Liverpool City Council recently revealed plans to cut over £1million in funding for people with mental health needs in Liverpool over the next two years by privatising or closing the two remaining day centres (Crown Street and Parthenon) and supported accommodation for people in the city. These plans will lead to reduced support and access for service users, increased charges, and poorer pay and conditions or redundancy for mental health workers.

If the centres close or change their use there will be a lot more isolation, depression and self harm. This may mean more people end up on a hospital ward far from home because of the closure of psychiatric beds. We therefore call on Liverpool City Council to drop these plans.