A heavy stillness sits over the ward garden in the blistering summer heat. The black leather bean bag I’m sat… more
Card Games & Colouring Books: an Inpatient Perspective on being Sectioned
Year: 2021
My experience of being sectioned
The story I am autistic. I didn’t know I was autistic until I was almost 17. This played a major… more
Is lived experience leadership possible?
Our third blog in a short series exploring what “lived experience leadership” means to us. In an ideal scenario, lived… more
“What do you do?”
Our second blog in a short series exploring what “lived experience leadership” means to us. ‘What do you do?’ I… more
My experiences as a lived experience leader
Our first blog in a series exploring what “lived experience leadership” means to us. The term ‘lived experience’ seems to… more
Let me die, before I am killed
Let me die, before I am killed – a black male schizophrenic plea in relation to the Mental Health Act… more
Reflecting on a peer support partnership of 13 statutory and VCSE organisations
I am very proud to have been part of the work which the ‘Principled Way of Working, Peer Support in… more
Still breathing. Not dead.
This film was shot in 2016 just after the repossession of my house. I was feeling really ill with PTSD… more