Lived Experience
Consult Our Lived Experience Experts At Conference
One of the most commented on aspects of the Design in Mental Health conference is the value that the voice of lived experience brings, whether through speakers at conference, or informal conversation.
This year we are offering a consultation space, where architects, designers, contractors, manufacturers and members can consult with our Lived Experience Experts and bring their design questions and conundrums to the DiMHN stand at conference.
The consultation space sessions are 30 minutes each. Please bring a project size or aspect of a project that can be usefully discussed in that length of time. You will have 5 minutes to present – please prepare a maximum of three follow on questions that you’d like to discuss with our consultants.
Due to the open area of the space, please do not bring anything that requires confidentiality. In future, we will be able to offer confidential consultations to members outside conference. If you are interested in this as a service, please email to inquire.
Our Consultants
Jo Baudin
Jo Baudin is an Interdisciplinary Consultant advocating for lived experience to help shape our world. She currently holds advisory roles at: The Royal College of Psychiatrists, The Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Mental health Art Charity Hospital Rooms and Med tech Start Up Humin ( NHS Clinical Entrepreneur programme) . She is an Interior Architect, Peer Support Worker and Community Researcher, and is also a User/ Survivor of Mental Health services.
As the first Interdisciplinary Advisor and stakeholder at Southwest London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, Jo has been awarded an honorary contract, and is Pursuing an MA in Public Health at KCL, and PhD research in Evidencing the impact of Lived Experience in the design of new mental health hospitals.
Nick Smith
Nick Smith is a lived experience expert who uses his own experience of childhood trauma and diagnosis and treatment in his thirties to inform his work as founder of Missing Peace Wellbeing + Support Community Interest Company. Having submitted a complaint as an inpatient, he became a public governor for Keighley and helps improve and consult on services for Bradford District NHS Foundation Trust. Nick’s interest in design for good mental health has given him a keen eye and his incisive feedback has benefited many members of the Design in Mental Health product and architect community in previous years. His passion is for mental health spaces to be safe, comfortable and inspiring.