by Dave Vice | Jan 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
Just a quick post to wish everybody a happy New Year. I called in on my friends in Adferiad Recovery a couple of weeks ago to make a video about our ideas for new mental health legislation: it will be linked on our social media in due course (no Netflix...
by Dave Vice | Jul 4, 2022 | Jo's Blog
How the Welsh Government could use the powers it already has So the UK Government’s plans to reform the Mental Health Act plod on: a Mental Health Bill is promised but not yet diarised – but it was in the Queen’s Speech so it should be introduced in this Parliament....
by Dave Vice | May 17, 2022 | Jo's Blog
Hospital patients need to be actively supported. Take a look at NHS Wales’ new report Making Days Count – National Review of Patients Cared for in Secure Mental Health Hospitals – essential reading for anybody concerned about people with a serious mental...
by Dave Vice | Apr 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
All of us at Adferiad Recovery would like to say a massive thank you to the organisers of the Swansea Comic & Gaming Convention (SCGC) 2022 for raising an astonishing £4239.84 for Hafal as part of their recent event. This year SCGC kindly selected Hafal –...
by Dave Vice | Mar 25, 2022 | Jo's Blog
Over the years many activists including me described mental health as a “Cinderella” service compared with the support provided for physical health problems. But this description has not been used much in recent years, maybe because the UK and Welsh governments have...
by Dave Vice | Feb 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
A campaign to help people to talk about mental health and to end discrimination has received an additional £1.4m to extend the programme by three years, Welsh Government Ministers have announced today. The Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Lynne Neagle...
by Dave Vice | Feb 10, 2022 | Jo's Blog
This pandemic probably won’t come to an end suddenly on one happy day when we can wave flags and ring the church bells. More likely it will go on at least in the background for many months or indefinitely. I have a concern about that: just how long do we need to wait...
by Dave Vice | Jan 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
We’re thrilled to announce that Hafal has been chosen as Swansea Comic and Gaming Convention’s (SCGC) Charity of the Year for 2022. Through becoming Charity of the Year, a portion of SCGC’s ticket sales will be donated directly to Hafal, as well as money collected...
by Dave Vice | Dec 22, 2021 | Jo's Blog
Just a quick post to wish everybody a great Christmas and New Year. This time of year can be tough for people with a serious mental illness, especially those who are in-patients or in prison – and of course those who live alone in the community. It’s a difficult time...
by Dave Vice | Dec 20, 2021 | Jo's Blog
I support having laws which make it possible in limited circumstances to detain innocent people with a serious mental illness. Why? Because I’m a realist. Society cannot stand by and let somebody who has lost touch with reality injure themselves or, worse still, take...
