Next Open Forum

Hear Us Mental Health Open Forum enables service users to have a constructive voice in the commissioning and design of services

The next Open Forum is Tuesday 6th May 2.30pm

Topic: Accessibility Awareness

Accessibility

Hear Us strives to make the Open Forum accessible for everyone. At the start of each forum we go through accommodations members may need to make the meeting more accessible, such as how to turn on live captions. If you would like to discuss your access needs privately, you can email forum@hear-us.org 

Voice of Change

We now have a new segment on the Open Forum. Hear Us’ new Campaigns Project segment, Voice of Change, is a platform dedicated to the voices of service users and community members of Croydon. This segment is a chance to:

• Voice questions to SLaM staff, commissioners, or councillors.
• Highlight issues you have heard about or experienced in mental health services.
• Recommend campaigns for Hear Us to collaborate on with other organizations.
• Advocate for the change you want to see.
• Learn about how to contribute to the campaigns project.

In line with the Hear Us ethos, our number one priority for campaigning is co-production with people who have lived experience of using and needing mental health services in Croydon. That is why we are urging all members of Hear Us to attend the Open Forum and share your perspective and insights during Voice of Change, because it is your voices that inspire change. No Campaign, No Gain!

The Hear Us Mental Health Open Forum is designed primarily for mental health service users to come together and discuss services that affect them. However, we welcome carers, staff and anyone interested in mental health to join us.

This forum allows us all to meet, ask questions and debate with commissioners and service providers. We invite statutory services like Croydon Council and SLaM (South London and Maudsley NHS Trust) as well as voluntary services such as Mind, The BME Forum and APCMH to name but a few.

Amy Kirksmith
Open Forum Coordinator
Hear Us
Orchard House
15a Purley Road
South Croydon
Surrey
CR2 6EZ
Tel: 020 8681 6888
Email: forum@hear-us.org
Webpage: www.hear-us.org/forum/