Dear London Comm Psych Network
 
Hope everyone is well. Welcome to the newcomers to our network! Thanks to everyone who attended the Mark Burton talk. It was brilliant and slides can be found here: 
http://tinyurl.com/nn23ncm 

An email with details of the next two London network sessions are due to follow this - but for now just to let you know the date of the next session is likely to be Tues 20th May at 6.30pm.

In the meantime, thought I'd share a few (hopefully) relevant events and ideas that might be of interest to people. Please do send round to colleagues and friends.
 
And don't forget to keep a watch on and please contribute to our Community Psychology interactive site (and to join it if you haven't already)?

http://communitypsychologyuk.ning.com/

Once you have a profile - you can add events, groups, notes, comment on discussions etc - so help us keep the movement lively and active and get involved! Also please email me with ideas for sessions, socials and activism!
 
But for now brace yourselves, practice that mindful attention and hold on to your community seats - this is a long list of items... 
 
 
Overview. (please see full details of each below)

1. A request for contributions to a consultation on the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Mental Health - Inquiry into Parity of Esteem

2. Details of a course called: Applied Research Methods with Hidden, Marginal and Excluded Population at Uni of Essex

3. Notice about a day conference on inclusion to be held on 19 May at the BPS London Offices, organised by Keith Venables (a BPS Comm Psych Section member): SALAMANCA 20 Years On: Inclusion in Modern Times

4. A BPS initiative to offer grants to support Member Networks to convene a symposium at an international conference. Applications for these grants can be made by 1 May or 1 November each year, so if you have ideas about symposia that would showcase UK psychology, and particularly developments in community psychology, to international audiences, please contact one of the committee members listed.

5. Details of a Social Justice and Mental Health conference in June at Uni of Liverpool. http://intar.org/2013/11/818/

6. Details of the European Community Psychology Association task force on austerity.

7. Details of some austerity related events and campaigns from outside of the psychology world, including National Demo on June 21st 
 
8. Consultations and influencing policy
 
 
1. All Party Parliamentary Group for Mental Health - Inquiry into Parity of Esteem

There is a survey to which interested people are asked to respond at
http://www.rethink.org/get-involved/campaigns/all-party-parliamentary-group-on-mental-health/appg-form

Details of the Inquiry

The APPG for Mental Health inquiry will assess the Government's efforts to deliver parity of esteem and agree recommendations that
 would help deliver tangible improvements in mental health outcomes.  The inquiry seeks views on the following areas:

 .         Reducing premature mortality for people with mental health problems
 .         Improving the quality of mental health emergency care
 .         Mental wellbeing as a public health priority
 
2. Thanks to Kate Thompson for details of this course..

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Subject: Courses: Applied Research Methods with Hidden, Marginal and Excluded Populations (University of Essex)

(2R) Applied Research Methods with Hidden, Marginal and Excluded Populations https://www.essex.ac.uk/summerschool/pages/courses/session2/2r.html

School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex (UK)
21-25 July 2014 (full time)

Download course description and detailed outline here: http://goo.gl/DUIRCF

The course (10th Edition) provides an introduction to research methods in conducting research, both qualitative and quantitative, with marginal, hidden and excluded populations, with a specific focus on equity related research. The course introduces the main theories and research approaches on hard-to-reach populations (such as children victim of trafficking, child labour, homeless and displaced children, migrant children, children in conflicts and natural disasters ) , using different frameworks and techniques.

This intensive course will provide tools to address key quantitative and qualitative issues such as the lack of known sampling frame; the difficulties in reaching the target group; the concepts of impact, attribution and contribution; and the political dimension of research findings. The course explores topics such as: estimation and sampling techniques; participatory research; evidence-based policy versus policy-based evidence; innovation, crowdsourcing and the use of technology; the art of combining qualitative and quantitative methods; and ethical considerations arising when conducting research with hidden and marginalized populations.

