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Background and Content
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A group of us have worked for years to get a viable National Organisation
ready to provide a voice and to influence policy, services, practice and legislation.
I am in the process of commencing
the development of a website to better keep everyone interested informed.
We have purchased www.voxscotland.org.uk-so please
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As some of you may know, as early as 2002 we began to meet to
discuss the creation (again) of a body to amplify and encourage the voices of people who have, or have had, mental health
problems.
A ground-breaking conference was put together by us, with a little help from our friends. This was the Dundee-User,
Consumer, Survivor, Refuser conference in June 2004. | |
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Since then we have worked to implement the findings and outcomes
from the conference, formed a business case for a National Organisation and recorded the conference methods as examples of
excellent practice.
The group were called Scottish Informal Network (SIN) then userforward and we have finally settled
on VOX.
Please bear with me while I work in my spare time to develop Vox's first website. | | |
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Our thanks go to all the people who have helped us get to the
stage we have reached.
All the people who have been involved in the past meetings and steering groups, SAMH for past hosting
and advice and MHF Scotland for current hosting.
Most importantly though, all of the amazing people who attended the Dundee
conference and all of the people in Scotland who have encouraged us to stick with this task as something which is needed and
valuable.
Let me stress that although I have put my mugshot on the first page, that is just because we have not, as yet,
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So I am happy to be the temporary "face" of VOX.
We apologise
for the time it has taken to get things to this stage, but we wanted to ensure that we were getting this right. In order that
what we were creating was going to be viable, sustainable, creative and as open and representative as these organisations
can be.
I am the owner of this site, but it will be replaced with the official site once it has been developed, approved
etc.
So apologies for the home-made format of this site.
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We are currently being hosted by the Mental Health Foundation
(Scotland) who can be contacted on 0141 572 0125. They may not be able to answer specific enquiries however so I am happy
to be contacted by e-mail at the address on the home page or by post.I will then put any queries to my colleagues. Contact
me :
Shaun McNeil, c/o 69 Glen Road, Wishaw, ML2 7NP, North Lanarkshire. Thanks to everyone involved....you know who you
are and see you on www.voxscotland.org.uk very soon!
Finally, if any of my colleagues want to comment/ add/ delete anything
from the site please let me know. I know it aint great but I wanted to get something out there asap! Sorry if I have stood
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Vision and Mission Statement
Vision-VOX (Voices Of eXperience) seeks to take a leading role in creating an environment where mental
health problems are not a barrier to participating in any aspect of Scottish society.
Mission Statement-We will achieve this vision by providing a National structure of, for and by
people who have experienced mental health problems, to make our voices heard, to assist people in speaking out and to maximise
the impact of our message while seeking recovery and taking our role in society as active citizens.
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