SANE News 2010

2010/2011
New perspectives
Marjorie Wallace CBE
Board of Directors
Charles Bracken (Chairman)
John Bowis OBE
David Gladstone CMG
Ian Hay Davison CBE
Patrick Macdougall
Rob Matthews
The Hon Mrs Victoria Russell
We were very pleased to welcome The
Hon Mrs Victoria Russell who joined the
board in September 2009. She is the
daughter of Rt Hon The Lord Mottistone
CBE, who was the founding Chair of SANE.
SANEline
Caller, who suffers from recurring clinical
depression, said SANEline had kept him alive
through the most difficult times in his life.
“SANEline is my main emergency
helpline. Without it I wouldn’t have any
support – I’d be dead!”
Front cover image ‘Surrender’ by Anthony Cleyndert. He describes the inspiration for
‘Surrender’ by saying: “Anyone who experiences mental illness has to surrender themselves
in part to faith in a greater Love.”
Anthony was a beneficiary of a SANE Art Award which enabled him to attend a course at
St Martins College of Art and Design in stained glass printing; he now holds exhibitions
at Ely Cathedral.
SANE continues to administer a modest Art Award to individuals who qualify. Please
contact Wendy Lilly via email at: wendy.lilly@sane.org.uk
Contents
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SANE’s vision and values “It’s no longer a question of patients being locked in, so
much as being locked out.” Are we heading backwards in mental health care?
04
Shattered lives – homicides and suicides: ‘black spots’ in community care as
preventable deaths continue
06
Knowledge heals – research news and therapies in practice
08 - 09 Why? A new focus on suicide prevention “You play back everything in your mind
over and over, wondering desperately if there was something more one could have
done to prevent it.” Two parents describe their son’s suicide – and its lasting legacy
10 - 11 Volunteers on the frontline – stories from SANE’s stalwarts
12
Funding the future – finding and focusing the finances
Community outreach – making a difference in the City of London and Hackney
in the East End
13
Virtuosos and violins – music to our ears: and a surprise guest
14
Sharks and songs – our supporters’ fundraising schemes
15
Back to Bedlam – fascinating facts about the world’s oldest psychiatric hospital
16 - 17 A fighting force for mental health – Alastair Stewart and Joanna Lumley are
among SANE’s supporters
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Meeting the challenge of mental illness
18
In the news – the campaign to spare the life of a mentally-ill Briton facing
execution in China saw SANE hit the headlines
19
Thanks
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Have we got news for you – a message from Private Eye editor Ian Hislop
Vision and values
S
ANE was set up in 1986 following the
overwhelming public response to publication
of the Forgotten Illness series in The Times.
Its vision all those years ago was to raise public awareness,
excite research and bring more effective professional
treatment and compassionate care to everyone affected
by mental illness.
Over two decades mental health policy and provision
have come a long way, but we at SANE are all too aware of
thousands who struggle on quietly and desperately without
the help they need. It is unforgivable that families who may
be looking after a person who is suicidal are left out in the
cold without information, let alone support, on the grounds
of confidentiality. Sometimes if there are tragic results, they
may never know what happened. As I listen to their stories,
the same passion and outrage which led me to found SANE
are revived. So what can we do?
Centre for SANE Research with the Oxford Mindfulness
Centre, which provides Mindfulness-based cognitive
therapy training, integrating brain research with
meditation techniques.
On a more worrying note, we are already aware of cuts
slicing into mental health budgets. As a consultant
psychiatrist recently told me: “It’s no longer a question of
patients being locked in, so much as being locked out.” In
some places available hospital beds have been halved and
community services drastically reduced, leaving overworked
home treatment teams to pay flying visits to give medication
only, with little time for sustained personal care. There
will also be pressures to rely still more on inexperienced
graduate workers and low intensity interventions, further
depriving people of consistent treatment from a skilled and
experienced professional.
We are in contact with over 30,000 people a year and want
to be able to continue to offer high quality, up-to-date
information and, above all, emotional support to anyone
affected by mental health problems. We rely on volunteers
who undergo rigorous training and in many cases give
hundreds of hours of their free time each year to respond to
people in crisis or distress.
Over the past years I have got to know many individuals,
families and front-line workers. I had high hopes but am now
concerned that, despite all the monies and priorities, we may
be stepping backwards. To prevent this happening, we must
hold to the vision and values which unite those of us who
believe that an individual with mental illness can receive a
level of understanding which is not prescribed by short-term
targets but by complex, long-term need.
SANE also directly supports fundamental neuroscience
research alongside studies into treatments and therapies.
We are proud to share our Prince of Wales International
SANE’s Chief Executive
Marjorie Wallace CBE
Aims and objectives
SANE is a UK-wide charity set up in 1986 to improve
the quality of life for people affected by mental illness.
It has three objectives:
1.to raise awareness and combat stigma about
mental illness, educating and campaigning to
improve mental health services
2.to provide care and support for people with mental
health problems, their families and carers as well as
information for other organisations and the public
3.to initiate research into the causes and treatments
of serious mental illness such as schizophrenia and
depression and the psychological and social impact
of mental illness.
www.sane.org.uk
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Shattered lives
Lucy Yates
Lucy Yates, 20, was stabbed 27 times in a
supermarket. Along with major injuries and
mental trauma, she was confined to a wheelchair
for months. Attacker Samuel Reid-Wentworth,
22, diagnosed with schizophrenia and with
long-standing mental health problems, was
admitted to a mental health unit and following
discharge into the community stopped taking
medication and became seriously disturbed.
He pleaded guilty to attempted murder.
Ivy Torrie, 82, was killed by her son, Michael, who
had a 20-year history of mental illness. His medication
had been reduced; relatives noticed he was behaving
strangely in the days leading up to the killing.
Gwen Poole, 66, was stabbed to death in a random
attack by Martin Davies, 23, a psychiatric patient recently
released from an acute unit who claimed that voices had
commanded him to kill. He had unsuccessfully sought
inpatient care on several occasions.
Such killings are rare: the most recent figures show that
70 a year are committed by a person with mental illness
or disorder or in contact with mental health services
within the previous twelve months. Homicides involving
strangers number 10 a year.
Our analysis of 69 independent inquiries shows one
in three homicides was considered preventable. We
comment on such cases so that reactions are not
driven by the news headlines alone without being
put in perspective - that the majority of people with
mental illness are never violent, and the chance of
being attacked by a person unknown to you is remote.
