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Southwark Mind Women's Forum.

Purpose:
  • The Women's Forum has met monthly for the past five years, providing a vegetarian lunch and a free complementary therapist works alongside the group.
  • The group is run by and is made up of women who have used psychiatric services and who have experienced mental health problems.
  • The Forum campaigns to improve women's experience of the psychiatric system in Southwark. Since February 2004 there are no longer any missed acute psychiatric wards in Southwark.
  • The last part of the Women's Forum is an open space for women to discuss difficult issues in a safe and supported space.
    • Activities:
    Summer Outing to an area outside London, visits to art galleries featuring women artists and a December meal.
    Region or specific community:
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    Membership Criteria if any:
    Have to have experienced mental distress and live in Southwark or relatively locally.
    Membership Fee if any:
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    Contact Name:
    Jolie Goodman, Women's Development Worker, Southwark Mind.
    Contact Address:
    Southwark Mind
    Cambridge House
    131 Camberwell Road
    London
    SE5 OSF
    Contact Phone:
    020 7701 8535
    Contact Mobile:
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    Contact Email:
    info@southwarkmind.org.uk
    Contact Web:
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