Social inclusion
This section contains information and key resource material on the issues of social inclusion and exclusion for people with mental health problems.
 | Title: From Segregation to inclusion Published: February 2006 Summary: From segregation to inclusion: Commissioning guidance on day services for people with mental health problems. |
 | Title: Creating a Healthy Workplace Published: January 2006 Summary: This leaflet provides practical ideas to support employers and employees to improve health and wellbeing in the workplace. For each of eight key areas it suggests five simple steps that can make a real difference to your organisation and the people working in it. |
 | Title: Citizens Council Health Inequalities Report Published: June 2006 Summary: Report on NICE Citizens Council Meeting 8-10 June 2006 - Inequalities in Health. |
 | Title: Direct Payments MH Published: February 2006 Summary: A guide to action for direct payments for people with mental health problems |
 | Title: Reaching Out Published: June 2006 Summary: This report outlines the structure and aims of the three mental health promotion pilot projects, the specific components of each project and the evidence of effectiveness of the measures adopted and sets out key lessons and policy implications. |
 | Title: Second Annual Report Published: December 2006 Summary: National social inclusion programme - 2nd annual report. |
 | Title: Making it possible exec summary Published: Octoober 2005 Summary: This document provides good practice to support the development and delivery of action to improve mental health and wellbeing. Title: Making it Possible Report Published: Octoober 2005 Summary: This framework supports the development and delivery of action to improve mental health and well being in England. |
 | Title: Delivering Choosing Health Published: March 2005 Summary: Delivering Choosing Health: making healthier choices easier outlines how the commitments identified in the public health white paper Choosing Health: making healthier choices easier will be delivered at national, regional and local level, across all sectors. |
 | Title: Valuing People Published: 2004 Summary: The government's annual report on learning disability 2004 - Valuing people - Moving forward together. |
 | Title: World faiths in hospital Published: March 2004 Summary: Informative document on Multi faith care within NHS Trusts. |
 | Title: From Here to Equality Published: June 2004 Summary: Tackling stigma and discrimination in mental health through evidence based and joint working across government, voluntary agencies and private sector organisations. Looks at ways in which a joined up approach in working with all ages and a range of target groups will work to change attitudes. The outcomes of the work will be evaluated and measured over 3 years. |
 | Title: Mental health and social exclusion report Published: 2004 Summary: Mental Health and Social Exclusion. Social Exclusion Unit Report. Considering what more could be done to reduce social exclusion among adults with mental health problems. |
 | Title: UK National Action Plan on Social Inclusion Published: July 2003 Summary: This plan outlines the most important issues for the UK in the fight against poverty and social exclusion from 2003–05. Contributing to the European Union’s (EU) long-term goal that there should be a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty, across Europe, by 2010, the UK has set itself a target to halve child poverty by 2010 and eradicate it by 2020. |
 | Title: Making Inclusion Work Published: March 2003 Summary: Making Inclusion Work is a resource pack aimed primarily at mental health service personnel who are engaged in promoting change and who are doing this in partnerships with service users and their carers and who are interested in being systematic and broadly informed in their approach to service design. |
 | Title: Employment for People with Mental Health Problems Published: June 2003 Summary: This paper summarises findings of a review ofresearch evidence and expert opinion about occupational interventions for people with mental health problems. |
 | Title: Local Strategic Partnerships Published: 2003 Summary: This Guide is about ways for people, public authorities and businesses in England* to join forces to improve local life. This includes major public services like education, health, housing, police and rubbish collection. It also includes services provided by community and voluntary groups, and neighbourhood renewal schemes that make life better and/or more interesting in the locality. |
 | Title: Social Care Services and the Social Perspective Published: 2003 Summary: Social Care Services and the Social Perspective by Peter Gilbert. |
 | Title: Support Time and Recovery Workers Published: March 2003 Summary: The purpose of this guidance is to provide a framework for local health and social care systems to introduce Support, Time and Recovery (STR) workers into the mental health workforce. The guidance should be read in conjunction with paragraphs A.5.1 to A.5.36 on pages 85 to 96 of the Final Report of the Workforce Action Team (WAT) published in August 2001. |
 | Title: Star Wards Web page: http://www.starwards.org.uk Summary: Star Wards is working with partner organisations to help animate acute mental health wards, to improve patients' quality of time and treatment outcomes. It has collected a range of practical ideas for substantially improving inpatients' daily experiences. They range from the fun (regular comedy evenings) to the functional - a core programme of activities. Publication: Star Wards Leaflet: Leaflet |
 | Title: Rural Stress Network Quotes Summary: Some of the comments made by users of our service in the rural communities of Shropshire,Staffordshire,Herefordshire,Warwickshire and Worcestershire in recent times. |
 | Title: Rural Stress Proofing Guidelines Summary: This resource pack has been produced to help policy makers, managers and agencies understand the causes and effects of rural stress. |
 | Title: Towards Equity and Access MH and Deafness Summary: Best practice and implementation guidance. |
 | Title: Why working with parents and children is important Summary: The importance of working strategically to promote the mental health and social inclusion for parents with mental health difficulties and their children. |