Peer support

Peer support is a mutually beneficial arrangement which is ultimately about people helping and aiding each other through shared experiences.

Peer support may not formally be described as such and can be defined in a variety of ways, but all peer support aims to:

■ bring together people with shared experiences to support each other,

■ provide a space where people feel accepted and understood,

■ treat everyone’s experiences as being equally important,

■ involve both giving and receiving support.

We've worked in partnership with various peer support groups to create the following resources:

Peer based approaches: empowering connections in adult social care webinar

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