Assessing the risk a person poses to himself or others
can be very difficult, and getting it right requires skill
and experience. SANE believes that if a killing occurs as
a result of poor risk assessment, under-treatment or lack
of treatment, this should be made known in order to
learn lessons. We believe that one of the ways to combat
stigma is not to ignore these cases, which will inevitably
alarm the public, but to explain the circumstances and
listen to the families of both the perpetrators and the
victims, as well as to professionals.
Also, more than 1,200 people commit suicide each year
who have been in contact with mental health services.
SANE has had contact with many families who believe
the suicide would not have happened had greater care
been taken to protect the person at risk.
We believe that each case of suicide or homicide
represents a ‘black spot’ in care in the community,
preventable with better risk assessment, more effective
communication between agencies, and earlier
responses to cries for help. To give people confidence
in the policy of care in the community, we must expose
the fault-lines within the mental health system and try
to ensure that, once exposed, steps are taken to prevent
further tragedies.
“According to official
figures, over 1,200
people in contact
with mental health
services commit
suicide each year”
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Meeting the challenge of mental illness
We are still picking up the pieces of a fractured system
A new strategy for
mental health
With the advent of the new Government,
we understand that a review will be
undertaken of the national strategy for
mental health published in recent months.
We will be working with Ministers to seek to
ensure that future plans provide for more
effective and responsive care for those with
enduring mental illness. We will be pressing
for the strategy review to examine:
Andrew Lansley CBE MP,
Secretary of State for Health,
on a visit to SANE
• the adequacy of the numbers of beds
available to treat people who may need
in-patient care
• the policies and arrangements for
providing care in the community
• measures to improve information and
support to families and carers.
Greater dignity
for patients
SANE has been pleased to take part in several
initiatives to improve privacy and dignity for
patients in hospital. SANE’s Chief Executive
has contributed to a DVD being published on
the Department of Health website explaining
the importance of same-sex accommodation
for patients. She has also been a member
of the Advisory Board of Design for Patient
Dignity, a collaboration between the
Department of Health and Design Council
which brought together leading UK designers,
manufacturers and frontline healthcare staff
to tackle privacy and dignity issues.
“When people are ill they can feel
anxious and deprived of their
confidence and self-respect. That is
why it is so important to be treated in
a safe and healing environment where
trust and dignity can be sustained.”
Therapy for the nation
The welcome drive to give
people greater access to
psychological therapies
has resulted in significant
investment in services and
a widening of the range of
therapies to be made available.
As well as cognitive behavioural
therapy (CBT), these will now
include therapies such as
counselling, couples therapy and
brief dynamic therapy.
But there are mixed views on
how far the evidence used to
support offering these therapies
can determine which are most
effective and why. In particular,
we do not know whether the
one-size-fits-all CBT approach is
the solution for everyone with
anxiety and depression.
In order to identify whether a
therapy is effective, what kind
of intervention works for whom
and how many people drop out
and why, we need a thorough
analysis of the experiences
and outcomes for individuals,
from both the patients’ and the
clinicians’ points of view.
SANE will be inviting people
to tell us about their experiences
of CBT and other therapies. For
further information,
email Susanne Gibson at
sgibson@sane.org.uk.
SANE’s Chief Executive has
become a lay Trustee of the UK
Council for Psychotherapy.
We hope to be working
together to help increase access
to psychological therapies.
www.sane.org.uk
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Knowledge heals
NEWS from Prince of Wales International Centre for SANE Research (POWIC)
SANE is the only mental health charity that has raised new funds to build such a centre
Professor Mark Williams,
Director of the Oxford
Mindfulness Centre: Courses
for health professionals
Professor Williams and his
team at the Centre, who share
POWIC’s premises, are rolling
out courses in Mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy (MBCT),
as interest in the approach
grows. As well as psychologists
and psychiatrists, they attract
occupational therapists, health
visitors, physiotherapists and
midwives.
Professor Williams says:
“The practice is beneficial with
supporting anyone who is going
through a vulnerable transition “.
For information on the courses
go to www.octc.co.uk and
www.mbct.co.uk.
By combining Eastern
meditation with Western
problem-solving therapy,
MBCT offers techniques to
those experiencing recurrent
depression that prevent the
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POWIC interior
downward spiral of negative
thoughts which can lead
someone to take their own life.
Promoting the value of these
mind-tools remains a SANE
priority. Despite the National
Institute for Health and
Clinical Excellence endorsing
Mindfulness practice in the
treatment guidelines for
depression in 2004 and 2009,
only one in 20 GPs prescribes
meditation therapy.
Professor Tim Crow on
his work on the origins
of psychosis
Meeting the challenge of mental illness
A brain scan of a patient with psychosis
“Together with my team we
continue working on our
hypothesis that psychosis
including both schizophrenia and
the affective psychoses is related
to those distinctive aspects of the
human brain which could be the
best contender for explaining our
faculty for language.
“A recent magnetic resonance
imaging scan of patients with
schizophrenia and bipolar
affective disorder shows that these
patients have slightly thinner
cortices than people without
such symptoms and there are
some anomalies of asymmetrical
development in the limbic system
that mediates the interaction
between emotion and speech.
“We are particularly interested in
the class of genes present on both
the X and the Y chromosomes.
One such gene pair was created by
a duplication from X to Y 6 million
years ago-and has been subject
to a number of changes in human
evolution in both X and Y copies.
It is a candidate determinant
of asymmetry, and therefore of
psychosis. It is subject to a type
of variation that we would very
much like to understand better.”
Peace of mind
Karen Hart is SANE’s Communications Officer and a
keen advocate of Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
was eight weeks, with one group session a week
and that sounded manageable.”
Mindfulness-based approaches are derived
from the Buddhist practice of meditation,
in which practitioners try to experience more
fully what is happening at any moment.
It’s important to stress that the technique is
open and beneficial to everybody, and no
commitment to Buddhism is necessary.
As someone interested in the practice of
meditation, Karen was drawn to enrolling
on a course of Mindfulness-based
cognitive therapy (MBCT). Aimed at people
wanting to avoid relapse into recurrent
depression, it seemed to fit the bill.
