"Anyone interested in disability justice, Black feminist theory and politics, abolition over reform and lived experience research will want to read this book." Jemmar Almina reviews 'The Silence They Wrote for Me' by Abigal Muchecheti on the NSUN blog. www.nsun.org.uk/book-review-...

Are you an NSUN member? Sign up for free to receive a weekly, curated bulletin full of paid opportunities, free events and more for people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma. Scroll for an example of the bulletin's contents. www.nsun.org.uk/our-members/...

Have you read our partner @nsunnews.bsky.social report? #MentalHealth #LivedExperience #Media

I did a bit of media work for Tine to Change, Rethink and Mind back in the 2010s and thankfully, a legal name change has given me distance from it. I regret doing media stuff because I don't think it changed minds, my time would've been better spent on activism in my community.

Denial has long been the weapon of the right. NEW REPORT LAUNCH EVENT: Denial & Collective Care in the Age of Pandemics with Dr Stephanie Davis, Selina Nwulu, Hazel Sealeaf & Chloe Cheeseman of @breathe-easy-sheff.bsky.social 14 April, 6-8pm BST Sign up: healingjusticeldn.org/methodology/...

Coming up on Tuesday 24 March, the bliss-filled and epochal Survivors' Poetry Zoom Party. Open Mic and two headliners, poetry and music and good company, and an international line-up. What's not to love, in these dark times? Free entry, what's more. Sign in from 7pm to book your five minute slot 🥰

🚨 NEWS 🚨 NSUN has today published ‘Not Just a Story’, a new report exploring experiences of engaging with the media as people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma. Scroll for a summary of the report and its findings. www.nsun.org.uk/resource/not...

The NSUN membership is a network of people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma. We send a weekly bulletin containing curated events, interesting reading and paid opportunities. Scroll for a selection of its contents 🧵 www.nsun.org.uk/our-members/...

ICYMI: "Despite our efforts to build a more liberatory mental healthcare system, psychosis remains one of the most stigmatised psychological experiences." Read 'Psychosis and the social model: making sense of a world that doesn't make sense' on the NSUN blog. www.nsun.org.uk/psychosis-an...

www.nsun.org.uk/why-cant-you... Interesting blog on self-harm via @nsunnews.bsky.social

🚨 Ads calling out social media companies for fuelling the youth mental health crisis appeared across London last week. Meta made $62bn in profit last year. It's time they paid for the misery they cause. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/tax-big-tech-fund-mental-health-services

www.psychiatryisdrivingmemad.co.uk/post/an-open... Absolutely brilliant blog by Wren Aves ❤️ On how mad people's stories are taken and retold without their permission, leading to an erasure of their experience and personhood

"Last year, I discovered that my entire medical record had been excavated, studied and published under the name of ‘public interest’, and I am not alone." 'Patient B' on their role in the Webberley v. GMC trial, a prosecution they never consented to participate in. www.nsun.org.uk/in-the-name-...

🚨 BREAKING: Guerilla Ads have appeared on bus stops and billboards around London calling out TikTok, Instagram and Facebook for driving the youth mental health crisis. #bigtech #mentalhealth #socialmedia #subertadvert #meta #tiktok

Today is the Mass Lobby for Migrant Rights. Hundreds are uniting in Parliament with one clear message for our MPs: scrap the earned settlement plans. There has never been a more important moment to stand with migrants and refugees. Support from home👉 www.praxis.org.uk/mass-lobby-s...

📣 New blog post - Disability and Colonialism Blog Series The Archive Refuses to be Silent "This archive is not neutral, it is political. It insists that Disabled women are not footnotes but authors." Read Albright's piece here ⤵️ www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/archive...

🚨 New: Not a Stranger Campaign Report Migrant-led insights on the harms of new immigration proposals that would expand “earned settlement” and deepen precarity for migrants. ✊ Read the report, engage your MP (template letter in the report), and support migrant-led advocacy. buff.ly/lzNg62C

📘Pre-order our NEW Disability Rights Handbook! We have spent over 50 years providing guidance on the everchanging benefits system - everything you need to make a claim! We also offer a half-price concessionary rate for those on income-related benefits shop.disabilityrightsuk.org/products/dis...

"This de-medicalised way of looking at self-harm considers it more as a dynamic process, a bodily representation of social distress that engages with oneself and one’s experiences." Read C.C. da Cunha Lewin's new blog on the NSUN website. www.nsun.org.uk/why-cant-you...

"Despite our efforts to build a more liberatory mental healthcare system, psychosis remains one of the most stigmatised psychological experiences." Read 'Psychosis and the social model: making sense of a world that doesn’t make sense' by an anonymous NSUN member. www.nsun.org.uk/psychosis-an...

We send out a weekly bulletin to the NSUN membership, a network of people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma. Containing updates from NSUN, blogs, free events and paid involvement and recruitment opportunities, scroll for an example of its contents 🧵

Unmissable! Tuesday 10th at The Harrison. Three old friends of Survivors' Poetry in the house: MC Jason Why; guest poet Wendy Young; psychedelic folk whimsy from guest musician John Arthur. Doors open 7.00pm. Say hi, sign up for floor spots. Show starts 7.30pm. £5 cash on the door to cover overheads

🧵 CW: Suicide, iatrogenic harm In January 2024 I shared a questionnaire on twitter, asking people about their experiences of making a complaint to NHS mental health services. Its taken me a while to write up, but its finally published here. 1/15 www.psychiatryisdrivingmemad.co.uk/post/dismiss...

Are you developing a fellowship proposal? Struggling to find the space to refine your ideas? Enter: the Fellowship Planning Retreat 2026. Step away from the usual distractions, and make progress on your fellowship application with tailored support! ⏰31 March 2026, 12pm APPLY NOW buff.ly/CmqcUSO

www.nsun.org.uk/the-price-of... Another interesting blog via @nsunnews.bsky.social

New grant opportunity: 20 x £500 unrestricted grants via the easyfundraising Impact Fund. Apply 23 Feb–5 Apr. Apply: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/impact-fund

"If we are to reclaim our collective agency, we must insist that co-production becomes more than a symbolic inclusion. We must make it a tool for liberation." In today's blog, Stuart explores how we might reclaim co-production in a truly liberatory way. www.nsun.org.uk/the-price-of...

#DisabledPeopleAgainstTheFarRight #TogetherAlliance With thanks to @disrebellion.bsky.social for collaboration with @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social 📢Join the online protest to support #TogetherAlliance 📢March 28th 2026 📢12 noon to 4pm dpac.uk.net/2026/02/onli...

The NSUN 2026 Members' Questionnaire closes for submissions this Friday at 9am. If you’re an NSUN member with 10 minutes to spare, check your last bulletin to complete it and be in with a chance to win a £20 Love2Shop voucher!

Author's quote:"I had a panic attack when I first read about this case, because I realised that the same violation which derailed my life will now happen to hundreds more transgender children. And it will continue to happen, as the PATHWAYS clinical trial for puberty blockers further normalises it."

EVENT: Hearing voices, suicidality, and 'AI psychosis' A @uobphenomenal.bsky.social seminar drawing on perspectives from philosophy, mental health research, psychology, and lived experience. Friday 20 March, 9am - 4.30pm UK time, online and in person. #HearingVoices #MentalHealthResearch

I stand with patient B, we must not allow exploitative money making research to further the ideological bans and violation of children. Or adults, or anybody.

"Imagine finding out as an adult that your childhood medical records have been seized and publicised online for years without your knowledge." Patient B's entire medical record was excavated, studied and published in the name of ‘public interest’. www.nsun.org.uk/in-the-name-...

We were asked to speak at this KCL PRU event - you can watch Hat on the panel here. As they point out, we don't need even 'more research' on surveillance, we need decision-makers to take action. Now. stopoxevision.com/kings-survei...

#WelshElections2026 @unitecommunity.bsky.social Wales & @dpac-cymru.bsky.social have organised joint event/conference. “What do we want from a Welsh Government?” 📢21 Feb 2026 📢11am to 3pm 📢Unite Office, 1 Cathedral St Cardiff CF11 9SD Register: - surveys.unitetheunion.org/260142987316...

Cuts to disability benefits for those who cannot work ‘is recipe for greater hardship’ and ‘will put lives at risk’ #BenefitCuts #UniversalCredit @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/cuts-to-disa...

The DWP shared figures that show the WCA will still be going strong in 2031 - despite previously claiming it'll be abolished by 2029. This once again shows how much of a farce the Timms Review is Me for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

At NSUN we welcome conversations about how social media companies exploit and harm young people. Big Tech must be responsible for the harms it profits from, but we do not believe a blanket social media ban will achieve the effects it claims. www.nsun.org.uk/news/nsun-re...

Join us on Wednesday 25 February at 7 pm on Zoom for a transformative workshop on deconstructing oppressive systems in medical education and exploring new paths toward health justice. www.medact.org/event/unlear...

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust @cntw.bsky.social have you installed Oxevision on the mother and baby unit? The new ward leaflet has added information about Oxevision as well as body worn cameras. This is unspeakably unethical. www.cntw.nhs.uk/resource-lib...

🔈 It's the last day to complete the 'Earned Settlement' consultation and help challenge these cruel proposals. Fill out the consultation before midnight tonight: buff.ly/tiKRoO1

NSUN's free membership is open to individuals and user-led groups with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma. Scroll for a selection of the news, events and paid opportunities we feature in our weekly membership bulletins. 🧵

The Centre for Mad Culture UK invites you to share your views: www.surveymonkey.com/r/mad-movement It takes 5-10 mins and there is an option to join the prize draw for a £30 book voucher.

If you’re an NSUN member, please consider spending 10 minutes filling in our annual Members' Questionnaire. We use its results to improve our work, and make the case for our work with external funders. Check your latest bulletin for the link to complete it. Thank you!

Thank you very much to Elsa and to @nsunnews.bsky.social for this kind and insightful review.

"All My Worldly Joy is essential reading for mental health professionals, and offers hope for those still submerged in psychiatric systems." @elsawilliams.bsky.social reviews @laurarichmond.bsky.social's memoir of motherhood and mental health. www.nsun.org.uk/book-review-...

open.spotify.com/episode/3bGt... A podcast with Sohail Jannesari, migration researcher and activist

Reminder! ⏰ The #DiscoveringLiveability team are hosting an online webinar this Friday all about our site visits to Canada and Australia. 🔗 Click on the link below to book your free place!