Experience Hub

National Survivor User Network (NSUN)

NSUN is the UK's only user-led national mental health charity, where 100% of staff members and trustees have lived experience of mental ill-health, distress, or trauma. Lived experience is not just involved — it is the governing principle. NSUN connects, supports, and amplifies a network of 5,000+…

Expertise: Survivor-Led, Lived Experience Network, Policy Advocacy, Peer Support, Grassroots Groups, Mental Health Rights

The National Survivor User Network (NSUN) is an independent membership organisation and the UK's only mental health charity to centre the survivor and lived experience voice. Based in London, NSUN connects over 5,000 individuals and grassroots user-led groups across the country. It provides weekly bulletins, membership events, collaborative spaces, training, small grants programmes, and paid creative commissions for people with lived experience. NSUN actively works to shift power and resource in mental health, amplifying marginalised voices and influencing policy at national and local levels.