user event

[Romy Shovelton]

wow Kerry

thanks for warming my heart with this story
brilliant work

xxx to you all

Romy

On 24 Jun 2004, at 09:10, kerry napuk wrote:

> Hi
>
> Over the last two days, we facilitated an event with 102 mental
> health users from all parts of Scotland.  In two rounds of issues and
> actions on finding a collective voice during day one, they convened
> 30 sessions with 90 actions.  On day two on making their voice heard,
> service users created 14 project teams, including plans to form a new
> national organisation.  The opening circle was pulsating with energy
> and set the scene for a very memorable event.
>
> There were many stories of personal courage, participants who came to
> Dundee having not left their houses in more than two years and not
> having been away overnight or on a train alone for more years than
> they could recall.
>
> Even though participants were all users of mental health services and
> were coping with various medical illnesses, they stuck into the work
> with great gusto and humour.  It was a magnificent conference of
> individual learning and sharing, as well as collective consciousness.
>
> Regards
>
> Kerry
> Open Futures
> Edinburgh
>
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