“I wanted to do it because I like the idea of
meditation and it sounded practical, offering
tools that I could really work with to help with
both family and work life. Importantly, it was
said to help stave off another relapse. The course
During the course, you learn to pay
attention in the moment and without
making judgements. You become more
aware of thoughts, body sensations and
emotions and learn to recognise how these
constantly change.
The lesson is for the mind not to cling to the
emotion or thought, nor to push it away, but
let it ‘be’ and in this way it will release its hold
on you. This is particularly useful for people
who have a tendency to ruminate when
depressed.
“You practise again and again. By recognising
how things manifest in the mind you learn to see
“You practise
again and again.
By recognising
how things
manifest in the
mind you learn
to see how they
affect the body”
how they affect the body. Slowly you can
build up a picture of the triggers, so for example,
you realise that something happens and you
then feel bad. By being aware of habitual
behaviour, you can stop it affecting you in this
negative way.
“MBCT is also helpful for addictions, anxiety
and managing pain. You can practise being
mindful whenever you need to, for example
when you’re working you can think about the
parts of the body. Focussing on the body can
actually reduce anxiety.”
Tremendous opportunities
By Professor Guy Goodwin, Head of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.
Funding for mental health
research is not proportionate
to the burden of disease, which
the World Health Organisation
says is over 15 per cent of the
health burden in the developed
world. Given that investment in
mental health research provides
significant benefit in a knowledge
based economy and we can all
understand the advantage to the
economy and society of good
mental health, there is a strong
case to decrease the funding
gap between research and
practical need.
Research will lead to new
treatments and will accelerate the
development and implementation of preventative strategies
in young people who are at risk
of mental illness. The UK base
in neuroscience, social science
and mental health is easily the
strongest in Europe; and it links
with the potential of the NHS to
conduct large scale research, and
for industry to develop and make
available new treatment: the
opportunities are tremendous.
Supporting research is one of the
best ways individuals can make a
difference to diseases
that they care about. Fifty
years ago, cancer was a highly
stigmatized and incurable
condition. Cancer survival is now
common and the research that
makes it possible is massively
supported by charitable giving.
We need the same message in
mental health: the challenges are
different but not that different.
Science has given us clear
current leads to the causation of
schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
and depression. We are starting to
unpick the interactions between
our genes and our environments
that explain the onset of mental
illness and its course. There has
never been a better time to close
the gap in research spending
between what we currently
achieve and what the patients
deserve by giving generously to
support research.
Professor Goodwin and Marjorie
Wallace act as members of the
Medical Research Council group
reviewing mental health research.
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Why? a new focus on
Suicide has always been
part of the human
condition; yet there have
been relatively few
research studies looking
at what is in the
mind of the person
before they choose to
take their lives.
SANE is embarking on
an innovative project
exploring the insights
of individuals who have
attempted to take their
lives, as well as the
perceptions of people
close to those who
have attempted or
completed suicide.
We hope that this
research will provide
us with proposals
that can be used in
preventing those who
are suicidal from taking
the irrevocable step.
Suicide research
SANE announces study with new perspective on suicide
Current research into completed suicides is almost exclusively medical. There’s little place
for the responses of the families, partners and friends of those at risk or who completed
the suicide; additionally, the responses of the person who has attempted suicide
themselves are lacking. We know some of the risk factors but not enough to predict
which people will take their lives.
Yet we in the general public are best placed to help prevent suicides. Insights into
the subtle, hidden triggers that can lead to suicide will enable the public as well as
professionals to understand better and respond more effectively to people in need.
The three-year research project, A New Focus for Suicide Prevention: Harnessing Personal
Experience, aims to lead to new approaches that will benefit the services of 16,000 health
and welfare organisations.
It is supported by a magnificent grant of £387,282 for three years from the Big Lottery
Fund: the largest distributor of National Lottery good cause funding.
SANE’s experience is that many suicides can be prevented. We know that examining the
role of ‘significant others’ will complement existing research into risk factors.
Outi Horne, SANE’s Research Manager, says: “This grant enables us to carry out important
research that will help provide an evidence base for a community-wide approach to suicide
prevention.
“Our project will focus on the experiences of those who have lived through the suicide or an
attempt by a person close to them, as well as those who have attempted suicide themselves, in
order to inform policy, service development and public participation in reducing suicides.”
SANE will carry out the project, which we hope will generate a new set of concepts for
predicting, treating and preventing suicidal behaviour, advised by representatives of
beneficiary groups and academic experts in a variety of fields from several UK universities.
“This grant enables us to carry out important
research that will help provide an evidence base for a
community-wide approach to suicide prevention”
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Meeting the challenge of mental illness
suicide prevention
News no parent ever wants to hear
The sudden, unexpected death of James WentworthStanley in 2006 left agonising pain and myriad
unanswered questions for his family and friends.
His parents’ words say it all: “You play
back everything in your mind, over and
over, wondering desperately if there
was something more one could have
done to prevent it”.
In the words of his mother, former
Tatler editor Lady Milford Haven: “I will
never know what exactly tipped him over
the edge…”
James was 21, a talented and popular
Old Harrovian and undergraduate;
according to his father, Lloyds
underwriter Nick Wentworth-Stanley:
“A sunny, level-headed young man. Warm,
loving, sensitive and without secrets. Or so
we thought.”
The family had gathered before
Christmas; James arrived late, subdued,
but nothing out of the ordinary.
A recent minor operation had left him
concerned. He brushed aside his parents’
encouragement to visit his GP.
The following evening, the sound
of a shot stunned the family as they
prepared for dinner. James was dead on
the ground outside. He had used a gun
taken from his father’s gun safe.
There had been no hint of suicidal intent,
no history of mental illness, drug taking
or heavy drinking. His mother Clare says,
“He loved us so much, and knew how much
he was loved, but that was not enough to
keep him here that night.”
James
WentworthStanley
Then a picture of the fatal triggers
began to form: James, believing his
body had been disfigured by the
operation, suffered extreme anxiety and
was continuously calling the surgeon
for reassurance. Convinced it was a
failure, he went to an NHS walk-in clinic
admitting his suicidal thoughts.
The A&E team ranked his crippling fear
on a level with those with bad toothache.
He walked out, frustrated and let down.
“A sunny, levelheaded young man.
Warm, loving,
sensitive and without
secrets. Or so we
thought.”
