RITB (Recovery In The Bin) members have intersecting identities and social positions such as BME/LGBTQIA+/people in receipt of social security. We are a group of people marginalised in many ways, not just because we are mental and disabled by society. We especially wish to stand in allied solidarity with these groups and condemn racism, transphobia, homophobia, sexism & scrounger rhetoric. We call on liberation movements to stand in solidarity with us.
If you wish to add your name or org to this statement please email the details to
Julie Gosling
– Making Waves
– Nottingham MAD Network
Akiko Hart, Mind in Camden
Andy Fugard, Birkbeck, University of London
Stan Papoulias, King’s College London
Jhilmil Breckenridge, Bhor Foundation, India and PhD Researcher at University of Central Lancashire
Gary, mental health service survivor
Helen Hewitt
Richard Ingram, West Coast Mental Health Network
Jayasree Kalathil, Survivor Research, London
Jayne Linney, Disability & Equality Activist
Dr Annie Hickox, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
Rachel Yates, Central London BAPCA Group
Dolly Sen, mental health researcher and artist
Professor Bee Scherer, Director of the Social Justice Research Center INCISE, Canterbury Christ Church University
Suzi Mackenzie, Counsellor with a commitment to social justice
Jen Kilyon, Activist and campaigner for compassionate mental health services
Clare Knighton, Peer Support Worker
Melanie Davis, Mind in Camden
Alison Cameron, Survivor, activist and advocate
Helen Spandler, editor, Asylum magazine
Debbie Hamilton Newcastle Australia
Joanna Landeryou
Tom Wood, Mayday Self Help Groups
Alisdair Cameron, Launchpad Team Leader, ReCoCo co-creator
Mark Brown @markoneinfour
Jay Watts, Alliance for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Christian Kerr, mental ill health experiencer, social worker
Mirabai Swingler
Dina Poursanidou, Asylum magazine collective
Derry Hunter. Survivor & Agitator. Recovery Wirral
Eleni Chambers, Survivor, researcher and activist
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