Service User Network (SUNS)
About Us
Service User Network (Swindon) - ‘SUNS’ - was formed from the existing Plus One Network and registered as a 'not for profit' Company in September 1997.
Service User Network (Swindon) exists to:
• support Mental Health Service Users, to build up their confidence and empower them to speak out
• enable Service Users to participate in creating better Mental Health Services
SUNS achieves this by:
1. attending and contributing to local NHS Trust meetings.
2. being part of various Mental Health Committees to raise awareness of Service User issues
3. encouraging Service Users to attend training to build up their confidence, which will enable them to effectively contribute to the meetings they attend.
4. offering relaxed group sessions where people can come along and chat about anything related to their condition or care
To become a member of Service User Network (Swindon) you need to:
• be accessing mental health services - full membership
• have used mental health services - associate membership
• to work in mental health services - associate membership
• or have an empathy with mental health service issues - associate membership
SUNS is managed by a voluntary Committee of Mental Health Service Users. To qualify as a full Committee member you must be a current mental health service user. Our Management Committee is made up of 12 full members and 4 associate members, who are appointed from the last three categories of membership listed above.
Contact name
Ann Mooney
Address
163 Victoria Road
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN1 3BU
Tel
01793 436174
Email
suns161@lineone.net
Web
http://Swindonsuns.org