Time to Change is recruiting Lived Experience Advisors

Monday, 16 November 2009

This is your chance to join England's most ambitious campaign to end mental health discrimination.

Time to change are recruiting for four new members of our Lived Experience Advisory Panel, which is crucial to ensuring that the voices of people with direct experience of mental health problems remain central to Time to Change.

If you have direct experience as a survivor, service user or carer and are involved with national, regional or local networks, and have skills in public speaking, media work, research, involving others or community engagement, please get in touch.

For more information, including application forms, visit the website, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone 020 8215 2356.

July 2009: Time to Change's Open Up project is now open to applications for the Open Up Initiatives Scheme 2009.

This innovative programme is for people with experience of mental health problems who want to set up projects that will raise awareness or challenge discrimination where they live.

Open Up selects 16 groups or individuals to become an Open Up Initiative (2 in each region of England) and works with them over a period of one year. The scheme helps the people to get their Initiatives up and running through providing an average of £2500 towards expenses - plus training, mentoring and promotions support.

Details at http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/news/do-you-want-speak-out-against-mental-health-discrimination

Deadline for applications is 5pm on Saturday 15th August 2009. Applicants must be 18 and over. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more details.

June 2009: Time to Change is England's most ambitious programme to end discrimination faced by people who experience mental health problems.

The programme of 35 projects is led by Mental Health Media, Mind, and Rethink. It is funded with £16m from the Big Lottery Fund and £2m from Comic Relief, and evaluated by the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College, London.

The programme is backed by international evidence on what works, and has at its heart people with direct experience of mental health problems

For more information please see www.time-to-change.org.uk or see the video on You Tube at http://uk.youtube.com/user/ttcnow2008