The Scottish Personality Disorder Network provides an opportunity not otherwise available for users, carers and professionals to come together in a positive and cooperative atmosphere to focus on the difficulties for individuals with a diagnosis of personality disorder. The contact allows interested professionals and organisations to support each other in progressing services for a client group that is not always well received. Service users and carers being involved in the Network brings a much welcomed personal touch to the topic that can be lost amongst policy and paperwork.The SPDN has facilitated and contributed to many important pieces of work across Scotland as outlined below. Over time the focus of the Scottish PD Network is changing, the awareness raising continues but it is producing an appetite for training in evidence based interventions, participation in Scottish based research and development of effective services.