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<P>Hi Kerry.</P>
<P>How lovely to read about your experience. It must have been quite something to your participants</P>
<P>warmest regards .</P>
<P>Inge, Denmark<BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: kerry napuk <k@napuk.demon.co.uk>
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<DIV></DIV>>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: user event
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:10:10 +0100
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Hi
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Over the last two days, we facilitated an event with 102 mental
<DIV></DIV>>health users from all parts of Scotland. In two rounds of issues
<DIV></DIV>>and
<DIV></DIV>>actions on finding a collective voice during day one, they convened
<DIV></DIV>>30 sessions with 90 actions. On day two on making their voice
<DIV></DIV>>heard,
<DIV></DIV>>service users created 14 project teams, including plans to form a
<DIV></DIV>>new
<DIV></DIV>>national organisation. The opening circle was pulsating with energy
<DIV></DIV>>and set the scene for a very memorable event.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>There were many stories of personal courage, participants who came
<DIV></DIV>>to
<DIV></DIV>>Dundee having not left their houses in more than two years and not
<DIV></DIV>>having been away overnight or on a train alone for more years than
<DIV></DIV>>they could recall.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Even though participants were all users of mental health services
<DIV></DIV>>and
<DIV></DIV>>were coping with various medical illnesses, they stuck into the work
<DIV></DIV>>with great gusto and humour. It was a magnificent conference of
<DIV></DIV>>individual learning and sharing, as well as collective
<DIV></DIV>>consciousness.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Regards
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Kerry
<DIV></DIV>>Open Futures
<DIV></DIV>>Edinburgh
<DIV></DIV>>
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>From Wed Jun 30 07:43:05 2004
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:43:05 +0800
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Sorry about the resend folks.
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