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Psychologists for Social Change is a network of applied psychologists, academics, therapists and psychology graduates who are interested in applying psychology to policy and political action. 

The group started in 2014, when members of the London Community Psychology Network came together to address growing concerns about austerity policies. This lead to a number of meetings in London, and a workshop at the Community Psychology Section Festival. This lead to the development of the briefing paper on the Psychological Impact of Austerity. The briefing paper was launched at the House of Lords in March 2015, followed swifly by our first Week of Action. 

Since then, we have spread through the country with a number of local groups, and many more events, actions and publications.
Our central aims have remained the same since those first early meetings. They are: 

Mobilising Psychologists

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One of our central missions has always been to encourage more psychologists to become involed in political and social action. To this end we have developed training for Clinical Psychology Trainees, spoken at conferences, and provided supervision for policy placements. 

Mobilising Psychological Knowledge

We also aim to disseminate psychological knowledge and research in ways that are relevant to current policy concerns. We understand that one of the resources that psychologists have is an understanding of communication and persuasion. This was the impetus for our briefing papers on the Psychological Impact of Austerity and Improving Discussion on Inequality.

Influencing Public and Policy Debates

Drawing on both these resources, of people and knowledge, we aim to move psychologically informed discussion into the public sphere. This has included examining specific policies for their psychological impact, as well as responding to specific policy announcements and media reports.

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  • Blog
  • Position statements
    • Racism is Not Entertainment
    • Response to Panorama: Undercover Hospital Abuse Scandal
    • Letter to Jeremy Hunt
    • UK Government Green Paper, Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision
    • Esther McVey: PSC and RITB response
    • Origins of Happiness? PSC response
  • Groups
    • Start a New Group
    • England >
      • North East >
        • North East
        • Yorks and Humber
      • North West >
        • Manchester- PSPO letter
      • South West >
        • Bristol and Bath
        • South West
      • South East >
        • East Anglia
        • London
        • Oxford
        • Suffolk
        • Sussex
      • Midlands >
        • Midlands
        • Leicester
    • Ireland
    • Northern Ireland
    • Preaching to the Non-Converted
    • Scotland
    • Wales >
      • South Wales / De Cymru >
        • Building Resilience and Community Wellbeing
        • Save the T4CYP Programme
        • Support the Mind over matter Report
        • Social and Political Causes of Poor Mental Health
        • UN Report on Extreme Poverty in the UK Letter
      • North Wales
  • Educational Psychology
  • Campaigns
    • Visioning a new education system
    • New Savoy Conference Statement
    • Psychologists Against Austerity >
      • Austerity Briefing Paper
      • Everyday Austerity
      • Formulating Policy >
        • Basic Income: Psychological Impact Assessment
    • Private Health Watch
  • General Election 2019
    • PSC Manifesto 2019
    • Manifesto Checker
    • Get Britain Voting!
    • Week of Action 2019
    • Improving Public Discussion About... Brexit
  • Events and Actions
  • Media Archive
  • Join our mailing list
  • Responding to Austerity and Mental Health in Wales - Accessible Document