Suffolk User Forum

01/06/2026

Our lovely Healthy Together Manager Chloe is having a big birthday this week! All the team wish her a very happy birthday. 🥳 🎂

11/05/2026

Today marks the start of hosted by the Mental Health Foundation. There's still time to get involved. Check out their website for free tips and resources: https://bit.ly/3Oermo9

This year, the theme focuses on taking action - for our own mental health, for the people we love and for a better society.

07/05/2026

📢 Have your say on the future of PIP

The Timms Review is the first full review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) since its introduction. The government is asking an important question: Does PIP still meet people’s needs today?

Disabled people, carers, families, professionals and organisations are all invited to share their experiences and evidence before 28 May 2026.

Your voice could help shape the future of disability support in the UK.

👉 Read more here:

The government has launched the Timms Review to ensure that Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is fair and fit for the future in a changing world, and helps support disabled people […]

01/05/2026

A big thank you to everyone who came along to yesterday's Stepping Forward event in Bury St Edmunds library. It was fantastic to see such a strong turnout, and we really valued the thoughtful conversations about the proposed 24/7 neighbourhood mental health centres in Suffolk.

We’re holding another event on this topic on Thursday, 18 June at Ipswich Library. If you’d like to hear more about the proposals and share your views on the design and direction of the 24/7 neighbourhood mental health centres, you can book your free place here - https://buff.ly/NMRDxf0

After the events, we will compile all feedback into a You Said report and share it with commissioners, members, and everyone who took part.

29/04/2026

Described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, new laws giving tenants more rights will be introduced on Friday, 1 May.

02/04/2026

Our office will be closed on 03 April for Good Friday and on 6 April for Easter Monday. We will be back open as usual on Tuesday, 7 April.

If you need help right now, please find details of urgent support on our website:

https://www.suffolkuserforum.co.uk/emergency-help/

27/03/2026

New chief executive of ESNEFT and Ipswich Hospital has been announced. Read more on our website:

Paul Scott becomes ESNEFT CEO, focused on driving improvements, strengthening system integration, and keeping patient and family voices central to care.

25/03/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined James at an Open Space session in libraries across Suffolk to learn about Get Heart Smart, our Healthy Together initiative supporting people to make small, achievable changes for better heart health.

We were delighted to speak to more than 100 people and have already received some fantastic feedback. One person told us: "I have not had my blood pressure checked for years, nor my cholesterol. I will now book in for a health check. Thank you for telling me about all this."

19/03/2026

📢We are recruiting a Healthy Together Peer Support Worker (PSW) to provide time-limited emotional and practical peer support to people living with severe mental illness (SMI) following their SMI Annual Health Check. Our team is already making a significant difference to the lives of people living with severe mental illnesses (SMI - Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, and Psychosis).

Using lived experience of recovery, you will build trusting, non-judgemental relationships, offer hope, and support people to achieve their own health and wellbeing goals.

We are committed to investing in your development, including building your knowledge and skills in co-production and self-advocacy approaches. You will have lived experience of mental ill health and sustained recovery, or experience as a family member/parent carer, and use that journey to support and inspire others.

If this role sounds right for you, please visit https://buff.ly/OAXBkGm for more detailed information about the position, including the job description, person specification, and details of how to apply.

If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please call Chloe Newman, Healthy Together Manager on 01473 907087.

Suffolk User Forum (SUF) is an independent mental health user-led, involvement, peer support, and advocacy organisation.