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The UK Advocacy Network (UKAN)
Welcome to UKAN, the user controlled national federation of advocacy projects, patients' councils, user forums and self-help and support groups working in the field of mental health.
Members and Friends: Keep in touch! Join our message forum! Ask others about your concerns, or broadcast news items!
UK Advocacy Network is a company limited by guarantee. Registered in England number 3796174. Registered office: 14 - 18 West Bar Green, Sheffield, S1 2DA. Registered as a Charity No. 1077676.
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News
'Hearing Voices' UK National Tour (April - May 2010) by Clare Summerskill and the Artemis theatre company. This is Clare's personal account of life on an NHS ward, combined with testimonies from other mental health service users
Asylum Associates presents 'Raising Our Voices, Speaking Our Truth', the 2nd World Hearing Voices Congress and Festival, 3rd and 4th November 2010
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Review of "Greater Goings On..." and how to order a copy
Terry
Simpson, UKAN chair, argues that, in mental health at least, advocacy
and involvement are weakened by separation from the social movement
they grew out of. Read
more