Over 1 million people commit suicide
every year: it is the tenth leading cause of
death worldwide and the principal cause
of death amongst teenagers and adults
under 35 in the UK.
Clare says: “Depression is an illness that
should be treated with the same urgency
and priority as a physical illness. There is
still a pull-yourself-together attitude if you
end up in A & E, as James did”.
Now Nick and Clare have set up the
James Wentworth-Stanley Memorial
Trust, aiming to raise awareness of the
causes and prevalence of suicide and
help combat the stigma of mental illness
and suicide. SANE has been awarded a
research grant from the fund to study the
subjective experience of suicidal feelings.
The Trust seeks inclusion of mental illness
education in student programmes;
help for parents and teachers to
recognise danger signals; resources for
counselling, psychotherapy and more
readily accessible help-lines. Research
into causes and prevention of suicide
amongst young people underpins
this work.
Nick says: “I only hope we can save other
people from throwing away their lives
and putting their families through the
worst horror imaginable”.
If you have experienced suicidal feelings, are over 16 and are interested in taking part in research to help support
people who feel suicidal, please visit www.saneresearch.org.uk/SuicidalFeelingsStudy or contact the research team at
SuicidalFeelingsStudy@sane.org.uk. You may remain anonymous if you prefer.
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SANE Services continue to
offer one to one emotional
support, information and
advice to anyone affected
by mental health problems
through SANEline, SANEmail,
SANE Caller Care, the SANE
Befriending Service and the
Discussion Board via the SANE
website. This integrated
structure allows us the
flexibility to adapt to new
services such as texting,
instant messaging
and live chat.
Volunteers
How training for SANE Services has changed
S
ANE selects individuals who can make
a commitment to helping people
affected by mental illness and who are
able to support the SANE Services team.
We now offer generic training, so that
volunteers can work across all our services
and have the necessary qualities and skills
to adapt to any new services we may offer.
The training comprises a three-day
foundation. During the first day students
learn how to develop qualities of empathy,
warmth and acceptance. They are also
briefed about mental health conditions,
Volunteer your way to a career
works on SANEmail, she is a researcher
at the Institute of Psychiatry looking
at first episode psychosis in cannabis
users, http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/
reprint/195/6/A20.
Sharmay Mitchell has been a
volunteer since March 2009. Leaving
King’s College, London, with an MSc
in Health Psychology, she wanted to
gain practical experience in clinical
work. Alongside the two mornings she
“I’d like to work as a Clinical Psychology
Researcher or a Counsellor; my work at
SANE is really helping me decide. The
on-the-job learning experience has been
invaluable and it definitely helped me land
the post at the Institute.”
Sharmay opted for volunteering on
SANEmail as the daytime hours give a
better fit with these commitments.
Volunteering is life-affirming
Margaret Cunningham, now
retired, led a varied career
spanning the Civil Service,
social work in inner
London and diplomatic life
in Brussels. Mental health
issues have surfaced in
Margaret’s own family;
her mother had bipolar
disorder and she herself
suffered from post-natal
psychosis after the births of her
two children. While good care and
family support aided her recovery, she
emphasises the value of helplines:
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Meeting the challenge of mental illness
“At SANE, the work is providing me
with further insights into my own
experience…it is helping me
make sense of retirement”.
In keeping with her varied
interests, she likes to divide
her time with voluntary
gardening for English Heritage
at Charles Darwin’s house
in Kent. Asked how she found
SANE’s volunteer training, Margaret
says: “Challenging, apposite, necessary
and ongoing… [the shifts] they can be
immensely satisfying.”
treatments, legislation and how to navigate
the mental health system.
The following two days are spent in
practising skills using telephone and email
role-play and in discussing challenging
presentations, e.g, suicide and self-harm.
Once volunteers have passed the probation
period we continue to monitor their
progress and their emotional robustness,
providing support where necessary.
With supervision on the phones, the training
overall takes 75 hours.
“With SANEline
I know I’ve got
somewhere to turn
that will help. From
calling it over the
years I’ve learnt
that even though
I was ill, I still had
a personality and
a sense of humour
inside me. I wouldn’t
have done that
without your line
encouraging me.”
on the frontline
A little insight into someone else’s world
David Gee is a self-employed business consultant
and programme manager in recycling and waste
management. He has volunteered for SANE
Services for ten years, in which time he has
contributed a total of 1,432 hours. Besides
supporting SANE he juggles his life as a
father and grandfather, and children’s rock
climbing instructor.
that if I could understand other people I might better
understand myself”.
Initially David was interested in psychology;
particularly psychology in the workplace as much
of his work centres on selection and recruitment,
team development and ‘people management’.
As for some guidance for someone
contemplating joining, he says: “Think about
your motivation – what you are doing this for.
Be committed, be interested in the people you are
talking to, be empathetic rather than sympathetic. Stick
with it when it’s a bit scary in the early stages. Appreciate the
opportunity you are being given to gain a little insight into
someone else’s world.”
But he says that the real motivation for becoming a SANE
Services volunteer was a “desire to do something more
worthwhile than my day job; an interest in people and a feeling
David has found the process therapeutic:
“Whatever problems I had in my day job or
other issues, when I picked up the phone at
SANEline all of that went completely out of
the window and my focus was on the call.”
For over 18 years SANE has trained more than 20,000 volunteers for SANE Services. Currently, we have
a force of about 135 active volunteers on our rota. The training is endorsed by the Royal College of
Psychiatrists and accredited by the Open College Network at NVQ level 3 equivalent.
If you are interested in becoming a SANE Services Volunteer, you can visit our website at
http://www.sane.org.uk/SANEline/Volunteering for more information or contact Rohima Begum,
Volunteer Welfare Officer, by calling 020 7422 5539 or emailing rbegum@sane.org.uk
Add a rung to your career ladder
Malcolm Beale’s single-minded ambition since
his A levels was to be a clinical psychologist.
Undeterred by fierce competition for a
place on clinical doctorate programmes,
Malcolm, a young Eastender, has
developed his CV: support worker
for people with learning disabilities,
running groups for substance misusers
and a stint in forensics.
“Volunteering gives useful experience for
anyone who wants to follow a career in the health
service even if it’s not in mental health. You learn the skill of talking
to patients and carers and you definitely pick up the
jargon.”
His advice to new volunteers: “You do need
to be robust in terms of knowing your own
opinions, which may at times differ from
your professional responses, and you need to
evaluate yourself for any extreme emotions
which can arise.”
