Making Recovery Real Scottish Recovery Network

Helen, a Peer Support Worker with NHS Borders Adult Community Mental Health Service, shares her experiences of the role.

"A Peer Worker is a tangible, living, walking, breathing symbol of hope simply because of the words Lived Experience."

Read along with the transcript for Helen's story

We're delighted to present this bonus piece of audio where Peer Worker Helen reads her poem Two Rooms in a Mansion.



Helen recently shared her story of being a Peer Worker in an Adult Community Mental Health Service.

Premiered at the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, Living With Trauma is now available for everyone to watch.

This powerful short film uses storytelling, photography and artwork to explore different experiences of living with trauma.

It was created by Chloe, Laura, Martin, Holly and Ruth who make up the With Us, For Us Lived Experience Project Group in collaboration with Scottish Recovery Network and Voices of Experience (VOX).

The group came together to inform the design of services for people living with trauma and/or who have been given a diagnosis of personality disorder. As a peer group they have found their voice and want to share their perspectives and experiences more widely.

A photobook accompanies this film and can be downloaded for free here https://bit.ly/PhotoBooklet

You might also be interested in the With Us, For Us project and resources https://bit.ly/3NhKgpK

NHS Lanarkshire Personality Disorder Working Group are taking a different approach to developing mental health support. Moving from consultation to co-design is a partnership project that deliberately moves away from traditional consultation. NHS Lanarkshire and Scottish Recovery Network brought people with lived experience, local organisations and NHS workers together to co-design a new service. In this podcast we hear from Dom, Brian, Sian and Thomas who were involved in the project and from Liz and Lucy from NHS Lanarkshire.


Podcast transcript http://bit.ly/3tUpm6M


A filmed version of this podcast is available on our YouTube channel (BSL, subtitles).


You can read the full Moving from consultation to co-design project report on the Scottish Recovery Network website https://bit.ly/3OxiKVx

The Let's do Peer Group Facilitation resource has launched! It includes four free practical guides for anyone interested in running a peer support group.  In this podcast we hear from Peer Facilitators and co-creators of the guides Emma, Graham, Heidi, Hayley and Jeanette. Tune in as they share insights from the development process and their top tips for running a peer support group!



Podcast transcript https://bit.ly/PGFAudioTranscript



You can sign up for these free guides here https://bit.ly/PeerGuidesSignMeUp or find lots more resources around peer support in The Peer Recovery Hub at www.scottishrecovery.net

This podcast is also available in film version (BSL and subtitles) on our YouTube channel.

With a different guest each episode the Peer Chat podcast brings you insights, ideas and inspiration from people using their lived experience to support others and develop peer approaches. 

In episode 4 of Peer Chat we welcome our podcast guest Vikki Price. Vikki is Co-founder of Peer Hub - Tune as Vikki speaks to Scottish Recovery Network's Mark about some of the key considerations when developing peer roles.

A transcript of this podcast is available on the Scottish Recovery Network website

This podcast is also available in film version with BSL interpretation and subtitles on our YouTube channel

Peer Chat With Vikki Price was recorded at the Developing Peer Support Roles online discussion event.