Forums

The selfmanagement.co.uk forums are an opportunity for you to discuss relevant topics with other members of the self-management community. All you need to do is set up an account and then you are ready to start taking part. See below for instructions on how to set up an account and how to contribute to the discussions. If there is another topic you would like members thoughts on, you also have the ability to start a new discussion thread. For instructions on how to set up an account or how to use the forums, please see instructions below the forum list.

Forum Instructions

To start a new topic or post a reply to any of the forum topics you must be signed in as a user. To sign in and start contributing please follow the instructions below:

Setting up your account for the first time

• Go to the 'Login' box at the top left of the page and click on 'Create new account'
• Decide on a username and add it to the 'Username' box. This can be your name or something that you will easily remember. For example 'Pauline1' or Brightonassessor. Your username will be displayed as a signature to any comments left by you.
• Then add in your email address. This must be a current, valid email address. If you change your email address don't forget to update us!
•  Add in your name details. This information is kept private and will not be published anywhere on the site.
• Then click  'Create New Account'
• You will then be sent an email containing a system generated password and a the link to activate your account. Click on the link and use the given password
• You will then be asked to change your password to something more memorable
• Following that, you are ready to go and starting posting!

Using the Forum

• Click on the Forum that you would to contribute to
• Click again on the topic
• Click 'Post reply'
• A 'Comment' box will appear. Use this box to add your post
• If a 'Comment' box does not come up try refreshing the page.

Forum Rules

We want everyone to enjoy using our discussion boards, so we have put together some guidelines to ensure that everyone feels safe and comfortable sharing their views and opinions.

Guidelines

• Guard your own confidentiality; don't post your real name, address, telephone number or your email address on a message
• Keep the messages relevant to the discussion topic
• Respect everyone's right to an opinion, even if you disagree
• Don't use bad language, which includes language that someone else may think is racist or sexist
• Please don't post messages that can be deemed as commercial advertising, as these will be removed
• The information posted is not normally moderated, so please do not use these facilities inappropriately
• Any message which constitutes a personal attack against anyone, on any grounds, will be immediately removed and a warning will be issued to the user
• Respect the privacy of other users
• Any statements or opinions posted onto the site are those of the person posting them alone and are in no way endorsed by The National Register of Self-Management

We reserve the right to remove any message or topic, which we deem to be unsuitable. We reserve the right to delete a user's registration if he/she fails to follow the guidelines as detailed above.

Please report any problems immediately to admin@selfmanagement.co.uk