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Government Still Trying To Hide Crisis Loan Replacements
Reblogged from the void: The DWP have today released guidance on what's left of the Social Fund which completely ignores the replacement for Crisis Loans - arguably one of the most vital sources of support for people in an emergency. Crisis Loans were small sums of money which could be borrowed from the government to cover periods of hardship due to benefit delays or household emergencies.  Read more… 456 more words (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 27, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

The Astounding Arrogance Of #IDS! #bedroomtax from @JohnnyVoid
“In yet another astonishing outburst from the DWP, tin-pot dictator Iain Duncan Smith is treating the laws of the land with utter contempt and demanding that local authorities ignore a recent Bedroom Tax court decision”…. read The Void (contains swearing, you were informed) http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/f.-the-courts-we-are-the-law-say-dwp/ Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 27, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

#Bedroomtax defeat for Westminster council in landmark case! #yipikaye
A central London housing association tenant has won an appeal against the imposition of the bedroom tax by Conservative-run Westminster city council, in what is thought to be the first such victory in England. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/26/bedroom-tax-westminster-council-defeat Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 26, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

@Asda spine-chilling unawareness is no ‘real’ surprise. #mentalhealth #whatstigma #ukmh
Asda’s spine-chilling unawareness of how people who have encountered mental ill-health would react upon seeing themselves portrayed in a freaky Halloween costume with the phrase “Everyone will be running away from you…”, is hardly that surprising, surely?  Is anyone honestly ‘that’ surprised that this visual representation of the mentally ill is alive and kicking, despite years of anti-stigma campaigning by those affected, carers and the Time To Change campaigns? I caught up on this ‘saga’ this morning, I’ve been ill, not ‘mentally’, just a regular tummy b...
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 26, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. anxiety asda bipolar depression discrimination Psycho whatstigma Source Type: blogs

The #Pillshaming Bingo Card
Reblogged from Mentally Wealthy: Read more… 8 more words (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 26, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Remembering ‘Karen Sherlock’, from @Dis_PPL_Protest. #wca #AtosAtrocities #WOWpetition
“The process of total and utter dehumanisation Karen recounts as she documents everything she went through in the last months of her life is shocking to read. The levels of bullying to which ATOS are prepared to go demonstrate a slow stripping away of any confidence and dignity to ensure Karen is disabled by the Work Capability Assessment”……. http://www.disabilityartsonline.org.uk/?location_id=176&item=1933 Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 26, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

@Asda and the ‘Mental Patient’ costume #mentalhealth #ukmh
What does a ‘Mental Patient’ look like? http://www.itv.com/news/2013-09-25/asda-under-fire-over-mental-patient-fancy-dress-costume/ and Rethink Charity response: http://www.rethink.org/media-centre/2013/09/asda-mental-patient-costume-breathtakingly-insensitive-says-charity Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 26, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

10,000 Cuts and Counting, Sat 28 Sept #WowPetition #disability #mentalhealth
http://wowpetition.com/ Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Tagged: disabled, mental health, wow petition (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 26, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. disabled wow petition Source Type: blogs

Claims 1000′s of #mentalhealth patients die needlessly from preventable or treatable disease. #ukmh
Thousands of people with mental health problems “die needlessly” in England each year due to a failure to take the problem seriously, a charity says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24240408 Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 26, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

The #Pillshaming Bingo Card
Reblogged from The Not So Big Society: The #Pillshaming Twitter hashtag was created by @Sectioned_ to refer to condescending articles and viewpoints, deriding the use of psychiatric medication. There's been a fair few of these recently. In the Guardian Giles Fraser and Will Self leapt onto their respective soapboxes to pour forth a series of tired cliches. Today in the Daily Mail, Dr Joanna Moncrief published an article… Read more… 271 more words (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 25, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Zarathustra Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Mind calls upon councillors to take on the Local Authority #MentalHealth Challenge
Mind is encouraging councillors across England to sign up to the government-supported Local Authority Mental Health Challenge and become a champion for mental health. http://www.mind.org.uk/news/9630_mind_calls_upon_councillors_to_take_on_the_local_authority_mental_health_challenge Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 25, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

The 10 Stupidest Things You Can Say To A Depressed Person
Reblogged from Thought Catalog: 1. "Just go outside more!" Right, because going outside is the easiest part of any depressed person's day, and the only thing stopping them from going for a light frolic through the local park is the fact that no one has told them how awesome it was! The thing is, a huge part of depression is not being able to navigate the world in the way you used to, and there is a good chance that they are trying desperately just to make it out to get basic food supplies if they are at a low point of an episode. Read more… 697 more words (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 25, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Why are voices against disability cuts always pushed aside?
Reblogged from Leftstream: By Merry Cross, DPAC activist  Despite the fact that disabled people come from absolutely every possible segment of society, despite the estimate of 1 in 10 people in the country having some sort of mental or physical impairment and despite that meaning there must be nearly as many families affected, we get remarkably little support from the general public for our campaigns. Read more… 574 more words (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 25, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

The King’s Fund Integrated Care group on LinkedIn. #MentalHealth
The King’s Fund Integrated Care group on LinkedIn. http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Kings-Fund-Integrated-Care-5095119?gid=5095119#! Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 25, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Tory Lord Promoting Sham Employment??
Reblogged from jaynelinney: Are the Tories so desperate to kill off those of us the DWP begrudgingly has been forced to concede are 'Unfit for work', 'Unlikely to work in the near future' & therefore are in the 'Support Group' for ESA; by tempting us to sign up to something that could technically put us in breach of our benefit ? I'm one of the fortunate who successfully fought to be placed in the Support Group, so imagine my amazement when today I received a Direct Message on Twitter from a Conservative Lord - Read more… 435 more words Oh me LORD! (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 25, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs