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Until recently, self-help activities of people with their own experience with mental illness (hereinafter MH illness) in the Pilsen Region were represented by two small organizations in Pilsen and Klatovy, self-advocacy is completely in its infancy. No inpatient psychiatric facility in the region involves peer workers.
TOSEVÍ was established in 2019 in the CHRC clubhouse with support of Ledovec as a self-advocacy NGO hoping that it can contribute to strengthening the involvement of people with MH problems both in policy making and mental health care in the region. Last but not least, it strives to spead self-help activities from a regional city to regions so that self-help is more easily available to anyone who suffers from MH illness. We will also promote the topic through public destigmatization events.
After two years of our volunteer activities, we see an opportunity to take our activities to the next level.
Based in CHRC (Clubhouse and Recovery College) in Pilsen and with kind support of the Ledovec, we plan to significantly strengthen the capacity of our organization. We will create and train our team. We will offer regular self-help activities in Pilsen and at least three other places in the region.
We offer a number of educational courses led by people with their own experience with MH illness.
We have agreed on the possibility of involving peer workers at the Psychiatric Clinic in Pilsen, the Psychiatric Department of the Klatovy Hospital and the Lnáře Psychiatric Hospital, and thanks to this project we will launch it.
As co-organizers, we will participate in the Mental Health Days program in the region and strengthen the voice of people with their own experience with MH illness there.
We are also looking forward to being heard at the meetings of the regional working groups on the transformation of Czech psychiatry and at other meetings where it is still "about us without us".