With all this clinical work, what about Malcolm’s
spare time? “I’m a keen martial artist: while I was
teaching English in southern China, I trained with a master.”
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Funding the future
Here, we learn more about Paul
and his forecast for SANE.
Every charity relies on its
funds and fundraisers. In
these tough economic times
a good fundraiser is like a
skipper steering through the
highs and the lows.
Paul Flitcroft was appointed
Director of Fundraising &
Marketing in 2009 to stand at
the helm.
His brief was to design and
implement a practical strategy
which would set a strong
platform for the future.
Paul has a positive outlook. He
sees the financial challenges
as bringing fresh opportunities
for SANE. He says they serve
to remind us to connect with
the huge pool of goodwill that
we’ve already accumulated.
“ One of SANE’s most
compelling achievements has
been its ability to help, educate
and influence hundreds of
thousands of people over a
25-year history”
Where were you working
before?
My background is in strategy,
marketing and business
development. Most recently
I worked in the technology
sector and before that financial
services in the UK and abroad.
Part of my transition into the
charity world was through
voluntary work with the
Samaritans. Working for SANE
very much appealed to me.
I have always been interested
in psychology, philosophy and
health matters.
What do you think is your
biggest challenge at SANE?
One of SANE’s most compelling
achievements has been
its ability to help, educate
and influence hundreds of
thousands of people over a
25-year history. The challenge is
to make sure we reach them and
communicate effectively.
How would you like to see
SANE evolve?
SANE’s integrated structure
of Services, Research and
Campaigning is ideal for a
specialist mental health charity:
we are really in touch with
the daily reality of mental
illness. I’d like to see this
holistic approach thrive and
grow. Bringing together all
our diverse supporters into
the ‘SANE Community’ is the
way we stay connected to the
issues that matter - listening
to people with mental health
difficulties, donors, artists,
volunteers, funders, research
participants, campaigners,
health professionals and carers.
The experience of each person
offers so much. We are delighted
that our new website will
reinforce this vision.
Here are some of the
ways you can participate
in the SANE Community:
• Train to become a SANE
volunteer. Contact Rohima
Begum: 020 7422 5539;
rbegum@sane.org.uk
• Participate in social research
projects. Contact Dr Susanne
Gibson: 020 7422 5537;
sgibson@sane.org.uk
• Lend your voice to our
campaigns. Contact Sara
Zmertych: 020 7422 5561;
szmertych@sane.org.uk
• Become a donor or take part
in a fundraising event. Contact
Jack Lines: 020 7422 5549;
jlines@sane.org.uk
Community outreach
SANE has been commissioned by NHS City
& Hackney to research why suicide is more
prevalent among white men and men from
the Turkish and Kurdish communities and
what can be done to help. Stephen Hardisty,
Joint Mental Health Commissioning Manager
for NHS City & Hackney, described the study
as “an important piece of work”.
He said:
“For me to report evoked a deep sense of
sadness for these vulnerable people in our
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local communities…[who cannot] express their
feelings and seek help.”
SANE’s research team reviewed literature,
analysed contact information and
interviewed community groups.
Initial findings show:
• When suicidal, white men find it hard to
connect with other people.
• Suicidal thoughts and behaviour
are associated with finding difficulty
in communicating with treatment
professionals and others.
•W
hite men are particularly vulnerable
after events harming social support
networks; e.g. divorce, death of a partner or
imprisonment.
• Many suicidal white men feel life is not
progressing, they either have no future or it
has nothing positive to offer.
Virtuosos and violins
Long-standing SANE trustee David Gladstone and his wife April welcomed guests
to a glittering gala evening in their mansion set in the beautiful parkland of Wotton
House. They had previously thrown open Wotton for SANE’s Evening with Michael
Portillo fundraising event.
Guest speaker Cherie Booth QC highlighted the
challenges that mental illness presents and ways in
which SANE answers the call to action in her speech
to mark World Mental Health Day.
Classical music from leading talents entertained guests:
young virtuoso violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen; maestro
pianist Ronan Magill and Ukrainian bass-baritone singer
Vassily Savenko. Romantic pieces by Chopin and some
heart-warming Russian songs made a welcome addition
to a cool October evening.
Sculptures by Josie Spencer, the established New York
artist, were available to view and buy. Bronze figures
were placed around the parkland, adding character to
the landscape. Guests enjoyed a gourmet three-course
meal before the auction, when auctioneer David Selves
pulled in the punters with his quips and friendly banter.
The top prize, a luxury holiday for two in Mexico,
was donated by Yucatan holidays, who also pledged
£10,000. A signed photo by celebrity photographer
David Bennett featuring Nelson Mandela and theatre
tickets to popular musicals including Legally Blond and
La Clique also helped boost funds.
We were delighted with the success of the evening.
Images, clockwise
from left:
• Chair of Appeals
Susan Bedack, host
David Gladstone
and “the bestconnected woman in
Britain”, Vice Patron
Carole Stone
• Wotton House
• Virtuoso violinist
Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Photographs by Dave Bennett
• Surprise guest:
former Prime
Minister Tony Blair,
Cherie Booth QC and
Marjorie Wallace
• Renowned pianist
Ronan Magill
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Sharks and songs
We have seen an imaginative range of fundraising activities throughout the year.
Here we sample a few.
Tanks, sharks and digital snaps
Sophia Gill, an ardent SANE campaigner and research study
participant, faced a lifetime fear of water by diving at Blue
Planet Aquarium, Cheshire. Not satisfied with one feat of bravery,
she took on a further challenge and swam amongst a shiver of
circling sharks.
James Carrington
James Carrington, the
talented singer/songwriter
and longstanding supporter
of SANE, held a concert in
London’s Bush Hall from which
he donated all the profits.
A rising star on the
contemporary music circuit,
James is best known for his
song Ache: his signature tune
which featured in the hit
shows ER and The O.C.
As well as playing usual
favourites, he delighted the
concert crowd with a sneak
preview of tracks from his
new album to be released
later this year. Sacha Skarbek,
winner of two Ivor Novello
Awards and Grammynominated songwriter and
producer, stepped onto the
stage to accompany James
at the piano, as well as
guest vocalist Lara Cazalet.
Highlights from the show
included the performance of
No Man’s Land – an emotive
song about depression - and
the stirring Break the Silence.
