Calendar of conference and training events 2008

In the red: poverty, debt and mental health
Mind annual conference 2008
16-17 June 2008, Brunel University

Training courses 2008 - further information coming soon!

Tailor-made training
Let us come to you
Mind is able to come to you to deliver training tailored to your organisation's objectives. Recommended for groups of over seven.
For further details contact the Conference and Training Unit
tel: 0844 448 4450 or 020 8215 2311 email: conferences@mind.org.uk

Papers from past events

15 February 2008
Independent Mental Health Advocacy briefing
(nb: this information relates to the situation in England; only some elements will be relevant to Wales)
Presentations from a training event held at Mind's head office in London discussing the impact on advocacy services, how commissioning will work, and what is going to happen in the six months between implementation of the 2007 Mental Health Act and the implementation of IMHA advocacy.
Preparing for Independant Mental Health Advocacy (PDF format), by Di Barnes (advocacy expert)
Introduction to the amended Mental Health Act (PDF format), by Jim Symington (National Institute for Mental Health in England)  

28 to 29 March 2007
Mind annual conference
Moving and shaking, making services work for all, Bournemouth (two days)
Papers from the conference

29 November 2006
Diverse Minds conference
An uncomfortable truth: Over representation of BME women within the mental health system
Presentations from the conference can be viewed here

6 to 7 September 2006
Coming of age: 21 years of service user involvement and survivor action
View information on this event
Papers from the conference

15 to 16 March 2006
Mind annual conference
Feeling used? Making service user involvement real, Harrogate (two days)
Papers from the conference

24 November 2005
Coping with coming off (one day conference)
Presentations from the conference can be viewed here

11 November 2005
De-escalation, physical restraint and ethnicity (one day conference)
Presentations from the conference can be viewed here

15 to 17 Mar 2005
Mind annual conference and exhibition
Stepping up to excellence, Harrogate (three days)
Papers from the conference

3 December 2004
Reaching for sanctuary: providing good mental health services for refugees, London
Presentations from the conference can be viewed here

24 September 2004
Out to be inclusive: towards excellence in mental health for lesbians, gay men and bisexual people (one day conference)
View information from the Out to be inclusive conference

16 to 18 March 2004
Mind annual conference and exhibition
Mental health in the picture: living, working, playing, Harrogate (three days)
Papers and speeches from the conference can be read where available.
View entries in the annual conference photographic competition

5 May 2004
Troubled inside: Responding to the mental health needs of men in prison, London (one day)
A joint conference between Mind and the Prison Reform Trust
View presentations from the 'Troubled inside' conference.