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AIM (Altering Images of Mentality) is a small charity working in the Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside area. The object of the charity is to educate the public around the stigma felt and the discrimination experienced by people with mental health problems.
Launchpad is an organisation run by and for people experiencing mental health problems. It is involved in the planning, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of mental health services, acting as a voice for service users to influence the decisions made around mental health services in Newcastle upon Tyne. Launchpad works with carers, voluntary sector and other agencies towards better mental health services locally and nationally.
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networkingWest London male diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, Schizophrenia and OCD. Recovered alcoholic, published poet and qualified Social Worker. Interested in forming friendships and expanding networks with other like-minded souls. Interests include: languages, histories, arts and sciences, music, reading, ideas, different cultures, the social construction of disability, the fight against discrimination and ignorance of mental illness, recovery, advocacy and self-help. -
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arts/ dramaAfrobehn is a writer, theologian and Anglican deacon. She has published poetry and articles on womanist theology, racism in the church, and race and gender in literature. She is interested in how the creative and the theological interact and inform each other and how spoken word blurs the boundaries between poetry, prose and drama. Her writing is shaped by her experience of mental illness and her interest in theology and gender. She has written and performed with the r:evolve theatre company and Apples and Snakes in ‘Things That Can’t Be Said’. (http://www.r-evolve-theatre.co.uk/cantbesaid.html ) She is currently writing a play provisionally titled Hagar’s Story. -
arts/ dramahey all. no idea what to put in here so ill keep it short and simple im 20. studying Art at college. have dealth with mental health issues personally for about 6 years. my goal and career aspects is to be either in Art Therapy or be an art teacher for the young and disabled. i want to help others free their emotions through art and voice whats wrong with an illness that isnt always visual.
