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Pathways to policy: a toolkit for grassroots involvement in mental health policy
- Editors:
- BUREAU Jonathan, SHEARS Jane, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Hamlet Trust
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 91p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This toolkit provides a framework for NGOs and user groups to establish a mental health policy “forum” to enable people experiencing mental distress to have a genuine voice in policy-making. Published by the Hamlet Trust and the Mental Health Foundation, the resource explains how to work in partnership with stakeholders to prioritise local mental health issues, develop action plans and raise awareness among the wider population. The Pathways to Policy programme, originally developed in 2002 by the UK organisation Hamlet Trust, has seen the establishment of forums in a wide range of countries and contexts. Using socially inclusive approaches to policy-making, this toolkit is draws on the experiences of those involved in the programme. The toolkit includes: Accessible, interactive study of concepts of policymaking; Workshop outlines, including exercises, to improve skills and confidence among service users and other stakeholders; Advice and ideas on working with the media; Case studies and learning from successful mental health policy forums around the world.
Pathways to policy - developing inclusive mental health policy in Eastern Europe
- Authors:
- BUREAU Jonathan, SHEARS Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 11(4), December 2006, pp.32-35.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
The Hamlet Trust, a UK-based charity, has been working to develop a network of grassroots user-led organisations in central and eastern Europe and central Asia since the early 1990s. The Hamlet Trust's Pathways to Policy programme, launched in 2002, has been helping to improve mental health policies and outcomes for service users by inclusive means, with service users beginning to feel they can influence the policy environment. This article looks at the work of the Hamlet Trust, and uses the case study of Albania to illustrate how the Pathways to Policy programme is getting results.