Family Action - BAND

BAND has over 30 years’ experience of supporting people with lived experience of a mental health condition. We work to improve the quality of their lives using Recovery Focused Approaches. With co-production at the heart of all we do, we build close relationships with the people who come to BAND. As a result, we are able to develop services that are safe, responsive and appropriate to the people who use them. Our support recognises each person’s individual circumstance and we work in a way that builds on people’s strengths. We support people to find solutions to challenges. BAND’s high quality services are delivered by a dedicated team of paid staff and volunteers. Many of us have lived experience ourselves and we recognise and celebrate the value that peer support brings to our work. Our recovery model recognises that people need different kinds of support at different times during their recovery and we therefore aim to provide services that: Offer hands on help and guidance when people are struggling with benefits, housing, access to services etc Provide support to attend appointments Help to grow self-esteem and self confidence Support people to understand when their symptoms have a negative impact on their lives, and to find ways to overcome this Encourage and motivate people to make positive changes Increase social contact with other people We do this through: Information and support (for things like benefits and housing) One to one support (befriending and mentoring) Shared interest and activity groups Social groups Life skills courses