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Mersey Care provides specialist mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Liverpool,
Sefton and Kirkby. It has a wider role too, offering medium
secure services for Merseyside and Cheshire, and high
secure services covering England and Wales.
www.merseycare.nhs.uk |
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Independent Patients' Advocacy
Service, Ashworth Hospital The Advocacy Service at Ashworth
Hospital is provided by two contracted independent organisations.
Together provides the service to male patients – the Independent
Patients Advocacy Service (IPAS).
www.together-uk.org |
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Liverpool Mental Health Awareness (LMHA) has been working
to promote positive awareness of mental health in Liverpool
since 1992.
www.livementalhealth.org.uk |
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LOCAL SOLUTIONS is a leading social
enterprise in the North West of England, which was established
in 1974. We have
a proven track record of improving the quality of life for
vulnerable and excluded people in the region through the
following programmes.
www.localsolutions.org.uk |
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Liverpool Housing Trust (LHT) is part of the Vicinity
Group (formerly known as LHT Group) and has been
providing affordable homes on Merseyside since
1965. www.lht.co.uk |
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National |
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PSS' dynamic social enterprise provides community based,
social and health care services across north west England,
central Scotland and North Wales.
www.pss.org.uk |
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This website is a meeting place for
all people who care about autism – who want to raise awareness,
share information and ideas.
www.autism-awareness.org.uk |
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The Novas Group is at the cutting edge of tackling social
disadvantage through social enterprise, innovation and positive
impact.
www.novas.org |
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Addaction is a leading UK charity working solely in the
field of drug and alcohol treatment. Runsover fifty projects
within communities and prisons.
www.addaction.org.uk |
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UKAN was founded in 1990 to be a national resource, linking
mental health user groups of all types. The common aim is the
use of advocacy in many forms to empower people who use specialist
services.
www.u-kan.co.uk |
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Our main aim is to improve the quality of life of people
of all ages who experience mental distress.
www.nimhe.csip.org.uk |
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Penumbra is a leading Scottish voluntary organisation working
in the field of mental health. We provide an extensive range
of person-centred support services for adults and young people. www.penumbra.org.uk |
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We work to relieve and to prevent this treatable condition
by providing information and support services. www.depressionalliance.org |
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Started in 1995, Schizophrenia.com is a leading non-profit
web community dedicated to providing high quality information,
support and education to the family members, caregivers and
individuals whose lives have been impacted by schizophrenia. www.schizophrenia.com |
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Making Space exists to help all those affected by schizophrenia
and other forms of serious and enduring mental illness. www.makingspace.co.uk |
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The Zito Trust is a registered mental health charity and
was established in 1994, following the publication of the report
of the inquiry into the care and treatment of Christopher Clunis
who killed Jonathan Zito on 17 December 1992. www.zitotrust.co.uk |
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Offers guidance, counselling and support to sufferers and
their carers.
Jewish Association for the Mentally Ill (JAMI) |
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Information on counselling and registered counsellors.
British Association for Counselling |
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We work to improve the quality of life for people with
mental health problems by influencing policy and practice
in mental health and related services.
www.scmh.org.uk |
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Riverside provides affordable properties for rent and
shared ownership, and homes and support for vulnerable and
older people. Our vision goes beyond the home and we use
our experience, skills and resources to regenerate the communities
across England in which we work.
www.riverside.org.uk |
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Black and minority ethnic mental health
One in five mental health in-patients comes from a black and minority ethnic
(BME) background, compared to about one in ten of the population as a whole.
In January 2005, the Department of Health published a five-year action plan,
Delivering Race Equality (DRE) in Mental Health Care. DRE aims to help mental
health services provide care that fully meets the needs of BME patients and
build stronger links with diverse communities.
www.dh.gov.uk |
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We carry out independent
investigations into complaints about UK government departments
and their agencies, and the NHS in England – and help improve
public services as a result. www.ombudsman.org.uk |
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It's not just you who gets a check up. The Healthcare
Commission is the health watchdog in England. It's our job
to check that healthcare services are meeting standards in
a range of areas, including safety, cleanliness and waiting
times. www.healthcarecommission.org.uk |
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Liverpool Football Club's Community department has gone from
strength to strength since it was formed in 2000. We are a
dynamic and thriving department that works very closely with
the local community and are involved in a whole host of various
activities both locally and world wide.
www.liverpoolfc.tv |
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