Can you donate £10?
With each £10 donated to
SANE we can provide 30
minutes of emotional support
to an individual experiencing
distress or difficulty due to
mental illness. Therefore, when
one of our supporters raises
£500 it can benefit as many as
50 people who may be lonely
and in desperate need.
Please help.
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Pushing the boundaries of bravery is especially heroic for Sophia,
whose history of self-harm and moving recovery featured in our last
edition of SANEnews.
Here’s a bite from the day:
“How did it feel? Horrible! I could sense my breathing was fast and furious,
but couldn’t slow it down… Julie, the trainer, was busy pointing out the
sharks to us as if merely communicating on land. It was a very strange
sensation. I knew I was scared, I could see it in my friends’ eyes that they
knew I was scared, and yet here we all were, getting on with it and taking
photos! P.S. I did get my revenge -I had fishcakes for dinner!”
Sale of Mike Oldfield’s guitar
Keith Smart,
musician and guitar
fan, is the delighted
buyer. Read his
account of the
passion that drove
him to the auction:
“As a teenager I was
fascinated by Tubular
Bells by Mike Oldfield.
It inspired me to
compose and record
an instrumental piece
using a stylophone and
two cassette recorders!
“Many years later I
still think Mike’s music
is timeless and I am
still playing my own
music too. By chance I
happened to stumble
across a photograph of
Mike Oldfield’s Fender
Telecaster guitar on
the Internet. I read that
the guitar that he used
to record Tubular Bells
was being sold to raise
money for SANE.
admire Mike’s music.
This guitar is not just
a keepsake though, I
have been using it this
week in the studio.
“I was forced to leave
work in my office last
year due to ill health
and the payment I
received bought me
the guitar. My wife
Francine and I both
“Thank you to all at
SANE for helping me
acquire this historic
instrument”.
The guitar fetched
£6,500.
Back to bedlam
The Bethlem Royal Hospital – ‘Bedlam’ - was the first
psychiatric hospital. One of SANE’s special advisors on
psychosis, Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Lecturer
Dr James MacCabe, describes its history and role today
and the National Psychosis Service that his team offers.
Bethlem Royal Hospital and grounds
History
The Bethlem Royal Hospital is
set in 250 acres of parkland on
the outskirts of London. It is the
oldest and probably the most
famous psychiatric hospital in
the world. The word Bethlem
is one of several medieval
corruptions of the original
name, “Bethlehem”. The hospital
was named “Bedlam” in its most
notorious period, and the name
survives as a slang word for
disruption or confusion.
The Priory of St Mary of
Bethlehem was founded in
1247, on the site of the modern
Liverpool Street Station in
London. It soon started
functioning as a hospital, and is
thought to have started taking
in people with mental disorders
sometime before 1357. The
hospital moved several times,
including to the site of the
modern Imperial War Museum,
finally arriving at its current
location near Beckenham in
Kent in 1930.
Although today it is at the
forefront of modern mental
health care, the hospital has a
sorry history of inhumane and
degrading treatments for much
of its history, particularly during
the 18th Century, when it was
a notorious London landmark,
charging visitors one penny
for the opportunity to stare at
the patients.
Current Services
Fortunately things have changed
since then and the hospital is
now the home of the National
Psychosis Service of the South
London and Maudsley NHS
Trust. The National Psychosis
Service spec ialises in evidencebased, cutting-edge treatment
for people with schizophrenia,
bipolar disorder and other
similar disorders, particularly
where local treatment has
been unsuccessful or only
partially successful in relieving
symptoms. The Service is
fully NHS-funded, and anyone
receiving NHS treatment
can access it free of charge.
Referrals can be from the
person’s psychiatrist or general
practitioner. We can offer
advice and second opinions
on medication, diagnosis or
any other aspect of care. We
initially assess everyone who is
referred to us at an outpatient
appointment, where the person
and their family consult with a
consultant psychiatrist.
“ The doctors, nurses, pharmacists
and psychologists who work in the service
are experts in their field, with the majority
also undertaking research into the causes
of psychotic disorders…”
In some cases, we are able to
offer admission to our inpatient
service at the Bethlem Royal
Hospital. As well as providing
the latest medical treatments,
we have a strong focus on
psychological treatments,
rehabilitation and recovery, and
reducing the risk of readmission
through exploring what has led
to breakdowns in the past and
how to avoid this happening
in future. The doctors, nurses,
pharmacists and psychologists
who work in the service are
experts in their field, with the
majority also undertaking
research into the causes of
psychotic disorders, and the
effectiveness of both existing
and new treatments. Anyone
referred to our unit has the
opportunity of participating in
clinical trials of new treatments
that we are assessing on the
unit. We also have a carers’
support group which meets
once a month. We are always
happy to hear from anyone
who is interested in accessing
our service or finding out more
about it. You are welcome to
contact us for more information
on 020 3228 4271 or by post at
National Psychosis Unit,
Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks
Orchard Road, Beckenham,
Kent, BR3 3BF.
Women and schizophrenia: a call for research participants
Research, conducted through Middlesex
University, is investigating whether
counseling and psychotherapy impact on the
rehabilitation/recovery of women diagnosed
with schizophrenia. The aim is to learn how
counselors might improve their services.
Women with schizophrenia who have
past experience of individual, one-to-one
counseling or psychotherapy (not cognitive
behavioural therapy, psychoanalysis or
psychoanalytic therapy) are invited to
take part.
For more information contact Roz Hewitt via
email at: roz.hewitt@tiscalis.co.uk; or phone
her on 020 8340 4824.
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A fighting force
Famous personalities who are friends and Vice Patrons of SANE are speaking up
for those whose voices are so often not heard. We are delighted that they give
their time and talent for greater public understanding.
Rory Bremner
“Whenever another tragedy
involving mental illness hits the
headlines, I know that SANE will be
out there, putting it into context,
raising people’s awareness of
the issues and explaining the
importance of their work for all
those involved. SANE offers hope
that mental illness will find a way
out of the darkness and neglect
from which it has suffered.”
Jane Asher
“Where SANE is so invaluable is in
not only providing someone to talk
to who understands and can offer
encouragement, but also in giving
the kind of practical information
that is needed.”
BBC Appeal
We are thrilled that the BBC has chosen SANE for the
Radio 4 Appeal to be aired on Sunday 11 July 2010.
