For some weeks now, my son Tom who is in a medium secure unit, has been helped to create a blog entitled 'My Life on the Other Side'. He has been helped by our independent supporter who listens to what he says and then writes. This is helping him to feel less powerless and get his voice heard. Obviously we have rules about not naming services and any comments have to be emailed first. I am sharing the link below as I feel that my son is speaking for many. It's a moving and honest account about what life is like for him at the moment.

www.orendaconsultancy.co.uk

Yes, I'm so sorry about this but there have been some issues and it has had to be taken down. We hope things will be resolved soon.

I hope it is back up soon

Hi Mark, I have an update for you. My son's blog has been taken down because the hospital weren't happy about it. They say our supporter who was helping him to write the blog has breached their trust. At the moment they have banned her from calling or visiting T. This has been devastating all round. We are still waiting to find out if this will be permanent.

Things are really tricky at the moment. We are waiting to find out if our supporter can resume contact. She has valuable work to do in terms of creating a service design and a therapeutic plan and above all else she is a friend to T. I'll keep you posted.

Gosh that's awful :(