The Restraint Reduction Network is delighted to be recruiting a RRN Coordinator / Manager to join our existing team. It is an exciting time for the RRN, with a host of projects and initiatives underway and we are thrilled to be expanding the team to support this. The new role will work alongside our current RRN Coordinator / Manager and ... Read More »
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RRN Trustee Aji Lewis MBE recognised in King’s New Year Honours
3 January 2023 The RRN are delighted to congratulate our Trustee Aji Lewis on receiving a MBE in the King’s New Year Honours for services to mental health. Aji worked tirelessly to bring about the Mental Health (Use of Force) Act, also known as Seni’s Law, after her son Seni who died as a result of police restraint. The Mental ... Read More »
RRN workshop at Plena Inclusion Congress in Seville
Last weekend (26-27 Nov) Professor Edwin Jones and Sarah Leitch led a workshop How do we put people back in control? Eliminating Restrictive Practices with Inés Guerrero Bueno and Laura Garrido from Plena Inclusion at the Plena Inclusion Congress in Seville. Over 50 people attended the workshop, many were self-advocates fighting to increase the rights of people with disabilities within ... Read More »
Launch of new HOPE(S) Qualifications to reduce the use of long-term segregation
This autumn, we were pleased to welcome our first cohort of learners onto two new HOPE(S) qualifications, delivered in partnership with NHS Mersey Care. We are proud to be working with Mersey Care delivering the first qualifications of this kind: Pearson BTEC Level 4 Certificate in the HOPE(S) Specialist Practice to Reduce Long Term Segregation (SRF) Pearson BTEC Level 5 ... Read More »