On Myself

A service user WR has created an animation all about his experiences of “what it is like to be me”.

Warning: The following film contains scenes that some viewers may find difficult.

You can watch it Here

You can read more about it Here

He says: I enjoyed getting off the ward to take my mind off things. I enjoyed learning some new skills. I declined to get involved with the editing as I struggled to grasp how to use the editing suite but I was always there giving instructions on what I wanted and discussing any alterations that took place. I am very proud of what we have produced and I’m excited for people to see it. I am looking to enter the work into various national competitions this year. I am looking forward to creating another film soon. WR

Newsam Centre Cloth Cap Clips

Service Users at the Newsam Centre in Leeds have just finished a 6 week music production course run by Cloth Cat. Check out the three tracks below that they have recorded!

Flames and Burning Passion

Marvellous Beats

2 Marvellous People

Functional to Fabulous – The Film!

The Yorkshire and Humber Involvement Network Film is finally here!

It is a snapshot in time of the Involvement Network and the work that we do together, and we hope you all enjoy watching it!

The film!

Functional to Fabulous The Film Title Track

Here is an MP3 of an audio track that was recorded as part of the sound track to our upcoming Network film! This was written and recorded by a service user who has been attending the Network for a while and perfectly captures in his lyrics what the Network is all about!

Service User Guide to Occupational Therapy Film

There have been many projects to come out of the Network meetings. One of these has been the Service User Guide to Occupational Therapy. There was a request sent out from the Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) to develop a service user friendly version of the new Occupational Therapy Guidelines.

The Network put in a bid to develop these and we were successful. We developed a leaflet as well as a short film using graphics from Imagineer to illustrate examples of the standards to make them accessible.

Please click on this link to watch the film!

Involvement of Service Users in Forensic Mental Health Services

A short film made by NHS England and NHS Improvement about what involvement is like in secure mental health services – please watch for the appearances from the Yorkshire and Humber Involvement Network!