SUGAR

Service User and Carer Group Advising on Research

Hi to all SUGAR members and followers.

Please have a look at the link below which gives details of the upcoming Centre for Mental Health Research seminar, in which SUGAR give their hour long Workshop Presentation. Please feel free to share with people and invite them along.

Look forward to seeing everyone on the 20th!

http://www.city.ac.uk/events/2015/april/sugar-in-everything-mental-health-service-users-and-carers-collaboration-on-mental-health-research

March 23, 2015
by David Thomas
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Some bitter SWEET side effects!

SIDE EFFECTS WARNING: You may experience one or more of the following symptoms: Dry mouth, palpitations, insomnia, euphoria, syncope, weight loss, dyspepsia, idiopathic craniofacial erythema, tachycardia, impaired concentration, amnesia, panic, abnormal dreams, excitability, paraesthesia, vasodilation, glossolalia,hallucinations, endorphin rush, low serotonin. … Continue reading →

February 16, 2015
by Alexandra Thornton
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New addition to the team!

We’re very pleased to announce that SUGAR now has its own administrator! David has worked for East London NHS Foundation Trust and Mind, and we’re all really excited about this new development for the group. David has experience of being … Continue reading →

February 5, 2015
by Alexandra Thornton
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Your dose of SUGAR for January, and a sweetener for February!

After a lovely break for Christmas, during which we hung up our research hats for an afternoon and went out to enjoy a meal together, it was back to business in January with three very different projects to consult on. … Continue reading →

January 27, 2015
by Alexandra Thornton
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Holocaust Memorial Day

The 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, is Holocaust Memorial Day. We should remember that among the first to be singled out by the Nazis for sterilisation or euthanasia were those classed under their Eugenics theories as … Continue reading →

November 28, 2014
by Alexandra Thornton
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We’ve been busy…

Just three months into the new academic year, and haven’t we been busy! We’ve wowed the crowd at our NPNR workshop, and consulted on three different projects. We’re excited to be supporting Aysegul Dirik with her proposed project that looks … Continue reading →

September 26, 2014
by Alexandra Thornton
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NPNR Workshop

SUGAR members and staff from the School of Health Sciences at City University London collaborated on a stimulating, fun and informative workshop at the 2oth international Network of Psychiatric Nursing Research conference, at Warwick University on 19th September 2014. Entitled … Continue reading →

September 19, 2014
by xbjd287
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SUGAR presenting a workshop in room 17

Come along to our interactive workshop in room 17 , social sciences building .#NPNR 2014

September 18, 2014
by xbjd287
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SUGAR attending the NPNR conference

It’s very exciting to be attending the 20th NPNR conference , celebrating mental health nursing research : visions of a future . what will it bring ?

What is SUGAR?

August 22, 2014 by Alexandra Thornton | 0 comments

“Nothing about us, without us”

SUGAR (Service User and Carer Group Advising on Research) was founded in 2009 by Professors Alan Simpson and Len Bowers, and their colleagues in mental health nursing research at City University London. The researchers were keen to further develop service user and carer involvement across their programme of research and build long-term collaborative research relationships with members of local communities in east London.

They wanted to ensure that a range of voices from those with lived experience of mental health services was heard in a systematic way by those conducting research into mental health nursing and services. Inspired by the motto ‘Nothing about us, without us’, SUGAR was created. The group currently consists of 13 service users and carers and meets with various mental health researchers once a month. Training and development is provided and meetings are facilitated by members of the research team.

SUGAR members discuss and contribute to various aspects of research projects and the research process and have also written journal papers and given conference workshops, presentations and posters.

SUGAR has hosted a number of international visitors and recently won a national award for public engagement by universities. They hope to inspire other researchers to follow their lead and add SUGAR to their work.

SUGAR’s services are available to researchers working within East London NHS Foundation Trust, City University London, and those collaborating on projects with City University London academics, subject to prior discussion and arrangement with Prof Alan Simpson.

If you would like to learn more about SUGAR, or are interested in working with us, please contact us or follow us on Twitter.

SUGAR

Email: sugarineverything@gmail.com

Twitter: @SugarSolution

Prof Alan Simpson

Email: a.simpson@city.ac.uk

Twitter: @cityalan

Acknowledgements and disclaimer

The SUGAR project was commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) scheme (RP-PG-0707-10081) http://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/fundingdetails.htm?postid=2219 . This grant funded a programme of research led by Professor Len Bowers, entitled ‘Reducing Conflict and Containment in Psychiatry’. SUGAR was established in 2009 and is facilitated by Professor Alan Simpson. From October 2014, SUGAR will be supported jointly by the School of Health Sciences, City University London and East London NHS Foundation Trust. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, the Department of Health, City University London or East London NHS Foundation Trust.