1. Service User Involvement
2. National Service User Forum

The National Service User Forum is an opportunity for people who have direct experience of mental health and other problems and have had contact with the criminal justice system to come together and help us to influence policy and design and improve services. Forum members come from a range of relevant backgrounds and organisations and from different areas of the country. (Click here for membership criteria).

Forum members get involved in activities such as research, policy consultations, delivering training, contributing to conferences and raising awareness of the issues they face. (Click here for more information on Forum activities). We welcome enquiries from policy makers and organisations working in the areas of criminal justice, homelessness, mental health or drugs and alcohol who are interested in consulting or involving our Service User Forum members.

We provide opportunities for Forum members to participate in training courses such as Training to Train, Research Skills, Media Skills and others, to support their personal development and effective involvement in the Forum.

National Service User Forum meetings are held four times a year. The next meetings are Thursday 26 April 2012, Friday 08 June 2012, Thursday 06 September 2012, Friday 07 December 2012 and 07 March 2013

Young People’s Forum meetings for people aged between 18 and 28 years are held four times a year.

Hear what members of the forum have to say in these videos.