Derbyshire Mental Health Forum
We
are a project that provides support to voluntary sector organisations working
to improve the mental health of people in Derbyshire.
DMHF's key aims and activities are to:
· Enable the voluntary sector to become an equal and effective
partner in the design and delivery of local services
· Support the mental health voluntary sector to share and
promote good practice
· Inspire confidence in mental health provision across
voluntary and statutory sectors
· Build and develop the sector to meet new challenges and
opportunities
· Provide a support network for organisations and individual
workers
Forum
News
We
send out regular email information – Forum News ebulletins. These are on a
variety of different topics relating to mental health and running an
organisation or group within Southern Derbyshire and Derby City. They are
usually focused around the voluntary sector, but we are happy to share
information with and from our statutory and private partners.
We
also know that our emails are forwarded on to many people who aren’t on our
direct mailing list, which further cascades important information about the
mental health voluntary sector to a wider audience.
If you aren’t already subscribed to Forum News and want to find out more then please contact Natalie at natalie.park@dmhf.org.uk
If you aren’t already subscribed to Forum News and want to find out more then please contact Natalie at natalie.park@dmhf.org.uk
Forum
Meetings
We run regular Forum Meetings – six per year. Twice a year we come together with Derbyshire Voluntary Action for a Joint Countywide meeting which is attended by commissioners. The Forum Meetings are an opportunity for people within the sector to talk to the commissioners, to network and to make new contacts. The meetings are also well attended by representatives from our membership, commissioners, other public/ voluntary sector partners and wider stakeholders.
We run regular Forum Meetings – six per year. Twice a year we come together with Derbyshire Voluntary Action for a Joint Countywide meeting which is attended by commissioners. The Forum Meetings are an opportunity for people within the sector to talk to the commissioners, to network and to make new contacts. The meetings are also well attended by representatives from our membership, commissioners, other public/ voluntary sector partners and wider stakeholders.
The meetings are open to
all mental health providers and have a voluntary sector focus. We invite
speakers of interest to come along to discuss new projects being launched and
provide updates to the sector on current projects etc. There are also
discussions that take place on local mental health policy.
