Joe Kelly's Blog
Joe Kelly is a writer and campaigner around mental health issues.
31 December 2011
SOS - Save Our Services
On a freezing dark December evening a group of friendly campaigners gathered on the steps of Ealing Town Hall to raise awareness about the threat to close Ealing Hospital also the threat to close the...Comments: 0
27 December 2011
I have a dream
‘I have a dream': these were the words uttered by the champion of liberty, Martin Luther King. They were delivered on the 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. He had a...Comments: 0
12 October 2011
New Vision...
I’m exploring a New Vision in communication. I’m reviewing my situation and re-evaluating the power of the blog. I think blogging is a very powerful disability campaigning tool. I have...Comments: 0
9 October 2011
Poems for Café C
I am poet in residence at Cafe Church - a community that meets for coffee and doughnuts in the lounge at St John’s, West Ealing. Here is a small sample of poems from my poetry pamphlet 'Poems...Comments: 0
6 July 2011
Back on the road again!
Dear readers, last week was a week to remember. Had my annual health MOT with Dr Patel looking at my bodywork and my big ends - everything working well so ‘back on the road again ‘. I can...Comments: 6
28 April 2011
Joe Kelly attends Mental Health Research Network National Scientific Meeting
I must be meeting the right people because the North London Hub of The Mental Health Research Network invited me to attend this important conference at Cambridge University from 6th-8th April 2011...Comments: 2
22 February 2011
Joe Kelly comments on service provision at 'resource centres'
I believe that Service Users/Survivors can help each other to recover. This self-help thinking is not evident at day centres, and could do a lot to help people lead more meaningful lives....Comments: 0
6 September 2010
Joe Kelly is looking for feedback about approaches to changing medication
Currently I am in a transitional stage of development. With the help of my advocate I have changed from depot injections to oral medication. I am finding this very challenging. In this I have been...Comments: 1
26 July 2010
Joe Kelly visits Birmingham to attend an important seminar
Recently I travelled from my home in Greenford to Whitechapel and was picked up at the Brady Centre by a minibus that took a group of us to Birmingham. The group was a keen bunch of user...Comments: 2
10 July 2010
Joe Kelly is keen to connect. He blogs some favourite online places for mental health issues
When I stood down as Director of Footsteps Arts I made a particular point of getting broadband at home. I realised the power of the internet and it's many advantages. I wanted to develop my research...Comments: 3
15 June 2010
Joe Kelly comments on causes of low self esteem in mental health treatment
When I visit my local Mental Health Resource Centre I'm greeted by running the gauntlet of an entry system that was designed for processing, what would appear to be very difficult people. Firstly you...Comments: 7
12 April 2010
Joe Kelly charts the progress of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
In March 2009 I attended the World Network of Service Users and Survivors of Psychiatry [WNUSP] Conference in Uganda, Africa. The main business of the conference was the CRPD, Convention on the...Comments: 0
29 March 2010
Joe Kelly reviews the Survivors History Pageant at Kingsley Hall
Last weeks Survivors History Pageant at Kingsley Hall in Bromley-By-Bow was a great success. Run by Survivors History Group and F.E.E.L (Freedom for East End Loonies), about seventy people were...Comments: 3
15 March 2010
Joe Kelly blogs some reflections on the Survivor Movement
The Unstoppable Movement ''What we did was to start a movement that can’t be stopped. All it can do is grow.' Hans Weigant, 1985 Dutch Patients Council Foundation. This rather wonderful...Comments: 7
19 January 2010
Joe Kelly is working towards a better deal for mental health users and survivors
I hope 2010 is a very productive and positive year. 2009 was very mixed. I had some interesting experiences but the year was tinged with difficulties. I am reminded that I am continuing on a pathway...Comments: 5
6 December 2009
Joe Kelly reflects on mental health issues and the Hearing Voices Network
I have a confession. Apart from having a so called mental health problem, I have yet another affliction. That is I suffer from difficulties with writing. The problem is not genetic or environmental,...Comments: 1
7 November 2009
Joe Kelly sends in a report on the Politics of Evidence conference
Joe Kelly is a writer and campaigner around mental health issues. Organised by the Philadelphia Society, 'The Politics of Evidence' conference took place on 10 October 2009 at King’s...Comments: 0
8 April 2009
Reflections on return from Kampala
The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things. Of shoes and shipping and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings and why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings - Lewis Carroll I...Comments: 1
8 April 2009
To and Fro
Dear Blog The pleasant aspect of the conference is that we are in a warm tropical location, meeting lots of new interesting people and we are focussing of mental health advocacy, but advantages can...Comments: 0
23 March 2009
Opening Up
Africa is a beautiful place. Uganda was called ‘the pearl of Africa’ by Winston Churchill. The people are friendly and are pleased to see us. The pace of life is gentler, not so buzzing...Comments: 0
23 March 2009
On My Way
[Posted by Joe, March 15, 2009] Dearblog I arrived at Entebbe Airport Kampala Sunday March 15. I travelled by Kenya Airways’ the Pride of Africa on Boeing jets. My journey began at Terminal 4,...Comments: 0
14 March 2009
Kampala here I come
It’s Saturday 14 March. I’m traveling this evening to Kampala, Uganda via Nairobi Kenya. My Friend Chetan is picking me up at 3pm and I hope to arrive at my destination Entebbe airport in...Comments: 0
5 March 2009
Joe Kelly's blog
Dear Blog I’m exhausted after a busy day of tasks. Visiting the Doctor. Picking up messages. Collecting my sister Sheila and her son from out of town at the bus station. My depot injection...Comments: 0