The Bridge Collective

Website: http://www.bridgecollective.org.uk/

The Bridge Collective is:

* a new social enterprise set up as a Community Interest Company.
* building a democratic community of mutual support run by people who have experiences, beliefs, and feelings that have sometimes been labelled as mental illness.
* creating a place where these experiences can be talked about freely, safely, and without judgement.
* formed from well established and respected groups such as The Joan of Arc Project, The Greenwood Project, Underground Sound, Experts-by-Experience, The Exeter Hearing-Voices Group, The Exeter Social Anxiety Support Group, The Exeter Bi-Polar Group, and The Better Believe It Group. All present and future work is to be under the democratic control of the people most involved in it.
* committed to as open and democratic a process as is possible to create and to an approach based on respect for all members’ views and on working to arrive at consensus where possible.
* committed to respecting the autonomy of groups and projects within the Collective.

Publications:

They publish a quarterly newsletter containing news, poetry, observations, arguments and articles.

Self Harm Special Issue
(pdf, 48 pages)

Hearing Voices Special Issue
(pdf, 34 pages)

Extraordinary People Special Issue
(pdf, 26 pages)

Bipolar Special Issue
(pdf, 52 pages) 

The Bridge Collective
Unit 4, King Street Business Centre
7 - 9 King Street
Exeter EX1 1BQ
tel : (01392) 433358
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