... in the work of the forum. Community development work can build on micro‐level, person‐centred mental health care and extend outwards to collective community activity, aiming to harness social capital. Practical implications Assertive outreach – harnessing mainstream occupations through care‐planning...

...Paul Field This article profiles CornerHouse, an organisation that has played a key role in facilitating the emergence and development of a large number of mental health services and self‐help groups in West Surrey. CornerHouse takes a community development approach, facilitating and empowering...

... of different activities and an opportunity to talk to others who feel the same. This article describes how the group was developed using a community development approach, and Rose Tyldesley describes her role as a community development worker in facilitating this. Linda Phillips describes how she got involved...

...; Community development We know that asylum seekers are one of the most powerless groups in our society. Their flight from persecution and uncertain future leave many fearful, isolated and distressed. My name is Espe Bialoux Ngituka and I came to be involved in the Art and Well-being Project because I am...

...Patience Seebohm; Alison Gilchrist; David Morris It is obvious to many, but unproven to others, that community development has a positive impact on the mental health and well‐being of those who are touched by it. In our recent study, Connect and Include (Seebohm & Gilchrist, 2008), we found...