Power to Communities: Healing through social justice - INTAR conference - June 2014

[Elizabeth Freeman]

Registration for the INTAR 2014 Conference is now open!  Wednesday 25^th – Friday 27^th June 2014, Liverpool, U.K.

 

The International Network Toward Alternatives and Recovery gathers prominent survivors, professionals, family members, and advocates from around the world to work together for new clinical and social practices in response to emotional distress and what is often labeled as psychosis. Based in leading edge research and successful innovations, INTAR believes the prevailing biomedical overreliance on diagnoses, hospitals, and medications has failed to respect the dignity and autonomy of the person in crisis, and that full recovery must be at the center of ethical care.

Conference Themes:

Social injustice and mental health ~ Securing human rights in psychiatric care~ Cultural diversity and mental health ~

Creating and developing healing communities ~ Arts and madness

 

The event, to take place over three days in Liverpool, UK, will feature plenary sessions from international speakers dealing with these themes, as well as workshops by individuals and groups who work at the cutting edge of these themes.

 

To register for the Conference please click here ~ For further information on the event please click here

 

Earlybird bookings: reduced rates available until Friday 18^th April 2014

 

Concessionary places available for students, voluntary groups, voluntary sector organisations, children aged 12-17 years, service users and people on benefits who have been unable to secure a free place (see below)

 

Free places: We have a limited number of free places available for service users, carers and unwaged. Applicants who are not immediately successful will be placed on a ‘free place reserve list’. Those who wish to apply for a free place should email the INTAR email address [e-mail] or contact the Liverpool Mental Health Consortium at [e-mail] or telephone [phone] with information in support of their application.

 

Accommodation: We have organised value for money en-suite rooms at Vine Court, located at Liverpool University.  To book a room please follow the link to register for the event.  For more information on Vine Court please click here.  Please note under 12’s are not allowed to reside in this accommodation (see below under Children and Childcare)

 

Final Registration: Final registration is Friday 13^th June 2014 (please note that accommodation in Vine Court must be booked by Friday 23^rd May).

 

Accessibility: Please inform us about any support and access needs you have when making your booking.

Children and childcare requirements: Children under 12 can attend the event free of charge, but Vine Court is unable to accommodate children under this age. If you wish to bring  children under 12 and stay overnight in Liverpool, it will be necessary for you to source and book alternative accommodation.

·         All children must be registered to attend the Conference, and must be supervised by the accompanying adult at all times

·         Please note: due to the sensitive nature of the discussion, some plenary sessions and workshops will be ‘over 18s’ or 'parental guidance'

·         We have a limited amount of funding to pay for childcare with local providers for people on low incomes

 

Further information

·         General: Should anyone require additional support to apply for, or to attend the conference, please email the Liverpool Mental Health Consortium at [e-mail] or telephone [phone] who will be pleased to discuss this with you.

·         Children & childcare: Please contact INTAR at [e-mail] if you wish to book a place for a child, or to enquire about support with childcare.