Project Partners

The following partner organisations were involved in producing the original CD version of this resource.

Stoke-on-Trent Primary Care Trust

Stoke-on-Trent Primary Care Trust holds the health services budget for the population of Stoke. They are the primary point of contact with the local authorities and are responsible for improving the health of their local population through investment and modernisation plans.

Address: Herbert Minton Building, 79 London Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Telephone: + 44 (0) 1782 298000
Fax: + 44 (0) 1782 745107
Web: www.stokepct.nhs.uk

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Stoke on trent is home to 238,000 people, of whom 72,000 live within the ten per cent most deprived areas in the country. Five per cent of the population are from ethnic minorities, of which fifty per cent are of Pakistani origin.

The city council is the first in the UK to adopt a constitution of which the Executive comprises the Elected Mayor and the Chief Executive. An Executive and Members Board made up of several councillors, each of whom takes responsibility for a particular area, assists the Elected Mayor and Chief Executive with decision making. They work together to propose the budget and a policy framework, and this is then agreed by full Council, which represents seven political parties.

Address: Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1RN
Telephone: + 44 (0) 1782 234567
Email: enquiries@stoke.gov.uk
Web: www.stoke.gov.uk

Staffordshire County Council

Staffordshire County Council's aim is to make Staffordshire an even better place to live, work, visit and invest and is responsible for all the major public services within the county.

The authority is the biggest employer in Staffordshire with more than 30,000 staff. These range from teachers and engineers to scientists and social workers who provide Staffordshire's population of around 800,000 people with vital services, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

These services include the local education service, with over 400 schools, libraries, social services, fostering and adoption, trading standards, highways, planning, waste disposal and many many more.

Address: St Chad's Place, Stafford, ST16 2LR
Telephone: + 44 (0) 1785 223121
Fax: + 44 (0) 1785 215153
Web: www.staffordshire.gov.uk

South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The Trust's mission statement is "... to provide local and wider communities with the best possible services. We deploy a wide range of integrated care for adults and children including specialised mental health and learning disability services, and community teams. We do this through creating partnerships, a culture of development and continuous improvement, and by keeping the patient at the centre of everything we do."

Address: Corporation Street, Stafford, ST16 3SR
Telephone: + 44 (0) 1785 257888
Fax: + 44 (0) 1785 258969
Email: enquiries@ssh-tr.nhs.uk
Web: www.southstaffshealthcare.nhs.uk

Richmond Fellowship

The Richmond Fellowship is one of the biggest providers of mental health care in the country. Every year, the Fellowship works with hundreds of people who are living with the effects of serious mental health problems, often exacerbated by issues such as sexual abuse, or drugs and alcohol. The Fellowship helps people to gain a new sense of purpose and fulfilment.

The Fellowship offers a wide range of housing, care and community support services, and works extensively with people who might otherwise be excluded from the workplace because of mental ill health. Through training, work experience and work placements, the Fellowship provides the support needed to get people back to work.

North Staffordshire Office

Address: 3 Bucknall New Road, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 2BB
Telephone: + 44 (0) 1782 205 622
Fax: + 44 (0) 1782 283 722

Head Office, London

Address: 80 Holloway Road, London, N7 8JG
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 7697 3300
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7697 3301
Email: marise.willis@richmondfellowship.org.uk
Web: www.richmondfellowship.org.uk