Community Mental Health Transformation Programme: IMHN Co-production and Community Engagement

The Community Mental Health Transformation Programme asked Surrey Coalition of Disabled People to employ three staff members with mental health lived experience to help them develop community-based mental health support in Surrey and North East Hampshire.

Project in numbers

• 15 months (January 2023 to March 2024)
• 3 Co-production and Community Engagement officers with lived experience.
• 255 survey responses
• 400+ Surrey and North East Hampshire residents engaged
• 24 participants involved in focus groups
• 11 lived experience experts involved across 5 working groups
• 57 co-designed recommendations

What did the project focus on?

• How suitable health and wellbeing services are.
• What barriers people face when seeking and accessing support.
• The experiences and needs of specific groups of people.
• How existing mental health support in Surrey and North East Hampshire can be improved.
  

Who did it focus on?

The adult population (aged 18 and over) of Surrey and North East Hampshire with a focus on:

• Older Adults (aged 65 and over)
• Neurodivergent people
• LGBTQ+ community
• Men

The project expanded to include:

• Carers
• Young Adults/University students (aged 18-25)

Learning from existing projects between Surrey Minority Ethnic Forum (SMEF) and the Independent Mental Health Network were also taken into consideration.

Project Outputs

We suggest starting with the Project Overview.

Project Overview – plain text version:

If you are looking for more information in a visual format, we suggest the presentation and recommendations.

If you are looking for detailed information including themes, topics, quotes, survey questions, and case study, we suggest the Detailed Report.

Additional information

• Pathways to Change report to be published in April.
• Exploring the ways Community Connectors in SABP’s GPimhs and MHICS services map their clients’ needs report.

• Online Survey

• Online Survey – plain text version

• Online Survey – Easy Read version