This database contains information on projects that enable people with mental health issues to engage with their local communities. It builds on the work done by the National Development Team for the Making Inclusion Work project (2002) which mapped over 400 projects that helped to ‘build bridges’ for people with mental health issues to support them to take up social roles and relationships in the wider community alongside the general public. These projects have been invited to update their information for inclusion in the database.
The database is structured around nine ‘life domains’:
- Employment and training for work
- Education
- Housing
- Arts and cultural activities
- Physical exercise and sports activities
- Volunteering
- Faith-based groups
- Finance
- Neighbourhoods.
The database provides a multi-layered search tool that allows you to search across life domains, regions, and project characteristics. This may be of help if you have mental health issues and are looking for projects that can offer support in a particular aspect of life.
Similarly, if you work for a project that is interested in developing the way you work, you can locate other projects that have identified themselves as having achieved some success in supporting people with mental health issues to pursue their own interests within mainstream settings.
If you work for a project that is interested in being included in the database, please use the registration form provided.
Interactive Inclusion Database originally developed by the National Development Team, from original research by:
Bates P, Morris D, Churchill S, Dowson S, Edmondson P, Hart A. & Johnson R. (2005) Learning from experience Mental Health Today May 2005, pp25-28.
