📆 Continuing the Conversation - Peer Support in Shetland
15 April, 10:00-11:30, online
A chance to come together online & explore next steps for growing peer support in #Shetland.
continuingtheconversationinshetland.eventbrite.co.uk
#SuicidePrevention #Recovery
#MentalHealth #PeerSupportScot
📆 Creating safe spaces & having hopeful conversations
14 April, 10:30-12:00, online
Join us for this practical session with a focus on building facilitation skills, creating safe spaces, & fostering hopeful conversations in peer support settings.
safepeerspaces.eventbrite.co.uk
#PeerSupportScot
A list of headings from the Peer Support in Scotland: Insight Report 1 to showcase the new report reading function on our website. Graphic also features the front cover of this report.
#TryAToolTuesday
📚 It can be hard work reading long documents online, so we've added a new tool to our website which allows you to read our reports in bitesize chunks!
We're testing this with Peer Support in Scotland: Insight Report 1.
scottishrecovery.net/insight-repo...
#PeerSupportScot
#FilmFriday
Aled Bartley-Jones, Manager (Mental Health & Substance Use) at DVVA explains how they're overcoming the challenges of developing peer worker roles.
"Having these frameworks will support organisations to be able to.. recruit into peer roles, to sustain peer roles."
#PeerSupportScot
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📰 ICYMI our March newsletter shares our latest free Creating Hope with Peer Support Practice Guide: Exploring Safety & Risk & booking opens for our Let's Evaluate Peer Support Roadshow!
More events & opportunities 👉 bit.ly/MarchNews2026
#PeerSupportScot #MentalHealth #Recovery
Tom Arthur, Minister for Social Care & Mental Wellbeing highlighting the vital role of peer support & lived experience in suicide prevention.
Full film from our national event to be released later this week in our newsletter.
Sign up scottishrecovery.net/newsletter-s...
#PeerSupportScot
📆Valuing Different Lived Experience Narratives
25 Feb, 16:00- 17:30, The Harvest Centre, Elgin
Join Moray Peer Support Community of Practice to explore the richness & diversity of lived experience within peer support.
www.tickettailor.com/events/moray...
#PeerSupportScot #MentalHealth #Recovery
It was great to come together w/ so many people interested in peer support evaluation @scvo.scot The Gathering last week.
"(My highlight was) seeing the similarities between the peer support I run & other peoples to help give me the language to describe the value of what I do."
#PeerSupportScot
A panel of four people sitting at a long table with a large screen behind them which features the Bipolar Scotland logo.
A group of session participants sitting at a roundtable sharing views.
Groups of session participants sitting at roundtables sharing views.
Three session participants holding a social media banner which reads '#ILovePeerSupport'.
📷 Here's a few snaps from our 'Measuring what matters: a co-design approach to peer support evaluation' session at @scvo.scot's The Gathering yesterday.
"Was the perfect start to the day learned a lot"
#EssentialSector #PeerSupportScot
A screenshot from a web page outlining titles of 'chapters' from Peer Support in Scotland: Insight Report 1. The report cover sits in the bottom righthand corner of the image.
You can now read our new Insight Report: Peer Support in Scotland in bitesize chunks!
Take a mosey over to our new webpage where you can choose which 'chapters' you want to engage with.
You'll also find PDF & flipbook versions.
scottishrecovery.net/insight-repo...
#PeerSupportScot #MentalHealth
There's a handful of places left at our free #PeerConnects webinar this week.
Embedding Peer Support into Clinical Mental Health Services 5 Feb, 10:00 -11:00.
60 minutes of ideas & inspiration to kickstart your day!
peersupportinservices.eventbrite.co.uk
#MentalHealth #Recovery #PeerSupportScot
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Check out our special edition e-bulletin which shares our new Insight Report 'Peer Support in Scotland'.
This report sets out the case for peer support as a core component of a recovery focused, people‑led mental health system.
👉 bit.ly/JanuaryE-bul...
#PeerSupportScot #MentalHealth #Recovery
🧩 Next week we're launching the first in a series of 4 Insight Reports.
This article gives a taster from Insight Report 1 - Peer Support in Scotland - unpacking some of the most common myths & why they don’t hold up.
🗨️ What peer support myths have you heard?
bit.ly/4svGlJG
#PeerSupportScot
🚦It's green for go as we gear up for the Let's Evaluate Peer Support Roadshow 2026!
Look out for events across Scotland including @scvo.scot's The Gathering & our 20 January online #PeerConnects event.
evaluatingpeersupport.eventbrite.co.ukhttps//EvaluatingP...
#PeerSupportScot #MentalHealth
"Volunteering for Self-Harm Network Scotland has been rewarding..." 💫
During #VolunteersWeek2025 in June, Natalie, one of our excellent volunteers, shared her experience of what it's like to volunteer on our Live Chat service 💙👇
#SelfHarmSupport #PeerSupportScot #Scotland
"I think my lived experience is important because I am able to offer hope to people."
