MENTAL HEALTH CV

TRUSTEESHIPS
Lambeth Mind 2002-2003
Creative Routes 2003-2006
Southwark Mind 2006-2007

WRITING/COPYWRITING
Disability Arts Online, London City Hall Disability Campaign, Mental Health Today, Launchpad.
BOOKS: ‘The World is Full of Laughter’; ‘Am I Still Laughing?’; ‘How to be Mad’

TEACHING/LECTURING/PUBLIC SPEAKING
Mad Chicks, Mad Pride, Lambeth Mind AGM, London City Hall, Royal College of Psychiatry Conference Edinburgh, Wolfson College, Oxford University, - Disability Capital Conference, Southwark Mind Women's Conference, London Hearing Voices Groups Project - BME Event, University of Westminister; Institute of Psychiatry, Guys Hospital; Kindred Minds; Fanon Resource Centre.
SUBJECTS COVERED: Mental Health & the Arts; Mental Health outside of the consulting room; Voices; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; CBT for Psychosis; Mental Health in Minority Ethnic Communities; 'Rights, Charity, Services or Campaigns'

VOLUNTEER WORK
Creative Routes 2002-2006
Southwark Mind Kindred Minds Project 2006 to present (steering group, advisory group, drop-in worker, graphic design

MENTAL HEALTH MEDIA WORK
Channel 5 Mad for Poetry, Channel 5 News, BBC Breakfast News, Radio 4, Radio 5, South London Press, Evening Standard, Independent on Sunday, Sunday Times

WORKSHOP FACILLITATION
Creative Subversion – Mad Chicks
Developing Confidence – Mindfull Productions
Various Creative Activities – Creative Routes
How to improve culturally-appropriate services - Southwark Mind
Recovery, Hope and Resilience – SLAM NHS TRUST
Improving the therapeutic environment on acute inpatient wards- SLAM NHS TRUST
Recovery – is it possible? Kindred Minds

SERVICE USER INVOLVEMENT WORK AT SOUTH LONDON & MAUDSLEY
Workshop facilitation

Interviewing Skills training

Psychological Therapies Satisfaction Survey Consultation
Focus Group Facilitation
Presentations

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Mindfull Productions – 2002-2006
Creative Routes – 2003-2006
Mad Chicks 2004- present time

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