Contacts and registration:
www.essex.ac.uk/summerschool
Select Course 2R 

For information please contact :
Ms. Melanie Sawers, Administrative Director Essex Summer School In Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex UK
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tel: +44 (0) 1206 872502,
 
3. SALAMANCA 20 Years On: Inclusion in Modern Times – Day Conference

Monday 19th May 2014
BPS Offices Tabernacle St London
10.30am – 4pm

Cost: £20.00 (includes lunch - pay on the day)

To book email: Keith Venables at [log in to unmask]

Registration from 9.30

Morning:
1.      Presentations from Mel Ainscow and Tara Flood (Salamanca Statement and lessons learned from it)
2.      Workshops: what have Educational Psychologists and others been trying to do since Salamanca? How far have we come?

12.30 Lunch

Afternoon:
1.      Presentations from Florian Kiuppis and Marianne Kant-Schaps (Inclusion all over the world)
2.      Workshops: Connection with current situation (Children and Families, Code of Practice etc)? What can we do now? What do we need?
3.      Panel Q and A: panellists will include Philippa Stobbs (Council for Disabled Children), Rep from the DfE and others.

4. Member network grants for symposia at international conferences, notice from the BPS Community Psychology Section:

Grants of between £1,500 - £3,000 are available to support Member Networks to convene a symposium at an international conference.  The Research Board are funding this new initiative to help the Society showcase UK psychology to international audiences.  If your Member Network wants to increase its presence at international conferences, this Scheme can help you achieve this.

The first round is now open for applications.  The full criteria and an application form are available via Member Network office bearers.  There will be two closing dates in 2014, the 1 May and 1 November.

If you would like to put together a proposal for a symposium for a forthcoming conference and you are a member of the BPS Comm Psych Section, please contact one of the following committee members:
Jacqui Akhurst ([log in to unmask] )
James Bourne ([log in to unmask] )

If you're interested please do join the BPS Comm Psych Section here: http://cps.bps.org.uk/
 
 
5. Thanks to Abbie Unwin for this information.

International Conference 2014: Power to Communities: Healing Through Social Justice: University of Liverpool, Weds 25th June - Fri 27th June - amazing line up!

http://intar.org/2013/11/818/

Conference Themes:
Social injustice and mental health: Wednesday 25th June
Securing human rights in psychiatric care: Wednesday 25th June
Cultural diversity and mental health: Thursday 26th June
Creating and developing healing communities: Friday 27th June
Arts and madness: Throughout the conference
 
6. Details of the European Community Psychology Association task force on austerity.

The task force is being coordinated by the European Community Psychology Association and the focus is on the impacts of various austerity policies across Europe on people’s mental health and wellbeing. Our overall aim is ‘Increasing understanding by policy-makers, community organisations, and professional bodies of the way austerity politics is affecting communities in Europe, and what communities are doing to fight back’. As part of this remit we will be producing a report that draws on academic research but also gathering brief witness statements from with people to gather together experiences of those living and working in the current austerity regimes. This will include community members, community and voluntary sector organisations, charities, professionals and psychologists, among others. We hope that the initial report takes the form of community psychologists like ECPA and the BPS section providing a coordinated and constant voice of public resistance from our discipline in partnership with other organisations. 

The task force is being co-ordinated by Carl Walker and he is facilitating a London Community Psychology Network session on this topic in early June. If you’re interested in contacting Carl in the meantime you can email him at Carl Walker [log in to unmask]
 
7. Details of some austerity related events and campaigns from outside of the psychology world.
The People’s Assembly Against Austerity are running campaigns, protests, petitions against the government’s austerity agenda
http://www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/

There will be a National Demonstration and free festival in London on June 21st 2014 – Join and spread the word amongst your colleagues!

The New Economics Foundation (my favourite organisation!) are running a series of events about the economy in lighthearted style. See here:
http://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/economics_burlesque


8. Consultations and influencing policy        

If you’re interested in influencing national policy through consultations, have a look here:

http://www.bps.org.uk/bpslegacy/cp

Hope some of these strike a chord! 

Thanks so much 

Sally

 

 

 

 

 
 

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