Community Support Network South London (CSN) was formed in 1993, by a group of mental health service users in Lambeth, South London.

In 1996, it obtained funding for an advocate, who worked 28 hours a week at the local psychiatric hospitals. Now it provides in-patient, community and forensic advocacy services and is developing a programme involving volunteer and sessional advocacy and befriending staff. It also has a student social worker on placement who is providing advocacy in in-patient, community and forensic settings.

Advocacy exists to empower and enable service users to have more say in their treatment and care and to exercise their rights. CSN’s funding requires that we work solely with those with a diagnosis or pre-diagnosis of mental illness. For further information about the different services, please contact the relevant workers.

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