Useful links!

[christhegoth]

The Croydon Mental Health food project Cronx Cuisine:

http://cronxcuisine.gothfiles.org.uk/


The Croydon Mental Health debt guide website ( in construction ):

http://money.gothfiles.org.uk


Croydon Mental Health Forum ( Christian's old firm ) minutes from their Meetings are on the CVA website here:

http://www.cvalive.org.uk/empowering-the-community/networks/mental-health-forum/


The Croydon Mind Directory of Local Services:

http://directory.mindincroydon.org.uk/Pages/Subjects.aspx


Want to meet for a Face To Face?  Try Hear Us for Service Users...:

http://www.hear-us.org/about-us/

...And the Carers Hub for Carers, which is on George Street:

http://www.carersinfo.org.uk/


Talking Therapies?  There's a Flyer for that ( .pdf download ):

http://gothfiles.org.uk/CronxCuisine/Croydon_Talking_Therapies.pdf

IAPT self-referral is here ( NHS Talking Therapies ):

http://www.slam-iapt.nhs.uk/section.php?id=22


Young, had a bad time, and looking to rebuild your life?  We can help with that.  The Princes Youth Business Trust is a national service dedicated to youngsters who have had a bad one and need some help to get ahead.  Training, guidance, and general friendship; it's all there:

http://princes-trust.org.uk/

They do understand the Mental Health part of it as well.  All that fear and uncertainty can get to you.  They will help

http://princes-trust.org.uk/about_the_trust/what_we_do/research/youth_index_2015.aspx


Legal woes? That can certainly drain you.  The Croydon Law Centre is here:

http://www.swllc.org/Croydon.php?hc_location=ufi


The Croydon Mental Health scrutiny of the Drug Scene these days:

http://gothfiles.org.uk/Campaigning/Party_Drugs.V1.3.pdf   ( .pdf downloads )

The old days were safer statistically.


Croydon Crime Trends:

http://gothfiles.org.uk/Campaigning/CroydonCrimeTrends.pdf  ( .pdf downloads )

Drugs are up hugely over the last decade, and so are injuries sadly.

Crime Trends over the year just gone:

http://www.met.police.uk/crimefigures/datatable.php?borough=zd&period=year

There is a significant rise in PTSD due to this.  ABH and GBH are both up 60% from 2002 to 2013 after all.


Want to learn more about Mental Health?  Christian Wilcox has written a basic guide to get you started on understanding stuff ( and things ):

http://mentalhealth.gothfiles.org.uk/


Are you a provider worried about being blamed for a Service User relapse in the new 'payment by results' market?:

http://gothfiles.org.uk/Campaigning/External_Factors_causing_Relapse.V1.pdf

Hopefully this will help you defend yourself from false allegations.


The Croydon Mental Health Forum blog is here ( Christian's old firm ):

http://croydonmhf.livejournal.com/


We're also on Twitter here:

https://twitter.com/CroydonMH


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