Rory Bremner has agreed to make the appeal on our behalf.
We hope you will tell everyone you know, so that it will
bring in substantial donations.
Barry Cryer
“The crazier the world gets,
the more we need SANE. They
are completely involved with
the people they help. Their
slogan should be ‘with SANE
you are never alone’, and I
can vouch for that.”
Lynda Bellingham
“SANE is vital to sanity in the way
society deals with mental health.”
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Meeting the challenge of mental illness
for mental health
Joanna Lumley OBE
“I have always admired SANE’s
independent stance and support
the charity’s ongoing battle to
ensure better rights and care
for people with mental health
problems.”
Fellow Vice Patrons:
• The Rt. Hon. The Lord Kinnock
•P
rofessor Colin Blakemore
FRS Hon FRCP
Rowan Atkinson
Cherie Booth QC
Michael Palin CBE
“I know how much help SANE
gives to those who become lost
in the uncharted territory of
mental illness. It is important in
difficult times that people feel
they are not alone.”
Frank Bruno MBE, a candid
spokesperson on his own
mental health difficulties.
Frank Bruno MBE
Michael Buerk
Stephanie Cole OBE
Alastair Stewart OBE
“Ignorance and prejudice are
terrifying partners. SANE has
always bravely and consistently
battled against both and held
high the banners of care and
compassion.”
Barry Cryer OBE
Dame Judi Dench CH DBE
Edward Fox OBE
Sir David Frost OBE
Barry Humphries AO CBE
Virginia Ironside
Sir Jeremy Isaacs
Gary Kemp
Ross Kemp
Nick Mason
Ian McShane
Anna Massey CBE
Sir Jonathan Miller CBE
Carole Stone
“As someone whose brother
suffered from paranoid
schizophrenia, I am very pleased
to be a patron of SANE. I only
wish it had been available to me
and my family in those days.”
David Mitchell
James Naughtie
Trevor Phillips
Tim Pigott-Smith
Claire Rayner OBE
Griff Rhys Jones
Nick Ross
Timothy Spall OBE
Juliet Stevenson CBE
Fay Weldon CBE FRSI
Victoria Wood CBE
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In the news
Akmal Shaikh
SANE campaigned to support Akmal Shaikh, who faced execution
in China for drug smuggling. The father of three from North London,
who suffered from bipolar disorder, appeared to have been duped
to carry a briefcase containing heroin through customs.
SANE campaigned alongside groups such as legal action charity
Reprieve for clemency due to Mr Shaikh’s obvious mental health
problems. SANE’s Chief Executive appeared on BBC TV and radio,
Channel 4 and Sky.
“ a brutal and sad day for the rights of
mentally ill people everywhere”
Despite high-level representations, Mr Shaikh became the first
EU national to be executed in China for more than 50 years. SANE
commented that this was “a brutal and sad day for the rights of
mentally ill people everywhere”.
Cannabis
Concern over
the damaging
effects of cannabis,
particularly skunk,
continued to be
reflected in the
media following its
reclassification in
January 2009. We
were interviewed
for BBC1 soon after, while a letter responding to the furore over Julie
Myerson’s book The Lost Child, in which the author documented her
young son’s cannabis habit, was published in The Sunday Times.
Self-harm
Following the publication of SANE’s research into self-harm, the
Chief Executive appeared on BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind, to discuss
its findings and debate the best treatment strategies. The research
exploded many of the myths surrounding self harm, such as that
it is attention-seeking, a failed suicide bid or behaviour restricted
to teenage girls. The report also recommended a more permissive
approach to treatment, in which self-harmers are encouraged to feel
better about their behaviour, in order to break the cycle.
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Pro-anorexia websites
SANE welcomed an ITV crew to
its offices to film an interview by
the presenter Fearne Cotton for
a one-hour primetime special,
The Truth About Anorexia, on
the proliferation of pro-eating
disorder websites. The in-depth
discussion drew upon SANE’s
own research, which found that
young people use such sites as
a substitute for social contact
and emotional support from
family and friends.
The show reached an audience
of some 5 million viewers.
…STOP PRESS…STOP PRESS…STOP PRESS…STOP PRESS…STOP PRESS
Mental health cuts We are daily receiving reports of cuts
in mental health services - from patients, families, professionals
and health organisations. We hear of hospital and community
provision pared back or put on hold, and trained and
experienced professionals rationed. We are concerned about the
damaging effects this will have, especially for people with more
severe mental illness.
With the Royal College of Psychiatrists and others, we will
seek to stop these harmful cuts and ask anyone who knows of
developments in their area that they believe will be detrimental
to care and treatment to let us know by contacting Sara
Zmertych at szmertych@sane.org.uk
New website We’re launching our new website in the
summer, offering visitors many more opportunities to join in
SANE’s work. You can take part in research, add your voice to our
campaigns, share mental health experiences, get support via
the SANE Support Forum, learn about mental health, sign up for
volunteering and make donations.
www.sane.org.uk will incorporate video technology, blogging
and make it easy to share information via social media.
Charity of the Year We’ve been chosen as Charity of the
Year by healthcare communications consultancy Chandler Chicco
Companies (CCC) for a year-long collaboration. Staff will donate
500 hours of their time – worth £70,000 – to boost awareness,
fundraising and volunteering. Fiona Hall, CCC’s European
Managing Director: “We have long admired SANE’s work and look
forward to a productive year ahead.”
