Home & Neighbourhood

Welcome to the home and neighbourhood pages. These pages are run by Home & NeighourhoodNET, a partnership of organisations that all have an interest in housing, community safety and social inclusion. Mental health services and partner organisations work together to promote social inclusion and good mental health by offering each other support.

We should all be involved in promoting social inclusion because:

• Common mental health problems affect up to one in six of the general population at any one time. Almost everyone will know someone who has had mental health problems at some point in their lives.
• People with mental health problems are one-and-a-half times more likely than the general population to live in rented housing, with higher uncertainty about how long they can remain in their current home.

What's in this for you?

In this section you will be able to find:

• Services that are working to support people in finding and retaining good homes and welcoming access to good neighbourhoods and local community services.
• Events about home and neighbourhood issues.
• Evidence and policy - Government policy on housing and neighbourhood issues as they affect people with mental health problems in our communities. Guidance on developing socially inclusive home and neighbourhood services.
• Guidance and tools that can be used to help people plan to find and keep their own homes and gain access to welcoming neighbourhood services.
• News - stories about people's experiences of home and neighbourhood issues in the borough.

If you would like more information about home and neighbourhood issues, social inclusion and mental health, Develop can also offer you:

• Discussion Forum - A place to ask questions, find support and obtain advice and information on home and neighbourhood issues for people with mental health problems and about a socially inclusive approach to coping with mental health issues in your organisation. (Available to registered site users).
• Training on social inclusion, housing and neighbourhood issues as well as about mental ill-health (from handling stress and promoting mental wellbeing and recovery through to awareness training about mental illness).

If you would like to join this network, please contact Develop at: homeNET@developbromley.com

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