Annual Report and Workplan
SPN’s AGM was a bit different. SPN’s co chairs Judy Foster and Stewart Hendry presented the Annual Report - Stewart in absentia having had a losing argument with a ticket machine at Birmingham New Street. Terry Bamford (Director), Raza Griffiths and Vicky Nicholls (Co-ordinators) then spoke to sections of the report and presented the draft work plan for 2007.
Budget 2006/2007
You can see how SPN spent its resources here. A surplus of around £12000 is carried forward to 2007/8. CSIP/NIMHE has been the major funder of SPN but the changes underway at CSIP/NIMHE create uncertainty for next year
SPN Paper on Recovery
Before, during and after the SPN AGM, Vicky was busy taking notes to inform our brief SPN-owned paper on recovery ("Feeding the Flowers"), which also draws on contributions we received when working on the joint commission and focuses mainly on positive coping strategies. This brief paper will be up on our website by early summer.
"Feeding the Flowers" will be accompanied by views from various service users, carers and practitioners including findings from a focus group to be held this week with black and minority ethnic women who have experienced mental or emotional distress. We think it is important to have space for a diversity of views, and we welcome your views too.
New SPN Executive Committee Members
The Executive Committee was reinforced by 4 new members- Nick Hervey, Social Care Lead with SLAM, Jeannie Molyneux, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Northumbria University who also co-ordinates a regional SPN group, Nathaniel Plange, a social worker and trainee barrister and Fran Witherden, who is involved with a variety of projects, including New Ways of Working and CSCI -a splendid blend of academic, managerial, practitioner and user/carer perspectives.
Peter Blackman Presentation
The highlight of the AGM was the presentation by Peter Blackman, Director of the Afiya Trust. Peter spoke powerfully of the impact on slavery on the self-image of the Afro-Caribbean community in the UK and the high levels of mental distress experienced by that community. He drew on his own experiences and argued that an apology would be one means of healing and reconciliation. Peter’s presentation is available here.
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