The Partnership:
Edinburgh Crisis Centre is governed by a formal partnership between City of Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh Carers Council, Edinburgh Users Forum, NHS Lothian and Penumbra. This entails a shared planning, development and decision-making process involving all partners.
The philosophy of the Centre is based on an understanding of mental health as existing along a continuum, where personal distress can lead to general deterioration in mental health and sometimes ill health. We focus on the prevention of ill health, the promotion of empowerment and recognition of personal strengths, advocate autonomy and personal responsibility, and seek to develop trusting relationships and mutual respect between all people working in and using the Centre.