{"id":4831,"date":"2018-06-16T13:50:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T12:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ocduk.net\/?page_id=4831"},"modified":"2018-07-06T14:20:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T13:20:52","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/ocduk\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are &#8211; an introduction to OCD-UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4836\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC_0293.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4836\" class=\"wp-image-4836\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC_0293.jpg\" alt=\"An OCD-UK volunteer working with a young person during an OCD awareness campaign in the East Midlands.\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC_0293.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC_0293-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC_0293-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC_0293-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC_0293-943x1257.jpg 943w, https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC_0293-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An OCD-UK volunteer working with a young person during an OCD awareness campaign in the East Midlands.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><mark class=\"x-highlight\">OCD-UK<\/mark> are a national OCD charity which is run by, and for, people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Uniquely, the charity is completely service-user led, everyone involved in the organisation have personal experience of OCD, either directly or through a loved one.<\/p>\n<p>Based on those experiences, we provide life-changing advice, information and support services for those affected by OCD, and campaign to end the trivialisation and stigma of OCD.\u00a0 We also work to help health professionals\u00a0and the public\u00a0 understand OCD better, so that the thousands of people we support no longer have to feel ashamed or embarrassed to talk about\u00a0Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.<\/p>\n<p>We have been working for children and adults affected by OCD since 2004, and in the\u00a0last 15 years we have been innovative in creating new ways to support\u00a0people with OCD. We pledge to continue to learn from the people we work alongside and to collaboratively deliver services and campaigns that make a difference for them.<\/p>\n<blockquote  class=\"x-blockquote center-text\" >We support people affected by OCD at every stage of their journey, we&#8217;re here to support people through the difficult times, right through to recovery and everything in-between.<cite class=\"x-cite\">OCD-UK<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<p>Our team are passionate about creating a world in which people with OCD are able to lead the life they want, without the impact of OCD.\u00a0 For our team, this is not just a job, this is a passion, a commitment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCD-UK are a national OCD charity which is run by, and for, people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Uniquely, the charity is completely service-user led, everyone involved in the organisation have personal experience of OCD, either directly or through a loved one. &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/ocduk\/introduction\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4803,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4831","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4831\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocduk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}