{"id":7,"date":"2025-01-28T14:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/va\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:14:56","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to SUN"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About SUN (Service User Network)<\/h2>\n<p>The SUN (Service User Network) is a community support group for people with a personality disorder or complex emotional needs.<\/p>\n<p>It is made up of individuals who have lived experience of personality disorder symptoms or complex emotional challenges.<\/p>\n<h2>What SUN offers<\/h2>\n<p>SUN provides regular, community-based peer support groups. These sessions create an opportunity for people to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Share their experiences<\/li>\n<li>Offer mutual support<\/li>\n<li>Connect in a non-judgemental and understanding environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to join<\/h2>\n<p>You can join SUN through self-referral. There is no formal assessment required.<\/p>\n<p>To get started, you\u2019ll need to complete a <strong>Resource and Support Plan (RASP)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Once this is done, you are welcome to attend SUN groups as often as you like.<\/p>\n<h2>What is a Resource and Support Plan (RASP)?<\/h2>\n<p>The RASP is designed to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Help other group members understand how best to support you during sessions<\/li>\n<li>Support you in identifying ways to look after yourself outside the group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During your first few sessions, other members will help you complete your plan and settle into the group.<\/p>\n<h2>Accessing other services<\/h2>\n<p>Attending SUN groups does <strong>not<\/strong> affect your access to other services. You can continue receiving support elsewhere. However, it may be helpful to inform those services that you are attending SUN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About SUN (Service User Network) The SUN (Service User Network) is a community support group for people with a personality&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-homepage.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}