{"id":73,"date":"2026-05-08T16:55:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun-referrals\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:45:28","slug":"what-is-sun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/about\/what-is-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"What is SUN?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SUN<\/strong> stands for <strong>Service User Network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It is a <strong>community support group<\/strong> for people who:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a personality disorder, or<\/li>\n<li>Have complex emotional needs (strong feelings that are hard to manage)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-action-link\"><a class=\"nhsuk-action-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/personality-disorders\/\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">What is are Personality Disorders?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Who is involved?<\/h2>\n<p>SUN groups are made up of people who:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have personal experience of these difficulties<\/li>\n<li>Understand what it can feel like<\/li>\n<li>Want to support each other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What happens in SUN groups?<\/h2>\n<p>SUN offers <strong>regular group sessions<\/strong> in the community where people can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talk about their experiences<\/li>\n<li>Listen to others<\/li>\n<li>Share ideas and coping strategies<\/li>\n<li>Support one another<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is the group environment like?<\/h2>\n<p>SUN groups aim to be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Friendly<\/strong> \u2013 people are welcomed and included<\/li>\n<li><strong>Understanding<\/strong> \u2013 others know how it feels<\/li>\n<li><strong>Non-judgemental<\/strong> \u2013 no one is judged for what they say or feel<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supportive<\/strong> \u2013 people help each other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is the aim of SUN?<\/h2>\n<p>The aim is to give people a safe place where they can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feel heard and understood<\/li>\n<li>Build confidence<\/li>\n<li>Learn from others<\/li>\n<li>Feel less alone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUN stands for Service User Network. It is a community support group for people who: Have a personality disorder, or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":61,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","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-73","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73","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=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions\/150"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/sun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}