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Thank you Delibzr. I have read the information regarding editing a not for profit page whilst remaining within the realms of conflict of interest. The information I entered was of neutral tone, factual and correct. My only intention is to have the wikipedia page for Richmond Fellowship showing the correct information and being informative for visitors. In it's current state the page is factually incorrect and misrepresentative. Can you advise me how the content I wrote was unsuitable? Many thanks
Paul Boden (talk) 09:14, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
- You can ask on the talk page, whatever you want to be included, you cannot edit the page yourself when you have conflict of interest. Delibzr (talk) 03:16, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
Thank you. As stated the page as it stands is almost 80% inaccurate. The Chief executive is wrong, there is very little mention of the work Richmond Fellowship do (no bias needed for this, just an accurate factual representation) there is no info box in the top right corner with Richmond Fellowship logo or information on where the charity is based and a link to the website (heavily featured in other charity pages) and finally there is a line about our logo being designed by a PR company: "In 2009 the charity hired PR company Firesong Consulting to carry out a rebranding, including a new website and a new logo - "a red 'dude' standing with his arms raised and emanating sparks" - designed to reflect the charity's strapline, "Making Recovery Reality", which was introduced in 2006." which isn't really relevant information about Richmond Fellowship. All of these issues were addressed in the content I'd written which I have pasted below. It is accurate and without bias, I simply aim to have the page representative and accurate of what Richmond Fellowship actually do.
Richmond Fellowship is a voluntary sector provider of mental health services in England. Established in 1959, Richmond Fellowship today helps make mental health recovery a reality for over 9000 people in England every year. Richmond Fellowship offers a range of support to people with mental health problems including supported accommodation, residential care, employment support and community based support, working with the NHS and local authorities to deliver services. Current chief executive is Derek Caren. History Richmond Fellowship was founded in 1959 by Elly Jansen, a young theology student from Holland. Taking advantage of the first Mental Health Act, she invited patients from Long Grove Hospital to leave and live with her in the community in Richmond, Surrey with the aim of reintegrating them into the community despite long periods of time in hospital. In 1973, Princess Alexandra became a patron of Richmond Fellowship and the organisation became a registered housing association in 1976. Richmond Fellowship played a significant role in hospital re-provision during the 1980s, providing new homes in the community for people across England. At this time Richmond Fellowship expanded its services for people with mental health problems including work schemes and day centres. Throughout the 1990s, Richmond Fellowship grew and developed a widespread programme of mental health support including self contained flats, floating community support and 24 hour nursed care. It achieved Investors in People status in 1998. Continued growth saw Richmond Fellowship adapt its mission to ‘Making Recovery Reality’ in 2006 to reassert it’s core values and better represent the holistic range of support it offers to people with mental health problems. Richmond Fellowship marked its 50 year anniversary in 2009. It has entered into formal partnerships with other like minded charities to offer a wider range of services and develop more innovative ways of providing support. These include 2Care, CAN, Croftlands Trust, My Time and Aquarius. Campaigns Richmond Fellowship is an active member of Time to Change running awareness campaigns to tackle mental health stigma. Richmond Fellowship is also a supporter of the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat and a member of the National Suicide Prevention Alliance.