What is the Making Recover Real Partnership and why was it established?

Translating the Moray Mental Health and Wellbeing strategy (Good Mental Health for all in Moray 2016 - 2026) into action, the Making Recovery Real Partnership is designed to be a meaningful and mutual balance of lived experience and professional expertise.

The group was established in 2014/15 to co-produce the Moray Mental Health and Wellbeing strategy (Good Mental Health for all in Moray 2016 – 2026: Download Document) into action. In 2018 the Making Recovery Real Partnership and the Mental Health and Wellbeing Leadership Group made the decision to merge in recognition of the extent to which the MRRP was driving delivery of the strategy.

You can read more about how the partnership is run and it’s values in the Terms of Reference. Download Document.

Who are the partners?

Current active partners include:

• Moray Wellbeing Hub CIC: founding member, hosts of social movement for the voice of lived experience of mental health challenges in Moray. Currently administer the partnership by maintaining this webpage as part of supporting communications. www.moraywellbeinghub.org.uk

• Health & Social Care Moray: Professionals involved in managing services and supporting the workforce regularly attend and ensure the connection to strategic planning such as the IJB https://hscmoray.co.uk/aboutus.html

• tsiMORAY: Connected People Create Change – (https://www.tsimoray.org.uk/) community empowerment focus linking in groups and third sector organisations.

• Scottish Recovery Network: Instigators of the Making Recovery Real brand of partnership approaches. Work nationally to promote recovery. https://www.scottishrecovery.net/

• SAMH: Provide the outreach mental health service linking those currently receiving mental ill-health support including those from ward 4 as well as host the Grampian wide suicide prevention group. https://www.samh.org.uk/

• Police Scotland: Moray focused representation supporting local community safety https://www.scotland.police.uk/your-community/north-east/moray/

• Circles Advocacy: Individual and collective advocacy services for Moray https://circlesnetwork.org.uk/moray/

• Penumbra: Provide the ‘Moray Wellness Service’ as well as the DBI service (Distress Brief Intervention) for Moray. http://www.penumbra.org.uk/service-locations/north-area-services/moray/

• Children 1^st : Bringing the views of families from their family support services https://www.children1st.org.uk/help-for-families/where-we-work/moray/

• Aberlour Youthpoint: supporting children and young people in Moray https://www.aberlour.org.uk/services/youthpoint-moray/

• Quarriers: Carers support service includes groups, 1-2-1 support and support planning https://www.quarriers.org.uk/services/

MRR events and opportunities:

• Check back soon for event info or sign up to the newsletter for the latest events as soon as they are published.

How can I get involved or find out more information?

• Newsletter: All MRR partnership news is shared through the Moray Wellbeing hub newsletter. You can sign up to this here.

• The partners welcome new members who wish to sign up.

• Email the partnership with any enquiries at hello@moraywellbeinghub.org.uk

How can I help to ‘Make Recovery Real in Moray’ ?

• Join Moray’s Social Movement for Change – Become a Champion: Sign up online with Moray Wellbeing Hub. Commitment to values not time. Support to deliver within existing roles or create new ones. All ages welcome. Regular opportunities and support.

• Health & Social Care Moray: Opportunities to share your experiences, views and ideas on current and future health and social care services. Make your voice count by emailing involvement@moray.gov.uk

• tsiMORAY membership: Helping to grow and develop volunteering, community groups, charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises across Moray. We help the groups and individuals we work with take part in local planning and decision-making processes that affect them. There are forums open to new members with regular meetings and emailed updates, including the Health and Wellbeing Third and the Children and Young People’s Forum.

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