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When looking at the holes in support systems we are forced to reconcile with the fact that although lived experience… more

Blog by Make Space Collective, April 2021 Facilitating brave conversations online  Make Space is a user-led collective. We create spaces for… more

Let me die, before I am killed – a black male schizophrenic plea in relation to the Mental Health Act… more

I am very proud to have been part of the work which the ‘Principled Way of Working, Peer Support in… more

This film was shot in 2016 just after the repossession of my house. I was feeling really ill with PTSD… more

A Peer Support Worker Competence Framework should surely be led by people who work within this discipline, as all other disciplines working within mental health…. more

Content warning: abuse We all have a ‘Body, mind and Soul’ we feel the vibrations affecting our physical senses, thoughts,… more

We are speeding towards the end of a year that none of us will ever forget because of the impact… more

The absence of attention to peer leadership, grassroots principles and human rights movements has been the fundamental mistake in the NHS approach to implementing peer support roles. … more

We hear about an organisation’s approach to embedding 4Pi and consider their reflections on the future of the Involvement Standards…. more

Maureen Ndawana, Community and Engagement Officer for the African Health Policy Network and coordinator of Ffena, a network of Africans… more

Jane Salazar, founder of SM Talking Circles, talks about her group for adults with a history of selective mutism that… more