All of our Peer Practitioners have their own lived experience of self-harm 💙
Read more about the power of peer support and lived experience in our report here👇
bit.ly/4iH5H2n
#SelfHarmSupport #PeerSupportScot
Great piece about the Creating Hope with Peer Support project and report in Edinburgh Magazine featuring the fantastic Living Warriors Project.
Have a read here edinburghmagazine.com/living-warri...
#CreatingHopeTogether #PeerSupportScot #SuicidePreventionScotland
Attendees with our jigsaw pieces
💭 What does it take to make peer support a lasting part of suicide prevention in Scotland?
Our Curious Listeners sat down with @thomascarthur.bsky.social and Councillor Paul Kelly to explore the actions we can take together.
#CreatingHopeTogether #PeerSupportScot
"There's so much that goes on in the background to ensure that someone who needs support is getting supported safely."
Make sure you watch this superb film today👇💙 #PeerSupportScot
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Woman writing a note at a table
Man smiling while a woman talks
We’re now in workshops and discussing the learning in our Creating Hope with Peer Support guides 💡
Download our free practice guide for yourself here 👇 bit.ly/CHPSPeerPower
#CreatingHopeTogether #PeerSupportScot #SuicidePrevention
Our new film - The Power of Peer Support in Suicide Prevention — is now on the big screen 📽️💜
Watch along with us 👇
youtu.be/q0cTS5E9r98?...
#CreatingHopeTogether #PeerSupportScot #SuicidePrevention
Please share🧩
Supporting People Experiencing Distress
No. 3 in our series of 4 guides with practical tips based on the experiences of peer supporters, groups & services across Scotland.
heyzine.com/flip-book/91...
#PeerSupportScot #CreatingHopeTogether #SuicidePreventionScotland
If you self-harm & need support, we're here to help 💙
Our Peer Practitioners provide free, remote 1:1 support for people (aged 12+) who self-harm in #Scotland
If you're looking for 1:1 support, you can contact us here👇
selfharmnetworkscotland.org.uk/contact-us/
#SelfHarmSupport #PeerSupportScot
#GlobalPeerSupportersCelebrationDay 16 October🎉
We asked Jamie Stewart, Peer Support Worker
@nhstayside.bsky.social...
What would success feel like for people in peer roles?
youtu.be/yWWfiwGu3dc?...
#GPSCD #PeerSupportScot #MentalHealth #Recovery #LivedExperience
Peer Support in Moray Showcase
Thursday 9 October
12:00- 13:00 OR 18:00-19:00
Online
Join us for an inspiring online session showcasing the impact of local peer support across the Moray community.
tickettailor.com/events/moray...
#PeerSupportScot
An envelope with an @ sign on it. Text says "Latest newsletter". Also features Scottish Recovery Network logo.
📩Our Oct newsletter is out with the third in our series of free Creating Hope with Peer Support practice guides.
This guide focuses on 'Supporting People Experiencing Distress ' & provides insights & tools from Peer Supporters to help you in your role.
bit.ly/OctNews2025
#PeerSupportScot
ICYMI 📽️
Powerful STV News piece with @thomascarthur.bsky.social
showcasing The Neuk Perth & Hillcrest Future's suicide prevention work.
Peer Support Worker Kelly shares lived-experience insights & COO Wendy Given highlights funding challenges.
news.stv.tv/v/calls-for-...
#PeerSupportScot
A smiling woman holding a social media board above her head. On the board is a winding road of different coloured jigsaw piece pointing upwards. Text reads "the future is peer celebrating and championing the power of peer support #ILovePeerSupport"
Two men holding a social media board. On the board is a winding road of different coloured jigsaw piece pointing upwards. Text reads "the future is peer celebrating and championing the power of peer support #ILovePeerSupport"
Four people in a row holding a social media board. On the board is a winding road of different coloured jigsaw piece pointing upwards. Text reads "the future is peer celebrating and championing the power of peer support #ILovePeerSupport"
A smiling woman looking at her reflection in a large mirror. On the mirror the text reads "This is what a PEER LEADER looks like".
Peer supporters from across Scotland came together this week for our practice exchange.
"The compassion fatigue workshop was amazing & I felt seen as I am currently going through exactly this, so it was great to discuss this with others who would understand"
#PeerSupportScot #ILovePeerSupport
If you self-harm and are seeking support, we're here to help 💙
We provide free, remote 1:1 support for people (aged 12+) who self-harm in Scotland.
Find out more about our 1:1 support, here👇
selfharmnetworkscotland.org.uk/one-to-one-s...
#SelfHarmSupport #LetsTalkAboutSelfHarm #PeerSupportScot
