At CAPITAL, we know connection is important. Our peer-led groups, events, and outings are all about creating safe, friendly spaces where you can be yourself, meet new people, and share experiences.
Whether you’re joining a creative session, attending a community forum, or coming along on a day trip, you’ll find warmth, encouragement, and belonging. There’s a place for everyone here.
Find Your Community With CAPITAL
At CAPITAL we bring people together through creative groups, community events and outings. Everything is peer led, friendly and designed to help you share and connect with others.
Our Regular Groups: Bognor, Chichester, Worthing (AAW & Western Locality)
CAPITAL Creative Group (weekly)
- Locations: Every Monday afternoon in Bognor
A fun, creative space for everyone. Whether you’re a keen artist or you’re looking for inspiration; you’ll find materials, encouragement, and friendly faces at our creative group.
CAPITAL Connections (weekly)
- Locations: Every Thursday afternoon in Bognor
Our CAPITAL Connections group is informal and relaxed, for friendly chat, support and snacks.
Weekend Arts & Crafts Group (fortnightly)
- Locations: Every other Saturday in Bognor
A relaxed, creative space for all abilities. Whether you’ve never picked up a paintbrush or you’re an experienced crafter, you’ll find materials, encouragement, and friendly faces at our group.
Online Hubs (monthly)
- Locations: Online
Drop in spaces to connect, share experiences, chat, and socialise. A safe, welcoming environment for those who can join online.
If you are interested in attending any of these groups:
Sign up for CAPITAL membership here
If you are looking for Northern area groups and events please go to this page:
It’s amazing to be with other people who understand my mental health issues. I love being in the groups.
Anonymous CAPITAL Member
Our Groups
Pictured: Members & Volunteers Helen and Hollie with Membership Coordinator Tabitha, enjoying crafting together at our CAPITAL group.
Regular Events and Meetings
Member Days
Our first big get-together of the year was held in February and brought members, staff, and volunteers together in Bognor. It was a day filled with conversation, connection, and community spirit.
Patient View Point Meetings (PVP)
Patient View Point (PVP) meetings are anonymous volunteer led meetings, held across the 3 hospitals in West Sussex.
Everyone is encouraged to talk in confidence about their care, treatment and support which is then fed back to managers, in order to continually review and improve the wards.
Annual General Meetings (AGM)
Each summer, members come together to help shape the future of CAPITAL. It’s your chance to be heard, influence decisions, and celebrate what we’ve achieved.
Along with Trustees, staff and speakers, we celebrate the year together as well as the challenges and future ahead.
Meeting: Members Day – February 2025
The group was a lovely calm safe space
Anonymous CAPITAL Member
Other Events and Outings
Chichester Pride – June 2025
CAPITAL members proudly celebrated Pride Month together, a vibrant day of colour, inclusion, and belonging with our fantastic volunteers and staff.
Event: Chichester Pride 2025
The Coordinator in charge of the meeting was helpful and friendly. Everyone else was so friendly too and shared some of their experiences together.
Anonymous CAPITAL Member
Other Lived Experience & Coproduction Opportunities
West Sussex Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG)
The LEAG is a dedicated Mental Health Lived / Living Experience Network with a focus on challenging and changing Local Mental Health Care, open to new members.
Read more about West Sussex LEAG
Drug & Alcohol Partnership:
Run in partnership with West Sussex County Council, CAPITAL are commissioned to bring the voice of service users to the Drug and Alcohol Partnership and how people with lived experience could help to offer solutions.
Keep Up With What’s On at CAPITAL
Every month, we publish a Diary of Events along with our newsletter. You’ll find all the dates, times, and locations of upcoming groups, meet-ups, and trips here so sign up as a member to be in the know.