Diversity

Diversity is about respecting and valuing people’s differences. Being acceptant and respecting of people’s rights to celebrating their own uniqueness.

 

Equality is about ensuring that people are treated fairly according to their needs and making this every day practice and behaviour across the board, making it the normal attitude.

 

VOX is dedicated to equality and diversity, and is working to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to participate, informing policies and services that affect them and recognising that there can be many different understandings of what mental health means.

 

We publish a diversity news update in our quarterly newsletter as well as the VOX diversity network bulletin.

 

We also have an older people's group that meets every two months at our over 50's coffee morning.

 

 Young VOX group of 16-25 year olds to discuss issues related to mental health and young people in Scotland and more recently an LGBT Group that meets up in Edinburgh every 4-6 weeks for people with lived experience of mental health problems who are LGB or T

 

Work with Faith Leaders
VOX in partnership with the Mental Health Network (Greater Glasgow), Glasgow Association for Mental Health and South East Glasgow CHCP have been developing a dialogue with faith leaders in the east of Glasgow to raise their awareness of mental health issues as well as looking at some of the cultural myths
and stigma that can exist within communities.

 

We have met with Christian, Muslim and Sikh faith leaders and are looking at supporting them to develop faith based messages promoting mental wellness among their congregations.

MOSAICS OF MEANING this is a new guide for policymakers, service providers, health improvement and community development workers.

It describes how a series of interventions in glasgow sought to tackle stigma in mental health with black and minority ethnic communities.

 

Download the Handbook from the list below