Southern Derbyshire Voluntary Sector Mental Health Forum co-ordinates the election and support of voluntary sector representatives from Southern Derbyshire that sit on multi-agency planning groups in mental health. This work is carried out in conjunction with North Derbyshire Voluntary Action, who elect and support representatives from the north of the county.
Role of the representatives:
To attend meetings of the group To represent the views of the voluntary sector, setting aside personal or organisational agendas To gather information from and feed information back out to other voluntary organisations through the Forum structure.
Current Representatives (November 2007)
Forum members are currently representing the voluntary sector on the following groups that are part of the mental health strategic commissioning structure. You can download a copy of the full meetings structure HERE

Derbyshire Mental Health Strategic Commissioning Group	Angela Kerry, Roger Kerry
Derby City Mental Health Forum	Wendy Beer, Kirit Mistry
South Mental Health Forum (Amber Valley and Erewash)	Jean Eckman, Kathy Kozlowski, Lynn Orchard
West Mental Health Forum (South Derbyshire, Derbyshire Dales, High Peak)	Rona Rawson, Judith Morris
Dual Diagnosis Strategy Groups	Christine Lawrence, Sean Wimhurst, Angela Kerry
Social Inclusion and Employment Group	Angela Kerry
Psychological Therapies Project Team	Roger Kerry
Public Health Sub Group	Angela Kerry
Delivering Race Equality Steering Group	Roger Kerry, Angela Kerry, Kirit Mistry
Older People's Mental Health Commissioning Sub Group	Audrey Essex, Paul Dunnery

We also work closely with Derbyshire Mental Health Services Foundation Trust
and are formally represented in their goverance structure as follows:

Derbyshire Mental Health Services Foundation Trust Board of Governors	Wendy Beer, Kathy Kozlowski
IDEAL (Integrated Development Education and Learning)	Angela Kerry, Roger Kerry

Contact your representative

You may contact any of the Forum representatives through our office. Your message will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

Transparency

The Southern Derbyshire Voluntary Sector Mental Health Forum recognises it can only represent the views of those organisations electing to participate in its activities.

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