Undeserving

Update:

The Pledge on the www.pledgebank.com site is now displayed in the All Pledges section meaning its visible to the public now and well on the way to getting this campaign the kind of publicity it deserves and needs.

If you have signed the pledge already, thanks for your help. If you havent, please think about signing it, its a very simple process and your contribution really will help make a difference.

On that score, I know Jill and a number of other people have serious concerns about how the Surrey & Border NHS Trust and the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health quackademics handled the so called ' modernisation ' of the Trust's Work Services.

One longstanding criticism of the NIMHE/DWP led and MH wide preoccupation with employment and training is that it sidelines issues of treatment and care and benefits the most able service users at the expense of everybody else , particularly the most vunerable .

Helen Lockett's hardassed self-justification that the garden centre workers £3 payments were unrelated to ' productivity and profitability ' rang alarm bells as it doesnt matter what ideology she drapes her words and actions in (Disability Rights, etc. ) she makes it clear that the ' modern thinking' she subscribes to now requireS funding to be targetted at the most productive and profitable service users and activities, no doubt with ' deserving ' and ' undeserving' labels being very subtly applied to both as well.

So what or who is going to trigger 'payments , recognition and reward' to the not so able?...

By the way, I wrote to the Director of the Richmond Fellowship a few weeks ago regarding her organisations takeover of the Old Moat Garden Centre.

I havent received a response yet. Obviously the Richmond Fellowship , which apparently ' specialises ' in MH employment and training iniatives [evidence please!] doesnt need to pay any attention to ordinary service users, all it needs to do is keep an eye on ' Productivity & Profits'.

My this Externalisation process is pretty lucrative for some...