Time for Transformation: Bipolar Scotland 2025 Conference
- Type: Event
- Date: 09/10/2025 at 9:00am - 4:30pm
- Location: COSLA Conference Centre, Edinburgh
Bipolar Scotland are holding their national conference this year on 9 October.
For over 30 years, Bipolar Scotland has been led by and for people living with bipolar – providing information, peer support, and self-management training, and standing up for dignity, respect, and a good quality of life. But too many people in the community still face long waits for diagnosis, disjointed care, stigma, and feel forgotten by the services that are meant to support them.
As mental health conversations increasingly focus on general wellbeing and early support, people living with more complex or long-term conditions often feel left out. Bipolar Scotland believe it’s time for that to change.
Time for Transformation is their national conference; a space for our members, supporters, professionals, and international guests to come together and explore how we can create real, lasting change in services, policy, and public understanding.
If you live with bipolar, support someone who does, or are interested in building a better future for everyone living with bipolar in Scotland – this day is for you. They want to hear from you. Your experiences, ideas, and voice will help shape the future direction of Bipolar Scotland.
Confirmed speakers and facilitators include:
- Nick Ward, CEO, Change Mental Health
- Dr Rebecca Lawrence, Consultant Psychiatrist & Author
- Professor Daniel Smith, Chair of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh
- Dr Mark-Paul Buckingham, Chair, Bipolar Scotland Board of Trustees
- Maree Todd, Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport
- Louise Christie, Director, Scottish Recovery Network
- International guests from Associazione Italiana Bipolari
- Experts by experience and voices from the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
Book now: Register via Eventbrite
Ticket prices:
- £125 – Professionals / Associate Members (plus booking fee)
- £50 – Bipolar Scotland Members (plus booking fee)
- £25 – Bipolar Scotland Unwaged Members (no additional fee)
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