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North Notts Mental Health Project
CSV works with the North Nottinghamshire NHS Trust offering support to people with mental health problems who are using the Trust’s services.
CSV volunteers, many of whom have experienced mental health problems themselves, support service users as they rebuild their confidence and social skills, building on the service provided by healthcare professionals.
What makes this project unique is that service users themselves can also volunteer as part of their recovery. Service users grow in self esteem, learn new skills, make new friends and build new lives. Vincent, a volunteer and former service user, told us: “Now I am giving as much as I am taking out of society. I don’t need to stumble and look at my feet when people ask me what I do. I can say I am a volunteer.”
To find out more or to volunteer, contact Sue Todd on 01623 758903 or email sue.todd@nottshc.nhs.uk.
Would you like to see a project like this at your local hospital? If you work for a PCT or Local Authority click to find out about our Volunteering Consultancy Services or contact CSV Consulting on 020 7643 1402.
