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| ORGANISATION | ACT UP for Mental Health |
| CONTACT | Clive Holmwood |
| ADDRESS | Criterion House, King Street Centre, 120 King Street, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 8NZ |
| TELEPHONE | 01384-869-898 |
| DESCRIPTION | An award winner, Act Up for Mental Health is a theatre company made up of mental health service users, their carers and volunteers from the community. The group create a range of theatre pieces based on their experiences. |
| SERVICES | Act Up offer a range of theatre performances based on a range of mental health issues. Performances can also contain educational workshops. The group will consider commisions on a range of mental health issues.Currently the group offers: A general mental health training package, ' The Cloakroom', a specially designed piece on mental health issues for secondary school children and an employment package, looking at employment and mental health. |
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| ORGANISATION | Birmingham Citizen Advocacy |
| CONTACT | Syma Ali |
| ADDRESS | Southside, 249 Ladypool Road, Sparkbrook, West Midlands, B12 8LF |
| TELEPHONE | 0121-440-4049 |
| DESCRIPTION | Advocacy project. |
| SERVICES | Representation and support. |
| AREA COVERED | South Birmingham |
| ORGANISATION | Bournville College of Further Education |
| CONTACT | Penelope Brown |
| ADDRESS | Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2AJ |
| TELEPHONE | 0121-411-1414 Ext. 274 |
| DESCRIPTION | Counselling service within College of Further Education |
| SERVICES | Counselling/welfare support; occasional mental health referral |
| AREA COVERED | Local |
| ORGANISATION | Brainwaves UK Media Forum |
| CONTACT | Terry Williams |
| ADDRESS | 0, 95 Hartland Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 3DE |
| TELEPHONE | 0121-588-6341 |
| DESCRIPTION | Monitoring the media and working with journalists in order to increase positive coverage of mental illness and help breakdown public prejudice. |
| SERVICES | 1. Training on how to get the best from the media (mainly service users).2. Advice on how to respond to bad publicity (first response on 0121 588 6341). |
| AREA COVERED | Regional (Midlands)/National |
| ORGANISATION | Breakaway Day Centre |
| CONTACT | Julie Rawlins |
| ADDRESS | c/o Centre 13, 4 School Road, Moseley, West Midlands, B13 9ET |
| TELEPHONE | 0121-449-5424 |
| DESCRIPTION | A non-statutory day centre for people with a wide range of emotional and psychological problems. Care staff include volunteers and a part-time adult literacy teacher. Enriched by St Mary's Youth and Community Centre. |
| SERVICES | Offers a range of therapeutic, recreational and creative activities to encourage re-integration into the community; summer daytrip; proposed camping trip. Open 9.30am - 3.30pm Monday to Thursday, 9.30am - 2pm Friday. |
| AREA COVERED | Local - Birmingham |
| ORGANISATION | CHANGE |
| CONTACT | Rob Kerrigan |
| ADDRESS | 8Oval Road, Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, B24 8PL |
| TELEPHONE | 0121 384 1344 |
| DESCRIPTION | Provides new and innovative crisis service - crisis house (user-run) and crisis sponsor homes in the process of being developed. |
| SERVICES | A crisis respite house for four people as an alternative to hospital admission. It is staffed mainly by users/ex-users and the ethos is one of self-help. Home treatment provides medical back-up to the service. |
| AREA COVERED | Local |
| ORGANISATION | Chinese Mental Health Project (UK) |
| CONTACT | Billy Ko |
| ADDRESS | Small Heath Health Centre, 42 Chapman Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B10 0PG |
| TELEPHONE | 0121 772 9232 |
| DESCRIPTION | To promote awareness of mental health issues in Chinese community in UK. |
| SERVICES | Organises national conference on Chinese mental health; acts as a focal point on Chinese health issues; provides information on Chinese mental health. |
| AREA COVERED | National |
| ORGANISATION | Dudley Advocacy |
| CONTACT | Lynda Nock |
| ADDRESS | Medway House, 98-99 Dixons Green Road, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 2DJ |
| TELEPHONE | 01384-456-877 |
| DESCRIPTION | Registered charity offering independent advocacy and support to adults |
| SERVICES | One-to-one advocacy partner (volunteer advocate); information and support; network of user groups to input into planning and delivery of mental health services. |
| AREA COVERED | Local - Borough of Dudley |
| ORGANISATION | First Person Plural |
| CONTACT | Kathryn Livingston |
| ADDRESS | PO Box 1309,,, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 9XY |
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| DESCRIPTION | National organisation led by people with first hand experience of dissociative disorders, including multiple personality disorder. We work to support and inform people who suffer dissociative disorders, their families, friends and professional allies; encourage increased recognition of dissociative disorders by health and social care professionals and improve service provision; enhance the general public's understanding and acceptance of people who experience dissociative disorders. |
