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Mental Health Promotion in Northern Ireland CATEGORY 5 Project name Contact name Address Start Your Own Business Vincent McKenna – Development Officer FAIT Washington House 14-16 High Street Belfast BT1 2BB Telephone number 01232 237397 Brief description of project Objective This project sets out to help empower victims of terrorist violence and their families to re-enter the work place or simply to find confidence in themselves to seek employment and become fully integrated into a working environment. Helping to empower victims of terrorist violence. Outcomes: Planned Helping victims of terrorist violence to start their own business or seek employment. Actual Approximately 40% employment success. 116
Mental Health Promotion in Northern Ireland CATEGORY 5 Project name Contact name Address Newry and Mourne Mental Health Forum Jimmy Phillips Ballybot House 22 Cornmarket Newry BT35 8BG Telephone number 01693 66374 Brief description of project Objectives Newry and Mourne Mental Health Forum is a collaborative venture involving users, carers and mental health service providers along with other agencies, groups and individuals who have an interest in mental health and/or responsibility for providing services in the community, eg housing, education, etc. The Forum was founded in 1993 in response to the challenges that ‘Care in the Community’ set for people experiencing mental health problems, their family and friends, other members of the community, the mental health professionals and other agencies who provide services for them. The formation of the Forum is also a response to the fact that people who use mental health services and their carers have the right and expect to be actively involved, not only in making decisions about their individual care, but also about the overall nature of community services. The overall aims are: • To promote the effective implementation of community care for people with mental health problems. • To challenge stigma and ignorance about the nature of mental illness. Objectives: • To promote effective communication and collaboration between the range of agencies and stakeholders within the Mental Health Care System of Newry and Mourne, with a view to developing and improving mental health care locally. • To provide opportunities for consumers of mental health services and other interested parties to comment on the services they receive. • To develop and support a mechanism which helps users and carers to inform and influence those who manage and plan Mental Health Services in the Newry and Mourne Area. Outcomes: Actual The Forum has succeeded in establishing four active working groups plus a Management Executive made up of representatives of each working group. The Working Groups are as follows: Insight (User) Group Comprising of 30 present and past service users, this group has been active in developing their knowledge and skills base to enable them to advocate individually and collectively on issues relevant to their care in hospital and in the community. To date they have carried out extensive user-led evaluations of existing services, made recommendations for change and have succeeded in gaining representation on local mental health planning groups. 117
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