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Croydon’s Mental Health Service User Group
Volunteers Coordinator
Purpose of Post: The post holder will lead on the delivery of our volunteer programme. You will be responsible for the recruitment of new volunteers and the support of existing volunteers and volunteer contacts to maintain a positive volunteer experience.
Events Coordinator
Purpose of Post: to develop and manage Hear Us events, particularly the established Open Forum, and make sure they run smoothly.
Purpose of Post: The Events Coordinator will help to plan, promote and deliver a diverse programme of online and in-person events that reflect the organisation’s mission to support, empower and amplify the voices of people with lived experience of mental illness. These will include outreach sessions, campaigning events, open forums, creative workshops, community engagement activities, fundraising events, awareness days and partnership events.
30 Creative Workshops
We will host 30 creative workshops over the next two years for adults with lived experience of a mental health condition. People of all skill levels are welcome to join in the fun!
The pieces we create together will contribute to our Reachout Challenge training materials. The free creative workshops will also give us more opportunities for community building with mental health service users in Croydon.
Hear Us’ newest project is made possible thanks to funding from the London Community Foundation through the Adobe Fund.
Help us redesign our image, mission, vision and values.
Hear Us want to redesign our brand and image, and over the next few month we want your help and collaboration in shaping our mission, vision and values. The rebrand will come at little cost as possible. Our current brand will continue to be used until the new brand is slowly introduced.
The Hear Us 2023-24 Annual Report
Structure, governance and management
Formation
Hear Us developed from a service user run community group established in 1992. Since 4th October 2001 Hear Us has been running as a not for profit organisation in Croydon and on 15th April 2010 the Management Committee registered Hear Us with the Charity Commission for charity status (No. 1135535) to give Hear Us a more independent and stronger voice in the community.
Management
The constitution in the original form was adopted by resolution at the AGM held on the 27th May 2004. Amendments to the constitution were adopted by resolution at the EGM held on 1st July 2008.
The Management Committee are the Board of Trustees and are listed below. They include a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and the Chief Executive Officer, Tim Oldham. The Committee has the power to co-opt members, as and when they deem it necessary. The Board of Trustees are responsible for the day to day running of Hear Us and have a responsibility to report to the funders, charity commission and other stakeholders whenever the need arises.
Current Board of Trustees
Abeline Greene (Chair)
Cassandra Austin (Deputy Chair)
Jackie Ashton (Treasurer)
Niall McVeigh (Secretary)
Charlotte Goreing
Halimah Zakiuddin
Josh Baker-Mendoza
Luke Russell
Objectives and activities
To relieve the needs of people living in the London Borough of Croydon and surrounding areas who have mental health problems by provision of services and advice.
To advance education about mental health for public benefit in the London Borough of Croydon and surrounding areas with the object of creating awareness and reducing the stigma attached to mental health.
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