The Change Network approach aims to support practice and create test sites which target activity at those most likely to experience stigma or discrimination and/or have discriminatory behaviours. If you have an idea for a project and want to make an application and are not in a position to form a Change Network or be part of one please talk to us. We are keen to hear from you and support your proposal and may be in a position to partner you with others who have the same interest as you. Priorities for Funding The CIF will focus on projects supporting the delivery of the See Me National Programme outcomes as outlined in Section 3. We want to create a culture of innovation by delivering strategically significant anti-stigma and discrimination activities. In recognising the role of people with lived experience as leaders in the programme, See Me will work closely with individuals and groups in ensuring that any applications funded through the CIF are supportive of delivering local plans to challenge stigma and discrimination and are led by people with lived experience. A further priority for the See Me refounded programme will be embedding a Human Rights Based Approach throughout all our work. Funded programmes will therefore be expected to place human rights at the heart of their project and clearly articulate the expected impact this will have on the project’s outcomes. We will also be asking people to focus their activity on one or more of our four priority themes of: Children and Young People, Employment and the Workplace, Health and Social Care and Building a Movement for Change Evidence to Support This Approach 9.1 The ways in which stigma limits people’s lives Exposure to mental health stigma that results in limiting people’s lives amounts to an infringement of their human rights. Research evidence shows that people experience stigma at home, in their social and public lives and many are subjected to systematic disadvantages in work, education, health care and in the media. This is most evident in health care and in the workplace. In healthcare, as an example, diagnostic overshadowing (where staff fails to address a physical health problem because they attribute it to the person’s mental illness) is a commonly reported experience backed up by statistical evidence of the poor physical health outcomes for people diagnosed with mental health problems. In the workplace, people known to have mental health problems are more likely than the general population to be excluded from work opportunities, less likely to stay in employment and due to self-stigma are less likely to seek work through fear of rejection.
The Change Network approach aims to support practice and create test sites which target activity at those most likely to experience stigma or discrimination and/or have discriminatory behaviours. If you have an idea for a project and want to make an application and are not in a position to form a Change Network or be part of one please talk to us. We are keen to hear from you and support your proposal and may be in a position to partner you with others who have the same interest as you. Priorities for Funding The CIF will focus on projects supporting the delivery of the See Me National Programme outcomes as outlined in Section 3. We want to create a culture of innovation by delivering strategically significant anti-stigma and discrimination activities. In recognising the role of people with lived experience as leaders in the programme, See Me will work closely with individuals and groups in ensuring that any applications funded through the CIF are supportive of delivering local plans to challenge stigma and discrimination and are led by people with lived experience. A further priority for the See Me refounded programme will be embedding a Human Rights Based Approach throughout all our work. Funded programmes will therefore be expected to place human rights at the heart of their project and clearly articulate the expected impact this will have on the project’s outcomes. We will also be asking people to focus their activity on one or more of our four priority themes of: Children and Young People, Employment and the Workplace, Health and Social Care and Building a Movement for Change Evidence to Support This Approach 9.1 The ways in which stigma limits people’s lives Exposure to mental health stigma that results in limiting people’s lives amounts to an infringement of their human rights. Research evidence shows that people experience stigma at home, in their social and public lives and many are subjected to systematic disadvantages in work, education, health care and in the media. This is most evident in health care and in the workplace. In healthcare, as an example, diagnostic overshadowing (where staff fails to address a physical health problem because they attribute it to the person’s mental illness) is a commonly reported experience backed up by statistical evidence of the poor physical health outcomes for people diagnosed with mental health problems. In the workplace, people known to have mental health problems are more likely than the general population to be excluded from work opportunities, less likely to stay in employment and due to self-stigma are less likely to seek work through fear of rejection.