Creative Writing & Poetry 
Some useful organisations and services 
Chipmunkapublishing
Target Group(s)   Anyone with an interest in mental health issues.
Area Served   International.
CoolTan Arts
Target Group(s)   Everyone, particularly people who experience or have experienced mental distress and sexual and/or domestic violence.
Area Served   London, particularly Lambeth and Southwark.
Core Arts
Target Group(s)   People who experience mental health problems.
Area Served   Hackney mainly, but if you live elsewhere it may still be possible to attend training and workshops if fees can be arranged, or to volunteer.
Creative Routes
Target Group(s)   Users/survivors of the mental health system, survivors of mental distress.
Area Served   Southwark and surrounding areas.
Lambeth College
Target Group(s)   General public. Includes courses especially for mental health service users.
SIMBA (Share in Maudsley Black Action)
Target Group(s)   Black/Asian people with experience of using mental health services. Black professionals and White people can join as allies and participate in open events.
Area Served   Lambeth and Southwark mostly, but others welcome.
Sound Minds
Target Group(s)   Mental health service users.
Area Served   Wandsworth and other south London boroughs.
Survivors Poetry
Target Group(s)   Set up by and for survivors: "A survivor may be defined as a person with current or past experience of psychiatric hospitals, a recipient of ECT, tranquillisers or other medication, a user of counselling and therapy services, a survivor of sexual abuse, child abuse [etc]..."
Area Served   UK.