Croydon MHF

What is the Purpose of the Forum?

The Croydon Mental Health Forum provides an opportunity in which people who use or have used mental health services, carers, the voluntary and community sector and anyone with an interest in improving mental health in Croydon can meet in order to do the following:

• Campaign: A chance to share ideas, concerns and to campaign together on mental health and related issues.
• Influence: The Forum will provide an opportunity for users, carers and the voluntary sector to influence and have a say in the planning of mental health and other related services in Croydon through elected/selected Forum representatives.
• Participate: In participation with expert speakers, to provide an opportunity for members to increase their knowledge of good practice in mental health.
• Understand: An opportunity to enhance understanding of different perspectives: the User/Survivor perspective, the Carer perspective and the perspective of the Voluntary and Community sector.
• Inform: A place to gain and share up-to-date information on mental health matters locally and nationally.
• Support: A supportive environment for the discussion of the positive and negative aspects of the quality of mental health services and an opportunity to engage with senior managers.

When are the meetings?
The meetings happen every two months at the Croydon Unitarian Church, No 1 The Flyover, Croydon CR0 1ER. An information stall, speakers, lunch and refreshments are always provided.

Dates for 2008.

Wednesday 30th January 2008
Wednesday 26th March 2008
Wednesday 21st May 2008
Wednesday 16th July 2008
Wednesday 24th September 2008
Wednesday 26th November 2008

All meetings start at 1pm and include lunch and refreshments. They are on the last Wednesday of every other month and finish at 3.30pm. We do at least one evening meeting per year.

Venue: TBC – we may still use the Friends Meeting House.

Who do I contact if I am interested?

Cath Collins is the Forum facilitator and works for Croydon Voluntary Action. Her telephone number is: 020 8683 7010. Or Minicom: 020 8683 7014 or e-mail at: cath.collins@cvalive.org.uk