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About Us
Canterbury & District mental health forum is the mental health Service User* forum for the area covered by the Canterbury City Council with the town of Faversham:
Established to give a voice to mental health service users* in 1994, and known as Canterbury and Faversham Forum for mental health (prior to 2007) , CaD operates from its own shop-front premises in Canterbury.
CaD is an independent registered charity with a service-user led management. CaD has a good reputation for enabling local users* of mental health services, from the Canterbury and coastal locality, to take part in service planning processes.
Our organisation has always shared a vision with many mental health service users that experience of distress and of using services embraces various & profound knowledge, and that learning from these experiences will enable the service to improve its ability to care for us when we are in distress.
What We Do
Our Mission Statement
To give a voice to mental health service users in the Canterbury and coastal locality…
Patients Council
Holding ward meetings with patients in St Martin’s Hospital, Canterbury – A chance for patients to record comments…
Representation
We get mental health service users involved in decision-making, so that service users views are represented in service planning meetings…
Research and Lobbying
On mental health issues. We have organised Evaluation projects on aspects of service provision…
NSUN
Canterbury & District Mental Health Forum (CaDmhf) have been commissioned by the National Survivor User Network…
What We’ve Done
Service User Evaluation
We conducted an evaluation of local residential homes for people with mental health problems…
Patients Council
An exemplary independent collective advocacy service: This Forum has provided Patients Council meetings…
Rehabilitation Unit Focus Groups
We were commissioned by the local NHS to conduct focus-group style meetings for rehabilitation units’ residents…
Drugs Education
We supported a Drugs Education Worker who (informed by personal experience) has visited secondary schools…
* The term “Service user” refers to those who are using (receiving), or have used the mental health services (such as inpatient, outpatient or primary care)
Canterbury and District Mental Health Forum is the mental health service user forum for the are covered by the Canterbury City Council with the town of Faversham.
Copyright 2009 Canterbury and District Mental Health Forum and Furber Consultancy.
