The National Survivor User Network was set up to engage and support service users across the country. Promoting self-management and providing opportunities for networking and peer-support, the network provides a list of groups across the country as well as news and information about campaigns and events.
With plenty of links to groups involved in user representation, the arts and user involvement, this site represents an invaluable resource to anyone interested in the service user/survivor movement. To visit the site, click the following link -
Claude Cookie has a personal interest in mental health issues, having experienced a considerable amount of psychological distress himself over a sustained period. He has collected several diagnoses during this period of involvement with psychiatric services, none of which he feels adequately describes his experience. His interests include music (which he both listens to and performs), reading, writing, walking, politics and spirituality. He currently volunteers on several mental health projects and would encourage other service users to get involved with the services that they use, and help direct the way in which these services develop in the future. 
