| The whole project
comes from a view which Service Users have, that there may be a better way to deal with
mental health issues than by hospital admission. Councillor Penny Abraham was largely
responsible for taking this idea forward and establishing the Crisis House Project Group.
There are already two Crisis Houses in Islington, Highbury Grove (Crisis House and
Nightime Targetted Crisis Drop-In; Islington residents only) and Drayton Park (women only,
Islington and Camden residents) and the concern is that Camden should also have these
facilities.
We would like to officially thank CMHC for the use of its
administrative facilities, and we would also like to thank the following people:
Scott Stevens - Chair, CMHC
Katrina Anderson - Senior Development Officer, Camden Social
Services
Penny Abraham - Camden Councillor
Gareth Pountain - Chief Executive, Umbrella
Cheryl Weetman - Development Manager, Camden Social Services
Mary McGowan - Manager, Special Needs, Camden Housing Department
Colin Plant - Locality Director, South Camden Mental Health
Service
Tony Ewart - Locality
Director, North Camden Mental Health Service |