The With Us, For Us project puts lived experience at the heart of understanding current services and support in Scotland. It provides the chance to identify opportunities for improvement and change.

Voices of Experience (VOX) Scotland and Scottish Recovery Network are running online conversations cafés to make sure your view and ideas are heard. The cafés will bring people together in an informal space to share and discuss experiences and to find out what matters to you.

Do you live or work in Scotland? Do you want to make mental health support better? We are keen to hear from people:

• Who may have a diagnosis of personality disorder
• Who have experienced complex trauma and feel it has shaped their lives
• Living with complex mental health problems
• Who have found it difficult to access appropriate support
• Organisations, projects and services who can help us reach people with lived experience

Our conversation cafés have deliberately low numbers to allow more time to explore your opinions and ideas. All the sessions are the same. Please only book for one session.

The sessions will take place on:

Tuesday 4th October: 11.00 – 12.00
Wednesday 5th October: 11.00 – 12.30
Thursday 6th October: 11.00 – 12.30
Thursday 6th October: 14.00 – 15.30

To book your place on one of the above sessions, please visit the Eventbrite page by clicking this link.

Online security and wellbeing

We will be using the video conferencing tool Zoom for this event. Your online security and wellbeing are our utmost priority. We will send out a secure Zoom link and welcome pack ahead of the event. If you would rather call into this event on your phone (audio access) we can accommodate this – you can request this on the registration form.

Accessibility

VOX Scotland and Scottish Recovery Network support #CommunicationForAll and we are working towards becoming fully inclusive. If you have any accessibility or communication needs that would help you take part please let us know.

If you require BSL interpretation or an electronic notetaker we need to know at least 2 weeks in advance of the event date so we can arrange this.

If you have any further questions contact 0300 323 9956 or info@scottishrecovery.net

Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us directly by using contactSCOTLAND-BSL

Other ways to get involved

There are a range of different ways to get involved in the With Us, For Us project and have your say. To find out more visit the Scottish Recovery Network website.

This project will feed into the Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s Personality Disorder Improvement programme.