🫶🏿🎋Our upcoming Abolition in Practice Group is on the theme of Somatic abolitionism, decolonizing ‘wellness’, embodied social justice & the body as a resource & locus of trauma 📅: Monday 14th April ⏰: 12-2pm 💻: Online (zoom) 🔗Register your place using link in bio! #bpoc #le @nsunnews.bsky.social

New explainer from me, via NSUN - on what the welfare proposals are, what they might mean for those living with mental ill-health, and what you can do about them 👇

🚨 The govt’s planned disability cuts are a deadly attack on mentally ill & disabled people. On May 6th, young people who rely on PIP are heading to Parliament to fight back. 📢 Help fill the room: email your MP now & urge them to attend 👉 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

"It is a bitter feeling, to have believed so intrinsically that you could change the thing that broke you, only to leave feeling worse than when you started." Charli Clement explores the ways in which lived experience is increasingly commodified. www.nsun.org.uk/the-possibil...

The independent regulator has announced a £2,500 pay rise for MPs. At a time when disabled people are facing the biggest cuts to disability benefits on record, this is simply wrong. I’ll be donating mine to charities supporting disabled people in Coventry & across the country.

#WelfareNotWarfare The list of all local actions including the central one in London with times and addresses Check your local area ⬇️ dpac.uk.net/2025/03/welf...

We’ve united with Scope, @disrightsuk.bsky.social @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social and @turn2us.bsky.social against cuts to disability benefits. Together, we’ve published an open letter urging the govt to safeguard them. Read the full letter on Scope’s website. buff.ly/FhxKY7U #Disability

If anything, the UK’s mental health crisis is one of UNDERdiagnosis not OVERdiagnosis. 📉APMS study found: Less than half of those with severe distress get treatment. Only a third needing primary care support have a diagnosis. The real issue is not overdiagnosis but undercare.

✉️ Read our letter with Scope and others urging the Government to protect disability benefits. [5/5] bsky.app/profile/jrf-...

The media’s engagement with people with lived experience of mental ill-health, trauma and distress can be unethical. To improve the process, we are conducting a 3-stage research project, starting with a short survey. Complete it to enter a £20 Love2Shop prize draw. www.nsun.org.uk/news/researc...

“You could just listen to me”: the erasure of lived experience in healthcare is the powerful new blog in the Limitations of Lived Experience series from @nsunnews.bsky.social

When the DWP makes a mistake, who should pay the price? We wrote to Liz Kendall with 30+ charities & welfare experts, warning that “official error” Universal Credit overpayment debt is pushing hundreds of thousands into unexpected debt. @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Labour’s proposed disability benefit cuts are nothing short of terrifying, say campaigners - truly chilling news

A great read as always, don't miss the latest issue of @asylummagazine.bsky.social

A report by the United Nations has called on the UK government to take “corrective measures” to address the impact of cuts to disability benefits introduced under Conservative governments, just as Labour ministers prepare to introduce further such cuts.

Our Campaign Leader @carolinejc.bsky.social tells @johnpring.bsky.social "we implore the government not to make unfair changes based on condition specific criteria" in response to research showing no evidence to support call for PIP cuts.

We have started a petition to Bluesky Social PBC CEO Jay Graber @jay.bsky.team to Enable Private Accounts on Bluesky. So survivors and others who need private accounts can safely leave X/Twitter and come to Bluesky, pls share and sign. www.change.org/EnablePrivat...

The NSUN weekly bulletin arrived in member inboxes on Monday afternoon, full of news, free events and paid opportunities for individuals with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma. Scroll for a selection of its contents 🧵 www.nsun.org.uk/our-members/...

Excited to be setting up Mad Campaigns Lab! 💫 A drop in space for Mad and Disability justice campaigners, through @nsunnews.bsky.social. Focus will be on skillsharing, solidarity, and strategy. Register interest & input below 👇

It's #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek and we're highlighting the voices of people who support those living with an eating disorder who are changing the narrative. Look out for the #Blogs on our website later this week and get involved with @beatedsupport.bsky.social : edaw.beateatingdisorders.org.uk

Spring issue of Asylum out soon! Special issue on surveillance guest edited by Stop Oxevision. @stopoxevision.bsky.social

🗣️Join us for an online panel discussion with Zinesters Hamja Ahsan, Seleena Laverne Daye & Dal Kular about their work & thoughts about the past, present & future of zine-making!📚 📅Friday 21st February ⏰3-4:30pm 💻Online via Zoom 🔗Register using link in bio #mh#zine#bpoc#le

"The “we know best” mentality of many mental health services invalidates and demotes living experience." In the first blog of 'The Limitations of Lived Experience' series, @mandycrandale.bsky.social imagines genuine co-production in mental health. www.nsun.org.uk/living-exper...

It's #RandomActsOfKindnessDay, and while many people encourage you to show kindness to others. Lots of people forget to show it to themselves. Here are some reminders of ways you can be kind to yourself. 👇 #Kindness #MentalHealth #SelfLove

Featuring over 15 artists and poets, Mad Kin Zine is about the kin we craft outside of psych spaces to keep our communities safe. Kat Hudson on creating a space to demand alternatives to psychiatry and policing, to exchange tools, to dream, to mobilise. www.nsun.org.uk/mad-kin-we-k...

Here I am chatting with our Head of Communications & Menmbership, Amy, about how I've been settling in to the post after 7 months.

💌🌹Kicking off our Valentine's Series - a collection of written pieces exploring radical acts of love & community care with a beautiful piece by Jerome Sewell 📖Read it by following link in bio! #mentalhealth #love #radical #ValentinesDay #bpoc @nsunnews.bsky.social

This is your last chance to attend tomorrow’s virtual monitoring, evaluation and learning training for user-led groups! Taking place from 2-4pm, sign up for free via the link below. www.nsun.org.uk/news/free-mo...

The Arts & Ourselves zine is here! 🌟 The zine is a 36-page reflection on self-harm in its many forms. With writing, memes, and poetry - it is about our own lives, on our own terms. View the zine [and plain-text version] at: makespaceco.org/artsandourse... 1/3

Unlock’s new chief executive discusses her journey into the charity sector, the ‘vulnerability’ of staff with lived experience, and hope for the future...

🧵Today we launch the #FutureMinds campaign, urging the Government too see support for children’s mental health as an investment in the future of our society – a future we cannot afford to jeopardise. The costs of inaction are far greater than the investment we could make now to turn the tide. 1/11

Thank you Lady Gaga. Such an important message to kick off LGBT+ History Month. Your words will reach so many 💖 CC: Grammys