National Survivor User Network
Network of people/groups with experience of mental ill-health, distress & trauma
About us
NSUN website
NSUN website
NSUN is a network of people and groups with lived-experience of mental ill-health, trauma, and distress. We work to redistribute power and resource in mental health.
What we do
What we do
Become a member/supporter to receive updates
Become a member/supporter to receive updates
Our network is made up of individuals with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress, and/or trauma, as well as user-led grassroots groups.
News, blogs + campaigns
News (statements/events/jobs)
News (statements/events/jobs)
Blogs
Blogs
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Mad Campaigns Lab meetups
Mad Campaigns Lab meetups
Mad Campaigns Lab is a monthly online meet-up for NSUN members interested in/working around mental health policy and campaigning.
Submit a blog pitch!
Submit a blog pitch!
We accept pitch submissions from NSUN members (individuals with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress, or trauma as well as user-led groups).
£300 accessibility grants for user-led groups – BSL/captions
£300 accessibility grants for user-led groups – BSL/captions
NSUN is making five small grants of up to £300 available for British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation or palantypists (live captions) for user-led group events.
Open letter/petition: Stop Oxevision
Open letter/petition: Stop Oxevision
We write to express caution about the continued use of Oxevision in inpatient settings: blanket, 24-hour surveillance without ongoing consent
Statement: Stop Taking Our Picture
Statement: Stop Taking Our Picture
For many years, patients, campaigners, and survivors have been raising concerns about psychiatric wards sharing photographs of patients on social media. This statement outlines our concerns about wards sharing photographs of patients.
Publications
Not Just a Story: the media's engagement with lived experience (2026)
Not Just a Story: the media's engagement with lived experience (2026)
This report explores the experiences of people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma when engaging with the media. During the... more
The Shape of Safety (2024)
The Shape of Safety (2024)
This document is a guide to reimagining safety and safeguarding alongside young people with experience of mental ill-health, trauma and distress.
The language of the mental health lived experience landscape (2024)
The language of the mental health lived experience landscape (2024)
In the summer of 2024, we opened an anonymous survey sharing a range of terms selected by the NSUN team, asking people with lived experience to define those terms in the context of mental health.
Mapping resilience and sustainability in user-led groups (2024)
Mapping resilience and sustainability in user-led groups (2024)
This report explores how collaborations and partnerships between user-led groups (ULGs) build resilience and sustainability.
Menstrual health in psychiatric inpatient settings (2024)
Menstrual health in psychiatric inpatient settings (2024)
Exploring “community” & the lived experience landscape (2024)
Exploring “community” & the lived experience landscape (2024)
This report explores the meaning of "community" in the mental health lived experience landscape: whether those with lived experience could be considered a “community”, and how the term “community” is assumed or forced upon us.
Trans & non-binary service users' experiences of single sex wards (2023)
Trans & non-binary service users' experiences of single sex wards (2023)
Funding grassroots mental health work (2022)
Funding grassroots mental health work (2022)
This report confirms that user-led mental health groups find it very difficult to get the funding they need to sustain themselves. It aims to support funders to resource these groups sustainably.
Mapping the lived experience landscape in mental health (2021)
Mapping the lived experience landscape in mental health (2021)
Any supportive endeavour should be underpinned by principles of being LE-led, learning from the past, acknowledging inequalities and harm, and being visibly, genuinely diverse.
What do user-led groups need? (2020)
What do user-led groups need? (2020)
This research looked to understand what challenges user-led mental health organisations face, and to explore what might help them meet their aims and sustain and develop their activities.
Virtual creative exhibitions
Annual members' exhibitions
Annual members' exhibitions
Social media
Social media usage policy
Social media usage policy
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National Survivor User Network Facebook
National Survivor User Network Facebook
National Survivor User Network Instagram
National Survivor User Network Instagram
National Survivor User Network Threads
National Survivor User Network Threads
National Survivor User Network Bluesky
National Survivor User Network Bluesky
National Survivor User Network Spotify
National Survivor User Network Spotify
National Survivor User Network YouTube
National Survivor User Network YouTube
National Survivor User Network LinkedIn
National Survivor User Network LinkedIn
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