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Care programme approach (CPA)
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 16/06/2025
The Care Programme Approach (CPA) is a package of care that may be used to plan your mental health care. This section explains what CPA is, when you should get and when it might stop.
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Our response to the government's new approach to 'economic activity'
1 min read |Last updated: 10/09/2024
Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, today set out plans to increase numbers of people going back into work across Britain. We have long spoken about the harms of punitive measures - such as benefit sanctions - within the social security system which can have a damaging impact for those of us living with a mental illness. We're hoping this announcement...
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Gloucestershire Mental Health Support and Advice
Services and Groups |Last updated: 19/11/2024
The Mental Health Support and Advice Service aims to improve individual mental health outcomes for Gloucestershire residents with a Serious Mental Illness and/or common mental health conditions. Through a personalised support approach, we seek to reduce the need to access primary and secondary mental health services. To contact the service, please call 07570343767.
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Empowering people - coaching for mental health recovery
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023
This booklet can be used by all staff working in mental health services, and might be useful for anyone seeking to have supportive conversations with people who experience mental illness.
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Redwoods Service
Services and Groups |Last updated: 20/06/2023
We provide support to six people, over 24 hours a day, seven days a week with varying degrees of support. All our residents work towards outcomes based on the recovery star. Service users link in with the community as well as our own support staff to encourage an inclusion-type approach towards recovery. We also maintain good communication links with other professionals involved within the care plan to provide a holistic support approach for each individual service user. The building is two semi-detached properties joined together. Unfortunately, It is not suitable for people with mobility problems.
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Rowan House
Services and Groups |Last updated: 30/10/2023
Rowan House is an intensive support service designed to promote recovery and improve social inclusion for adults with mental illness. It also supports peoples transition back to community living. The service is commissioned and regulated by Wiltshire Council. It is not Care Quality Commission Registered Care, nor is it solely housing-related support, but provides an innovative approach to the delivery of time-limited, outcome-focused care and support tailored to each persons needs. The service is delivered in accommodation provided by Selwood Housing. Short term support is provided by Rethink Mental Illness, up to a maximum of two years.
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Wilton Road
Services and Groups |Last updated: 20/06/2023
44 Wilton Road is a CQC regulated registered residential home in Salisbury, its location is quiet but close to local amenities. The home can accommodate up to eight clients and is designed for people who have experienced long-term mental illness and require round-the-clock support. We aim to provide a welcoming, safe, non-judgemental environment which is conducive to the personal growth and wellbeing of our residents. Our holistic way of working consider all aspects of residents lives, rather than focusing solely on their diagnosis. We work collaboratively with agencies and services in the community and involve the resident in a recovery model approach. This involves the use of regularly reviewed support plans tailored to personal needs and wishes.
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Survivors of Suicide (SOS) Brighton & Hove
Services and Groups |Last updated: 12/07/2024
The SOS service provides short term emotional support, information and advocacy to people aged 18+ who live in Brighton and Hove, who have thoughts of suicide or have made previous suicide attempts or those who have been bereaved by suicide. We offer psycho-social support to addresses the immediate crisis and provide ongoing support to help you manage your mental well-being. We accept self referrals or referrals from other services. We challenge the stigma attached to suicide by speaking openly about suicide, dispelling myths and giving useful and credible information. We provide support in a number of ways We can provide a range of 121 support. This can include: • Emotional support from our dedicated and qualified staff team • Signposting to other services or forms of help • Advocacy on your behalf should you need it • A recovery focused approach • Safety planning, self-management of pre-triggers. • Opportunities to become a volunteer and share your recovery journey and skills with others going through similar circumstances Our bereavement groups aim • To create a safe and supportive space where suicide bereavement and related issues can be explored • To empower group members to express their feelings • To explore choices and options • To connect people in the community and share experiences • To break down the stigma and taboo that can be associated with suicide and emotional well-being Groups will be maximum of six other members. This group will run with the same members for 5 weekly sessions then 7 monthly sessions, so we can support you for a period of time. We offer evening group sessions for those working or with other day time commitments. We run these groups regularly throughout the year. We offer to meet you individually before you join a group to make sure this is the group for you. You can download our SOS service leaflets and referral form from the 'Our downloads' section below.
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Recovery College Community Inclusion Service (Milton Keynes)
Services and Groups |Last updated: 10/06/2024
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Bristol Community Support Services
Services and Groups |Last updated: 04/02/2025
Bristol Community Services is a part of Bristol Services - Help when You Need It. We provide floating one-to-one support in the community to individuals aged 16+ within the area covered by Bristol City Council. We aim to make a positive difference in their lives.
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Asset Mapping Checklist
1 min read |Last updated: 10/10/2023
Asset mapping checklist Our checklist includes suggestions for wider groups you may wish to engage with as part of your community mental health transformation. This type of engagement will be an evolving process with regular check-ins after the initial relationship is formed. Ideally there will be named relationship holders and leads across areas and...
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PIP: Government should focus on fixing health system, not stigmatising disabled people
1 min read |Last updated: 29/04/2024
The government has led the headlines today with plans to tighten access to Personal Independence Payments (PIP), a form of financial support which helps disabled people with living costs. Mark Winstanley, Chief Executive for Rethink Mental Illness, said: “Rather than chasing headlines stigmatising people with health conditions, the truly sensible and...
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Our response to a new report calling on the DWP to protect people who claim benefits
1 min read |Last updated: 15/05/2025
MPs in the Work and Pensions Committee have called for the benefits system to have a legal duty to safeguard vulnerable claimants. Mark Winstanley, Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness, said: "For too long, vulnerable people living with mental illness have suffered devastating harm and lost their lives due to failures in the benefits system. If...
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Somerset’s Open Mental Health alliance recognised with national NHS Improvement Award
1 min read |Last updated: 13/05/2022
Somerset’s Open Mental Health alliance has won a major national award from NHS Improvement, recognising the collective achievement in developing and delivering new ways to enhance care within the Somerset mental health system.Since 2020, the alliance has set out to transform the traditional model of care, creating a ‘no wrong door’ approach so that...
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Somerset to be a trailblazer for mental health care
1 min read |Last updated: 21/01/2020
Somerset to be a trailblazer for mental health care as new alliance prepares to deliver innovative new approach. A new alliance of charities has been formed to develop a bold new community-based mental health support service for Somerset residents. The shared ambition for the Somerset Mental Health Alliance is to ensure that people living with mental...
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Rethink Mental Illness reaction to Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Report
1 min read |Last updated: 31/03/2021
Today, 31 March 2021, The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities released its report looking at racial inequality in education, employment, crime and policing, and health in the UK. Brian Dow, Deputy CEO of Rethink Mental Illness responded: "The Commission’s report is a missed opportunity to address the valid concerns of people from ethnic minorities...
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We respond to annual CQC report on the state of health and social care services
1 min read |Last updated: 20/10/2023
The Care Quality Commission has published its State of Care report, an annual assessment of health and social care services across England. Mark Winstanley, Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness, said: “Everyone across the mental health sector is working desperately hard to keep services afloat in the face of rising demand and there is progress...
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