About Us
Concern was founded in the early 1990's and has
developed to become one of the key organisations working with and for people
with mental health problems in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is both a
registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.
We have three arms to our work:
Umbrella Organisation
In Redbridge, Concern for Mental Health plays an
integral role in coordinating the consultation and responses from 25 local
voluntary sector groups on issues such as legislation, and local service
delivery.
Key Organisation
This is a term used by the London Borough of
Redbridge to designate the voluntary sector organisations who are central to
their consultation with regard to their service delivery. We are engaged at a
formal and informal level with both the health sector and the local authority.
We have restructured our core staff to reflect this and one officer is now
dedicated to consultation with the voluntary sector and to the provision of
information and training to the sector.
Service Delivery
We also run a number of services based on the
clearly identified needs of people experiencing and recovering from mental
health problems:
- A Drop-in
Centre
- A
Befriending Scheme
- A User
Forum
- A User
led tea bar project
- A Supported Volunteer Project
- A Hearing Voices Recovery Group