| SERVICES | Quarterly support and information newsletter; optional contact list for members (in progress); talks, workshops and displays at conferences and other public events; plain English information booklets (in progress);world wide website; press and media work; national and international links. |
| AREA COVERED | National - UK |
| ORGANISATION | Full Potential Arts |
| CONTACT | Paul Gough |
| ADDRESS | The Friends Institute, 220 Moseley Road, Highgate, West Midlands, B12 0DG |
| TELEPHONE | 0121-446-6829 |
| DESCRIPTION | Community arts organisation and registered charity. |
| SERVICES | We provide community artists to facilitate projects and workshops for people with special needs, particularly mental health problems.Besides working in this way in local day centres and community venues, we maintain an art studio for use by individuals. |
| AREA COVERED | Local |
| ORGANISATION | International Mental Health Network |
| CONTACT | John B Jenkins |
| ADDRESS | 71 Fentham Road, Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, B23 6AL |
| TELEPHONE | 0121-623-5878 |
| DESCRIPTION | A membership organisation, whose prime purpose is to take the movement of community mental health care forward, to provide a better quality of life for service users, their relatives and friends. |
| SERVICES | Thematic workshops on key issues: self-help, team development, housing and support services, meeting individual needs, public opinion and media, interface between primary and secondary mental health services.These are for special interest groups, ie psychiatrists, purchasing managers etc. Arrange study visits and exchange of staff schemes amongst the membership. |
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| ORGANISATION | MADCAP |
| CONTACT | Tessa Lowe |
| ADDRESS | 0, 6 Medway Court, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B73 6DT |
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| DESCRIPTION | Community arts in mental health. Co-operative, user-led, embryonic project, involving survivors, Rainbow (user forum) and Mavericks (loose affiliation of artists and outsiders with a mental health agenda). |
| SERVICES | Shared space/accommodation for development of arts (drama projects/groups and self confidence/recovery groups; drop-in to be arranged; newsletter; advice forum. |
| AREA COVERED | Local |
| ORGANISATION | Mavericks |
| CONTACT | Tessa Lowe |
| ADDRESS | 6 Medway Court, Garrard Gardens, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, |
| TELEPHONE | 0121-354-7079 |
| DESCRIPTION | Creative enterprise consultants. |
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| AREA COVERED | Local/Regional - West Midlands |
| ORGANISATION | Media in Mind |
| CONTACT | Terry Williams |
| ADDRESS | 0, 95 Hartland Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 3DE |
| TELEPHONE | 0121-588-6341 |
| DESCRIPTION | Working with journalists to create a more positive portrayal of mental health in newspapers, magazines, radio and TV. |
| SERVICES | 1) Media support work for the preparation of articles/programmes 2) Supporting service users in getting positive media coverage 3) Training service users in how to use the media.4) Helping in responding to negative and inaccurate journalism. |
| AREA COVERED | Midland Region / National |
| ORGANISATION | The Regional Mental Health Promotion Action Group for the West Midlands |
| CONTACT | Jennifer Davies |
| ADDRESS | Vincent House, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2PZ |
| TELEPHONE | 0121-678-2627 |
| DESCRIPTION | Started in early 1980s, as a sub-committee for the regional mental health services advisory committee, since then the Action Group has widened its remit to form part of the local strategies focusing on community mental health.It also stands alone to invest in specific projects such as the media and mental health, primary care research, mental health awareness in schools and annual conferences. |
| SERVICES | Awareness of the value of mental health; provides support to promote mental health. |
| AREA COVERED | Regional |
| ORGANISATION | The Salvation Army |
| CONTACT | Keith Bond |
| ADDRESS | The Salvation Army Drop-in Centre, 72-74 Shadwell Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6HA |
| TELEPHONE | 0121-236-5916 |
| DESCRIPTION | An evangelical movement, part of the mainstream Christian Church. A registered charity. A social service agency. |
| SERVICES | Provides a place of safety where people can come to socialise, have a meal, shower, watch TV, read, listen to music. We offer a counselling service and act as a referral point for accommodation. Free food/clothing given when available. Befriending. |
| AREA COVERED | Local |
| ORGANISATION | User Voice |
| CONTACT | Mark Hillier |
| ADDRESS | Ten Acres Centre, Dogpool Lane, Stirchley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 2XH |
| TELEPHONE | 0121-678-2806 |
| DESCRIPTION | User Voice is a project promoting user participation in mental health services and helping service users to become more active and empowered, with view to influencing the planning and provision of mental health services. |
| SERVICES | Group advocacy through support of user groups at resource centres; facilitating a Patients Forum, meeting monthly as a platform for ideas and discussion between service users and service providers. |
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