Mental health knowledge built by service users and survivors
Welcome to the Survivor Researcher Network (SRN)
The Survivor Researcher Network is a UK based user-controlled network for mental health service users and survivors with an interest in research.
Previously hosted by NSUN, we are now an independent network and Community Interest Company. We are seeking funding to continue to develop the SRN as a network for survivor researchers together with undertaking research, and offering mentoring, training and consultancy.
This is a developing website which aims to provide opportunities for discussion, survivor research resources, articles, and news. We welcome feedback.
You can read more about the SRN on our About Us page
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Featured News and SRN events
April 2025 Discussion and Support Group
Our next SRN Discussion and Support Group meeting is at 17.30 BST on Tuesday 15th April. These meetings provide a space for people with lived experience of mental distress to discuss survivor...
Renewed funding for our network
SRN has obtained further funding from Community Fund Awards for All through to June 2026. This funding will allow us to resume regular online Discussion and Support Group meetings for people with...
Latest from News and Views
Lived Experience Researcher and Provider Identities
Blog by Veenu Gupta - Understanding the identity of lived experience researchers and providers Veena Gupta introduces her PhD research into lived experience researcher and provider identities and...
NIHR: Payment for Public Involvement
NIHR: Payment for Public Involvement in Health and Care Research: A guide for organisations on determining the most appropriate payment approach This new guidance, issued on 27 June 2022, includes a...
Labour exploitation in mental health research
Article by Stan Papoulias and Felicity Callard - Material and epistemic precarity: It's time to talk about labour exploitation in mental health research. "The conditions under which people labour in...
Peer Support Research – ENRICH study
The article reporting on quantitative research in the ENRICH Study on peer support for people being discharged from inpatient mental health, published in Lancet Psychiatry, has received a critical...