Thanks
SANE Partners
Lara Limata-Adams
Charles Bracken (above)
Charles Bracken Jnr
Ian Hay Davison CBE
Renee Forsyth
Sir Simon Jenkins
Jonathan Miller
Michael Palin CBE
William G Stewart
Dr Paul Woolley
Individuals
Terrence Allen
Felicity Amber
David Barrere
Robert Bayley
Carol Bedack Jones
Susan Bedack
Mr R C Bell
Verity Bengough
Mr and Mrs M Bicknell
Rosie Birch
Janet Boaz
M Bond
Mr Boucher
Mrs J D Boyling
Mr T B Bramley
Mr R C Brewer
Philip Brown
Tim Cadbury
Richard Carss
Kevin Corrigan
Louise Cunnington-White
Mr M F Daniel
Mr W I de Jong Cleyndert
Mr D J Derx
Mrs C Dolman
Mr & Mrs A F Eastwood
Michael Eaton
Sue Edyvean
Jane Ellwood
Mr D Fletcher
Miss L Fluker
Dr S L Gold
Livia Gollancz
Miss C K Grew
Caroline Hiller
Jessica Irfan
Lucy Jackson
Jennifer Jankel
James Jolly
J N Jones
Bernard J Kestelman
Sam Levine
Bertrand Lipworth
Mr C Long
Marieke Lyda
Mrs Y Marks
Dr Claire Matthews
Stella Mazzuchelli
Madeleine McGrath
Henry McIntosh
Mr D Moore
Mrs C Morse
Harriet Muir-Little
William Nagel
Ms M Nolan
David John Ogden
Maria Oinn
Mike Oldfield
Kim Parkash
Mr R M S Parsons
Wendy Perriam
John Perry
Michael Quinlan
Dr Hilary Reid Evans
Ms H Rohman
Mr & Mrs Rudkin
Joanna Ryzmowska
Alison Mary Segenschmid
David Selves
Mr G Shenkman
Mr Patrick and Mrs Jill
Sherry and friends
Mr J F Sidgreaves
Sacha Skarbek
Michael Spanswick
Josie Spencer
M Stevenson
M J Stephens
Carole Stone
Mr D Storer
Mary Taylor
Nigel Taylor
Ian Tollett
Mrs J Tomlinson
Martin Toyer
Patrick Walsh
Mr Richard Walters
Mr P W Warren
Mark Warwick
David and Helen Watson
Thomas Weddell
Clare Whately
Gerry Wildman
Christine Wilkie
Rachael Williams
D T Wilson
Mrs O R Wilson
Carol Woolton
SANE Friends
Jennifer Ames
Richard Davidson
Stephen Fay
Jean Gay
Mary Hood
M A Parsonage
Robert D Smith
Sponsored events
Dr Jane Atkinson
James Carrington
Hayley Clay-Smith
Siska Concannon
David and Daniel D’Souza
Sophia Gill
Clare Hine
Charlie Macquaker
Clare and Dave Matthews
Chris McMinn
Maria Oinn
Clare Rice
Emily Smoor
SANE staff and volunteers
Clare Whately
Companies
Aviva Health
Barclays plc
Blanchards Bailey LLP
Chandler Chicco Agency
Eli Lilly & Co Ltd
Inter Steels Ltd
Janssen-Cilag UK
Linklaters; Christopher
Coombe - Senior Partner
Lithgow Pepper and
Eldridge
Macdonald Oates
Partnerships in Care
Organisations and groups
Blackburn Social Dance
Club
Cambridge Students’ Rag
Appeal
Edinburgh University Sports
Union
May Hill Lodge
Rotary Club of City and
Shoreditch
Legacies and In
Memoriam
Mr R J Abraham
Mr J Hassitt
Mrs Joy Holland
Mrs J Pirie
Mrs Mae Prior
Mr Richard Robbins MA
Mrs V Smith
Partnerships
42nd Street
YouthNet
The Arnold Burton
1998 Charitable Trust
BIG Lottery Fund
Chalcroft Charitable Trust
Chapman Charitable Trust
The Coutts Charitable Trust
The Cumber Family
Charitable Trust
Dame Violet Wills Will Trust
Dinning Charitable Trust
Donald Forrester Trust
The John Ellerman
Foundation
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Guiting Trust
The Hamilton Wallace Trust
Inge Trust
The James WentworthStanley Memorial Fund
The MacCabe Family
Charitable Trust
The Life Neurological
Research Trust
Cecil Pilkington
Charitable Trust
Col W W Pilkington
Will Trust
The Sir James
Reckitt Charity
The Rolfe Charitable Trust
The Souter Foundation
The Sir Jules Thorn
Charitable Trust
James Weir Foundation
The Willhett Trust
Local health care partners
NHS City and Hackney
Trusts
29th May 1961
Charitable Trust
AD Charitable Trust
Albert Hunt Trust
Albert van den Bergh Trust
The Alchemy Foundation
The Apollinium Charitable
Foundation
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From Ian Hislop to you
There are so many charities desperate for funds, and
having to try and choose amongst all the deserving
organisations clamouring for your support is enough
to drive you mad. Whoops. There I go again. It’s easy
to make jokes (some of us make a living out of it) but I
know that mental illness really isn’t a joke. And when it
happens to you or to those you love, it becomes very
unfunny indeed. That is why I am asking you to
support SANE.
It is one of the most frightening and difficult conditions
that people affected in any way can face in their lives.
We need to know and understand more about this
most debilitating of all conditions, which in some way
touches every person in society.
SANE faces up to the challenges it causes, always
speaking out for those affected with passion and
urgency. Its vision is for a society where mental illness is
accepted without stigma, discrimination and exclusion;
a society where people receive the personal care and
attention they need.
Mental illness causes a great deal of personal distress,
relationship difficulties, and social problems; often
leaving people feeling vulnerable, confused and alone.
The impact can be just as traumatic for those indirectly
affected: carers, family, and friends: SANE makes sure
their needs are not forgotten either.
The charity relies almost entirely on support from
voluntary donations, individuals, trusts, legacies,
partnerships and companies.
I am supporting SANE because I think I am guilty of
not taking mental health seriously. If you felt you could
support them too, that would be great.
Thank you.
IAN HISLOP
Partners Programme Update
Last year we established a new major donor scheme
whereby a SANE Partner contributes £1,000 each year
for three years. Please get in touch if you would like to
find out more via email at fundraising@sane.org.uk
or call 020 7422 5544.
Mental illness affects us all
There are several ways in which you can help to fund SANE’s work.
Donate in your will
A significant part of our income comes from gifts left to
SANE in wills. Without the thoughtfulness of those who
remember us in this way, we simply couldn’t be there to
respond 365 days a year.
Regular donations
Setting up a standing order in favour of SANE: regular
income allows us to meet immediate needs and plan
for the years ahead. £5 each month over the course of a
year means that we can provide one hour of emotional
support and practical information to three individuals
in crisis.
One-off donations
A single donation can transform a person’s life. Your
kindness can bring comfort and hope to people who feel
anxious, depressed or alone.
Thank you.
Name:
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Postcode:
Tel:
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Once completed, please return this form to: SANE Freepost, WD528, London E1 1BR
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