Vox Scotland

Sign Up | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

VOX Scotland began with people with lived experience coming together and demanding a voice. That's still what drives us. If you have lived experience of mental ill health (past or present), you can join VOX for free. Read our story and join us
voxscotland.org.uk/our-story/

Have you read our 2025-2028 strategy? It sets out what we'll focus on over the next 3 years, and the change our members want to see. Read the strategy here:
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Sign Up | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

If you’re part of an organisation or group, you can join too! Membership connects you to our work, helps shape what we focus on, and strengthens our collective voice to make change. Find out more and sign up here: voxscotland.org.uk/sign-up/

Sign Up | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

Join VOX Scotland! We are run by and for people with lived experience of mental ill health, and membership is free. If you’re an individual with lived experience (past or present), you’re warmly welcome. There’s no need for a formal diagnosis

Sign Up | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

Want mental health policy and services in Scotland to be shaped by lived experience? Join VOX Scotland (for free!) and support member-led change in mental health policy and services. Sign up here voxscotland.org.uk/sign-up/

Mental Health Legislation | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

Knowing your rights can make a real difference when you are trying to get support.
We explain the 2003 Act + key 2015 updates, your rights/safeguards, and routes to challenge decisions:
voxscotland.org.uk/mental-healt...

Advance Statements | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

Advance Statements are your chance to say how you want to be treated if you become unwell and struggle to express your views. We have a guide + printable forms that can help (please share with anyone else who might find this useful)
voxscotland.org.uk/advance-stat...

Sign Up | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

Your voice matters. It helps us work for change that really makes a difference.

Join VOX Scotland as a member (free). Individuals can join (no diagnosis needed), and organisations or groups can join too (group or supporter membership).
Join: voxscotland.org.uk/sign-up/

Sign Up | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

Last year, we published our report on psychiatry care in Scotland, shaped by hundreds of responses from people with lived experience. You told us what it feels like when care lacks continuity, when you keep having to repeat your story, and when the system feels harder to reach...

Sign Up | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

Want to be part of making change? VOX Scotland is run by and for people with lived experience, and membership is free. Individuals can join (no diagnosis needed), and organisations can join too via group or supporter membership. Join us! voxscotland.org.uk/sign-up/

#ThrowbackThursday our evidence to the Scottish Parliament Health Committee’s pre-budget scrutiny put lived experience at the heart of funding discussion. People told us what works and what’s missing. Read the full response voxscotland.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Vox Scotland’s Manifesto: Scottish Elections 2026 | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

People with lived experience know what works. A national commitment to mental health means rights-based law, properly funded and joined-up services, and leadership shaped by lived experience. Ask your candidates how they will make it happen. voxscotland.org.uk/vox-scotland...

#ThrowbackThursday! VOX members helped shape our response to the Scottish Government’s Polypharmacy Guidance consultation, sharing real experiences of medication use, review and interaction. It matters that lived experience informs prescribing policy. voxscotland.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Vox Scotland’s Manifesto: Scottish Elections 2026 | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

Mental health must be a national priority. Our 2026 manifesto – shaped by people with lived experience – calls for rights-based law, proper funding, joined-up services and lived experience leadership. Ask your candidates what they will do. voxscotland.org.uk/vox-scotland...

Events like this show why collective advocacy matters, not just in policy papers, but in real conversations with those in power. We’ll keep creating spaces where lived experience drives change. Join Vox today! voxscotland.org.uk/sign-up/
#CollectiveAdvocacy

#ThrowbackThursday with @siaa_voice, last week we brought people together to advocate for collective advocacy and raise shared priorities directly with the Minister for Social Care, @ThomasCArthur.bsky.social

Scotland’s Mental Health Partnership is bringing together Scotland’s political leaders for a special online 2026 election hustings on mental health. Join online, ask questions live and help shape the debate - sign up here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotlands-...

...and tackling inequality. This is your chance to hear what parties are committing to and ask your own questions. If you have lived experience, work in mental health, campaign for change, or simply care about Scotland’s future, your voice matters.
Sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotlands-...

Mental health must be front and centre in Scotland’s next Parliament. As a member of Scotland’s Mental Health Partnership, VOX Scotland is supporting a live online 2026 election hustings where Scotland’s political leaders will be asked directly about their plans for mental health, wellbeing...

Research & Projects | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

From co-produced questionnaires to member-led films about empathy in clinical care, this work captures what really needs to change. See how lived experience is shaping change
voxscotland.org.uk/impact/

Research & Projects | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

Real voices, real research, real change . We work with people with lived experience to run research and projects that push for better mental health services and systems...

Huge thanks to everyone for their support on the day including Tracey Mcfall
of Scottish Recovery Consortium for chairing, speakers Professor Colin Mckay Professor Jill Stavert and Graham Morgan, and graphic illustrator @jennycapondraws.bsky.social - and all who attended #CollectiveAdvocacy

What an inspiring day! Alongside SIAA, we held an event in Edinburgh advocating for collective advocacy. Attendees, many with lived experience, connected with each other & shared their asks of the government, directly with the Minister for Social Care, @ThomasCArthur.bsky.social

Policy | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

From our member-shaped manifesto to responses on key health strategies, see how we’re pushing for rights-based, person-centred change 👉 voxscotland.org.uk/policy-and-r...

Policy | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

Our voices matter, and they’re being heard. At Vox Scotland, we turn lived experience into influence — shaping mental health policy, responding to government consultations, and advocating for people across Scotland.

Reflections on meeting the Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing | VOX Scotland It’s been a difficult summer for many of our VOX Scotland group members and for the mental health sector in general as funding promises have been broken and resources within most Integrated Joint…

It's #ThrowbackThursday - revisit Vox Manager Natalie's reflections on meeting with the Minister for Social Care last summer to discuss concerns about the erosion of collective advocacy provision for people with experience of mental illness. voxscotland.org.uk/2025/10/27/r...

Sign Up | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

Our strength comes from our membership - and in this, an election year, we need it more than ever. You can become a Vox member for free - sign up here and join our movement for change! voxscotland.org.uk/sign-up/

Vox Scotland’s Manifesto: Scottish Elections 2026 | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

Scottish elections happen in May this year - the next Scottish Government must place mental illness & mental ill health at the centre of national priorities. Informed by our members, our manifesto calls for bold, ambitious and long-term reform voxscotland.org.uk/vox-scotland...

As we really get into January, we're looking to the future - read our 2025-2028 Strategic Plan, which sets out what our objectives are over the next few years (interested in supporting Vox? Join as a member for free!). voxscotland.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Do you need help? | VOX Scotland We are Scotland’s national collective advocacy organisation for mental health.

As we move into the new year, we want you to know that we are here to stand alongside people with lived experience, always. voxscotland.org.uk/do-you-need-...