News and Views
Suresearch members are involved in many research, education and creative activities and organisations in the Midlands and nationally. This area provides members with an opportunity to share news and views on mental health issues. Contributions can be emailed direct to Suresearch, or you can use our Contact Us page. Views expressed are those of the individual contributors unless otherwise stated. Images may have been selected by the contributor or our editorial team.
Arts All Over the Place Fundraiser on 6th December
Birmingham based Arts All Over the Place, is staging a fundraising event from 19.30 this Wednesday 6th December, in The Station pub, 7 High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7BB. Arts All Over the Place organises an annual arts and mental event each October. See...
Pilates Classes
When a friend of mine suggested that I should join a Pilates class I was not convinced. I have always avoided sports or any physical exercise except for walking. But I gave it a try and a year later would not be without a pilates class. It gives me a time...
Voluntary sector crisis care research
An article has just been published in the BMJ Open journal on this research being led by the University of Birmingham Health Service Management Centre, in partnership with Suresearch and others. The article, 'Contribution of the voluntary sector to mental health...
Editor’s Profile and Appeal for Website Contributions
[Originally posted 10 November 2017] I am writing to introduce myself as Suresearch website editor, and to ask people to contribute to the site through reflective writing and narrative in their own uniquely personal way, as well as sharing valuable news, views and...
‘Billion Dollar Deals and How They Changed Your World’ – BBC2
[Originally posted on 30 September 2017] From ‘billion dollar deals’ with Big Pharmaceutical companies, to Care Navigators and medicine management in GP surgeries, we are no longer getting what we really need based on our experience as ‘expert patients’ and the...
Epiphany Music – Epiphany Arts Trust (Registered Charity)
[Originally posted on 9 October 2017] Epiphany is an adaptable music ensemble of professional musicians offering creative musical events with an emphasis on improvisation and innovation. They offer a wide range of musical styles – from more formal classical concerts...
Music Care Training
[Originally posted on 11 October 2017] In November 2017, a Canadian team from Room 217 <https://www.room217.ca/> will be bringing their highly popular Music Care Training to the UK, in partnership with the University of Nottingham’s continuing professional...
Using Creative Resources in Healthcare
[Originally posted - 24 September 2017] The use of creative resources/creative practice in healthcare, including poetry and the arts has been demonstrated as having a beneficial effect for many people, helping them not just to recover from the effects of illness, but...
Brainstorm music sessions
[Originally posted on 1 November 2017] Brainstorm is an open mic session that meets at the Spotted Dog pub in Digbeth, Birmingham, on the third Wednesday of each month. The session is open to anyone, but it was started by mental health service users and people working...
Peter Sedgwick : A Marxist Bibliography
Conference on Sedgwick’s relevance for Radical Mental Health Movements in 2015, Liverpool Hope University. A bibliography of Sedgwick’s writing on Psychology and Psychiatry was given at the above conference. Following the conference, I continued to work on a...
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