FOCUS

Focus is a Jersey charitable organisation working passionately to improve the lives of islanders affected by severe mental illness and their families... Focus on Mental Illness help ease the pressures and distress many individuals, families and carers experience in these circumstances... We specialise in family work intervention to help individuals, families and carers develop a deeper understanding of the impact of mental illness in the family, equip them with relevant tools for coping and help them to access opportunities that can enhance further recovery. Using evidence-based techniques recommended by the National Institute of Healthcare Excellence our ‘person centred' approach ensures each individual and their family benefits from support uniquely designed to their own set of circumstances We campaign to reduce stigma and discrimination associated with severe mental illness. Our User Particpation Group FocusUP aims to empower service users and carers to be the voice of..