Our Policies & Beliefs

We believe that by sharing our experiences and creating a warm and empathetic environment we are providing the key to recovery and healing. We believe that having a sense of hope lies at the foundation of recovery from mental illness. We are pro-choice about personal health care as many of our members choose to take psychatric medication. We are united in speaking out about he immense power and domination of drug compainies and the impact that this has upon choice. We are also united in our opinions regarding forcible and co ercive treatments. We strongly oppose the New Mental Health Bill which will give doctors further powers to compulsory detain and forcibily treat patients. We also believe that knowledge about mental illness and access to available resources is critical to the recovery process and that by sharing experiences broadens our understanding of our own mental health and educates others. We are not exclusive to people with a diagnosis of bi polar manic depression. We recognise that there are many people who feel may they have the symptoms of this illness and suffer in silence. We are also aware that there are many thousands of people who only have access to primary care are often unsure about where to go to get the help, advice and support they need. We also recognise that sufferers of mental health are often isolated and therefore need to have regular support and meeting place. Flippinmental offers a space where people can go to get support and share their own experiences. By sharing experiences, we can empower ourselves and create an opportunity to regain our self-worth and confidence. This will be a starting point towards taking back control of our own lives. We operate a equal opportunites policy. At this present time, we unfortunately have access problems to our building. We are on the top floor with no wheelchair access. this will be resolved shortly. We operate our organisation in a non judgemental capacity and do not discriminate against people who present challenging behaviours due to their mental ill health, whislt accepting that on some occasions it may not be possible for a person to engage in some of our activities, mainly teaching, when a person is experiencing extreme distress.