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Develop (The Developing Valued Lifestyles Partnership) is an informal consortium of local mainstream providers of goods and services, mental health service personnel, people with mental health problems and their families and associates all working together to promote the social inclusion of people with mental health problems in the London Borough of Bromley and its environs. 

ApplyThe Develop partnership supports collaborative networking in eight life domains and runs six inclusive practice forums.

The Develop website is both a local and national resource for social inclusion. It is built around the interests of Develop's networks and forums. 

If this is your first visit please first look at the life domain sections (along the top menu bar) and the social inclusion practice sections (along the side menu bar).

In each section there are local and national service listings. From here you can also access the relevant UK-wide evidence base as well as guidance and policy documents. You will also find social inclusion service development tools along with numerous newsletters and daily updated news items relevant to social inclusion.

We are also beginning to list a growing amount of international material and weblinks to partners around the globe. We also have carry information about training, careers, media content and much more. Feel free to submit items.

Whilst you are having a look around please take the time to join Develop by registering for your user name and password which then gives you access to Develop network and forum meeting times, dates and locations along with agendas and minutes. 

We are constantly updating the site so please come around on a regular basis.  

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If you wish to share news, interesting website details or any other information through the Develop website, you can download the following forms (as a Word document) to submit, subject to approval. The forms will give you a good guide to what to include but if you are a regular user of the site or experienced in such matters just send us what you want listed and we will do the rest!

If you wish to offer some of your precious time on a voluntary basis to find out about and gather information relevant to users of this website please let us know you would like to become a develop scout or reporter at info@developbromley.com

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Rethink seeks Bromley Advocacy volunteer

30th Aug 2010

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Develop partner Rethink are looking for an advocacy volunteer to work with the Bromley Advocacy Service team.

Applications close on the 6th September 2010.

Find out more and download an application pack here.

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Rachel Perkins interviewed in the Guardian

27th Aug 2010

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Mary O'Hara wrote an article in the Guardian on the 25th August 2010 of her interview with Rachel Perkins, a clinical psychologist and Mind Champion of the Year, who insists that civil rights are at the core of her views on mental health.

You can read the full article online here

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Good sports to bring community spirit to Olympics

27th Aug 2010

A new national programme to get millions of people playing games ahead of the 2012 Olympics hopes to leave a lasting legacy of community spirit in the UK and Ireland.

The Spots v Stripes campaign, led by Cadbury and supported by national charity Groundwork, has been designed to get people of all ages and walks of life rediscovering the spirit of play and light-hearted competition.

Organisers are inviting people to choose a team - Spots or Stripes - sign up to the website and begin playing games - from thumb-wrestling to five-a-side football.

Over the next two years, players will be able to win points for their team by organising and playing games in their schools, workplaces and neighbourhoods.

A national network of ‘games ambassadors’ and 2000 volunteers will take Spots v Stripes nationwide, including hard to reach and disadvantaged groups, using games as a catalyst to help build stronger communities.

They will also help local voluntary organisations, community groups, tenant associations and youth and staff clubs to organise imaginative games events in their areas.

A nationwide Spots v Stripes tour is planned for the summer, with large city events in Glasgow, Leeds, London and Birmingham.

With the help of Groundwork, Cadbury will also work alongside local communities in cities including Birmingham, Sheffield, Dublin and Reading to help improve community spaces for playing games.

Groundwork chief executive, Tony Hawkhead, said: ‘Spots v Stripes is a fantastic opportunity to engage communities in events and activities that help neighbours get to know one another, break down barriers and build community spirit.
‘Working together with our longstanding partner Cadbury, Groundwork will be using Spots and Stripes as a platform to encourage wide-ranging discussion and dialogue in these communities. Our 30 years of experience tells us that these conversations can often be the springboard to getting people involved in a wide range of projects that can transform the social and environmental fabric of neighbourhoods at all levels of society.’

Nick Bunker, president of Kraft Foods UK and Ireland, said the goal was ‘to use the power of playing games to unite and strengthen communities - leaving the nation with the ideas and inspiration to continue playing games in the future’.

Cadbury will commission independent research to evaluate the impacts and social benefits of the programme on communities and identify lessons for future initiatives.

Article by Jill Theobald

More information: http://www.spotsvstripes.com/

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