Recovery Partners

Recovery Partners is a user-led mental health charity working in East Sussex. They are working with Heads On, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust's NHS charity, to deliver co-produced research with a specific focus on nature based recovery. The research is to explore into what people with severe mental illness would like to see incorporated into mental health services in Sussex, with an initial focus on the new Coombe Valley mental health hospital in East Sussex.

The purpose of the survey is to gather feedback about access to nature in relation to recovery from mental illness from people who have had adult inpatient stays within the last 10 years. The survey is open to anyone over 18 who has been an in-patient in an NHS mental health hospital in the last 10 years, in any of these locations:

●        East Sussex

●        West Sussex

●        Brighton and Hove

If you are interested in taking part, please complete the short survey, here: https://eu.surveymonkey.com/r/6FQLLCP

It should take 10-15 minutes to complete, although it may take a little longer if you want to give us more detailed answers.  All survey respondents can choose to be entered into a draw to win one of two £25 Love2Shop vouchers at the end of February 2024.            

The survey will enable people living with mental illness to directly inform how NHS mental health services incorporate natural recovery into their services, including the new Coombe Valley Hospital in East Sussex planned to open in 2026.The NHS want to ensure that the natural recovery opportunities they provide, both within the hospital and to support people on discharge, are led by service users, who know best how to support their recovery through nature.