specialist training course, a WRAP Facilitator and Recovery Trainer Lesley brings a wide range of experiences to the role. She has also been actively involved with the Lothian Recovery Network and her previous experience and roles include involvement and collective advocacy (The Royal Edinburgh Hospital Patients' Council and Carr-Gomm Scotland). |
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21 May Falkirk and District Association for Mental Health (FDAMH) Arts and Media Group present their first ever drama production, 'We are all Bobby'. |
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| Black women, recovery and resilience |
16 May In a specially commissioned article for SRN, researcher and psychiatric survivor Dr Jayasree Kalathil explores the issues of recovery and resilience from the perspective of black women interviewed for a 2011 study by Survivor Research and the Mental Health Foundation. While the article focuses on recent data from England, there are important lessons to be learnt everywhere, including Scotland. |
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