Stories
- Article
Sex work and critical campaigners
When campaigners filmed secretly in the club where she worked, exotic dancer Ella Smith felt frightened and degraded. Here she speaks out about the attack on her livelihood.
- Article
Social isolation and the search for sanctuary
Threatened with deportation, Furaha Asani turned to her church for support. Met with silence and disinterest, she walked away, but argues that churches should do much more for migrants.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Article
Is it really OK to not be OK?
Our mental healthcare system is still the poor relation of services that treat physical illness, and the pandemic has shone a spotlight on this situation. Campaigner James Downs argues for fundamental change.
Catalogue
- Books
The rights of the mentally handicapped / Campaign for the Mentally Handicapped.
Campaign for the Mentally HandicappedDate: [1972?]- Archives and manuscripts
The Campaign for Mentally Handicapped People
Date: November 1984Reference: SA/BAC/G/2/2Part of: BACUP (British Association of Cancer United Patients and their families and friends)- Books
Day services for mentally handicapped adults / National Development Group for the Mentally Handicapped.
National Development Group for the Mentally Handicapped (Great Britain)Date: 1977- Books
Travelling hopefully / a survey by the Greenwich Society for Mentally Handicapped Children.
Greenwich Society for Mentally Handicapped Children.Date: [1973]- Books
Residential short-term care for mentally handicapped people : suggestions for action / National Development Group for the Mentally Handicapped.
National Development Group for the Mentally Handicapped (Great Britain)Date: 1977