Membership details of the East Dorset Mental Health Carers Forum

In 1998, the East Dorset Mental Health Carers Forum was first formed out of a meeting at St Ann's Hospital, which identified the need for an independent Mental Health Carers Forum in the East Dorset area. The idea of the Forum is to raise the needs and concerns of Mental Health Carers in the East Dorset area and represent those views at relevant meetings with the statutory authorities. In August 2003, we secured a three-year Community Fund grant that has enabled us to employ a full time Development Worker and a part-time Administrator. At present, we have 2 paid workers as well as 6 Committee members and 167 members on our mailing list. We are continually looking at expanding our Committee membership as well as our normal membership and Associate membership. As part of our development, we achieved charitable status in September 2004.

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East Dorset Mental Health Carers Forum
Baileys
131 Barrack Road
Christchurch
Dorset
BH23 2AW

Membership of the Forum
You can become a full member of the East Dorset Mental Health Carers Forum, free of charge if you are a Mental Health Carer living in East Dorset, Bournemouth or Poole. Members will be informed of meetings and relevant events taking place in and around the East Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole area.

Types of Membership
1. Committee/ Trustee Membership: Will be voted in at our Annual General Meeting in December. Need to be nominated by two Full Members and can be co-opted as well.

2. Full Membership: Open to any Mental Health Carer in the Bournemouth, Poole and East Dorset area. Part of the registration process is to agree to be on our Mailing List and you have full voting rights at our AGM in December.

3. Associate Membership: Open to anyone interested in Mental Health in our area of operation. Members will be entitled to take part in our AGM but have no voting rights.