Croydon's Mental Health Service User Group

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THE C.U.C OPEN MEETING


HEAR US
USER GROUP

Orchard House
15a Purley Road
South Croydon
CR2 6EZ

020 8681 6888


SLaM 24 hr information line:
Helpline gives
information and
support to people in Croydon with mental health problems.


0800 731 2864


SAMARITANS


A 24 hour
service providing
confidential
emotional support
to any person
who are suicidal or despairing

020 8681 6666

 


NHS DIRECT


A 24 hour
confidential helpline
providing advice
and information on
a range of
health issues.

0845 4647


 
 

Croydon User Council Open Meetings

The Croydon User Council are made up of current and ex-Mental Health Service Users and representatives of Mental Health centres across the borough of Croydon.
The Council meet monthly to discuss topical issues relating to mental health locally and nationally.
For more details of becoming involved in the Croydon User Council, please see the involvement page.

Open meetings which anyone can attend are held on alternate months. Meetings include a variety of topics which may interest you. The Group also organizes guest speakers for many of these meetings, who make presentations on topics of interest to mental health service-users in Croydon. Refreshments are available, and meetings are an opportunity for meeting with other service-users and for bringing up any items you may wish the CUC

Forthcoming Meetings
The next open meeting of the Croydon User Council, will be held at the Fairfield Club, Altyre Road, Croydon (see involvement page for details of how to get there).
It will be taking place on Tuesday 6th May, from 2pm - 4pm,

Everything you wanted to know about medication but you were to affraid to ask

Azizah Attard,
The Senior Psychiatric
Liaison Pharmacist
will here to discuss your
questions about medication

The following open meeting, will be the Hear Us EGM, on Tuesday 1st July, again at the Fairfield Club, and between 2pm and 4pm.

Minutes from previous open meetings.
Minutes are provided anonymously, and in Adobe Acrobat format. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat reader you can download it by clicking on the image on the right.





CUC meeting - ground rules
Click to download the Adobe Acrobat reader Tuesday 6th November 2007
Tuesday 5th February 2008
Tuesday 4th March 2008

Meeting Cycle for the Croydon User Council (CUC) for 2008 

Member’s meetings about mental health, which include a variety of topics which may interest you, the Group organizes occasional seminar meetings. Guest speakers are invited to make presentations about topics on which they can speak authoritatively and all members are welcome to attend free of charge.

Meetings and events are published in our newsletter, website and posters will be posted at resource centres, and drop-ins around the borough about each one a couple of weeks in advance of them taking place.

MEETING DATE TIME PLACE
Open Meeting Tuesday March 4th 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Friends Meeting House

Medication Tuesday May 6th 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Fairfield Club

Hear Us EGM Tuesday July 1st 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Fairfield Club

Open Meeting Tuesday September 2nd 1:00 - 4:00 pm

To Be Confirmed

Open Meeting Tuesday November 4th 1:00 - 4:00 pm

To Be Confirmed

Hear Us Xmas Party Tuesday December 9th 1:00 - 5:00 pm

To Be Confirmed

 

 
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Hear Us User Group Working Together for Change and Better Understanding in Mental Health
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