Credits and supporters of Testimony

News-orientated website aiming to be a portal for original news on mental health issues relevant to Black communities. BMH UK also provides general background information and initiates campaigns aiming to change things for the better.

Amongst all his graffiti and street art photography, Duncan finds time to document hospitals and former asylums in Scotland and elsewhere. The link will take you to a directory of relevant photo albums.
Duncan's photos were also part of the Testimony exhibition in Glasgow.

Glock Design drew up Testimony's logo and also developed the look and feel for this website.

iPak is an auto-ethnographic and polyphonic narrative responding to scientific research which indicates that racism engenders mental illness; that consequently black people are several times more likely to suffer mental illness; that the very experience of living in the United Kingdom may almost drive black people mad.
The artist Ajaykumar was part of Testimony's series of exhibitions.

Joanne Ball directed the Testimony documentary film 'True Sanctuaries'.

National Life Stories (formerly National Life Story Collection (NLSC)) was established in 1987 to 'record first-hand experiences of as wide a cross-section of present-day society as possible'. As an independent charitable trust within the Oral History Section of the British Library Sound Archive, NLS's key focus and expertise has been oral history fieldwork.

rhiza consultants planned the information architecture and content management for this website.

The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2007 was a huge success.
The festival involved over 60 organisations, including Testimony- 40 events and attracted around 5000 attenders, very positive media coverage, and significant interest from artists, people with experience of mental health problems, organisations and funders.

Survivor Research offers consultancy services in mental health research, evaluation, organisational development and service audits. They specialise in foregrounding the perspectives of Black and Minority Ethnic service users and survivors in the thinking and innovation around mental health, well being and recovery.