Adult Mental Health Services
Voluntary sector
The Wales Alliance for Mental Health provides the collective voice of the national voluntary organisations in Wales working in the field of mental health.
Senior Officers of Mental Health National Voluntary organisations working in Wales began meeting on an informal basis in 1994 with the aim of sharing information on matters of mutual interest. Following devolution, it was considered that the Alliance should be established on a more formal basis.
Membership of the Alliance currently consists of the following organisations:-
Alzheimer's Society website Cruse Bereavement Care Cymru website Depression Alliance Cymru website Hafal website Manic Depression Fellowship Wales website US Network website AWETU website Mind Cymru website
(For training information on Mind's Mental Health First Aid course, which offers mental health training "for everyone" please visit: http://www.mhfa-wales.org.uk/)
The purpose of the Alliance is to:
- provide an inclusive national voice for the voluntary sector
- lobby and campaign on national issues including resources
- stimulate development of good practice and innovation within the sector
- obtain and disseminate information e.g. from the National Assembly for Wales
- promote the role of the voluntary sector
Alliance activities include:
- Participation in the work of the steering group which drafted the Adult Mental Health Strategy for Wales
- Participated in the discussions on the drafting of the National Service Framework for Wales
- Representation on several of the NHS Plan Task and Finish Groups Care
- Arranged a workshop for members to discuss the consultation document on the Future Structure of the NHS in Wales which resulted consensus on arrangements for commissioning of mental health services
- The Alliance acts as a single conduit for the Assembly to consult with the National Voluntary organisations
For details of local projects not necessarily affiliated to national voluntary organisations we recommend that you contact members of the Association of Mental Health Voluntary Networks. These Networks bring together voluntary groups in their area to promote local co-operation and act as a local voice on mental health issues:-
Contacts through Wales currently are:
Maria Abson INTERLINK Woodland Road Maesycoed Pontypridd Tel: 01443 485337 Linda Newton Cardiff and Vale Mental Health Project 11 Williams Court Trade Street Cardiff CF10 5DQ Tel: 02920 22 2000
Mag Richards Worcester House Temple Street Llandrindod Wells LD1 5DU Tel: 01597 825593
Louise Reynolds UNLLAIS Room 77 The Mill Suite Greenfield Business Centre Greenfield Holywell Flintshire CH8 7GR Tel: 01352 718058
Jenny Pearce Gwent Association of Voluntary Organisations PO Box 35 Usk Monmouthshire Tel: 01291 673728
Jo Ible West Wales Action for Mental Health Llys Steffan Temple Terrace Lampeter Ceredigion Tel: 01570 422559
Joan Doyle UNLLAIS 42 Glanrafon Bangor Gwynedd Tel: 01248 353777
Jackie Lucas Wallace Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations 10 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AX Tel: 01656 647255
Kim Crowley West Glamorgan CVS7 Walter Road, Swansea SA1 5NF Tel: 01792 544000
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