Side by Side The Power of Peer Support

A short film discussing the value of lived experience and peer work. The film features peer workers based in Edinburgh sharing their experience of this approach to mental health support and the potential future they see for this powerful approach to recovery.
The Peer Community (previously the Peer Collaborative) is a network for peer practitioners in Edinburgh. We’re here to support and enable people with lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery to intentionally use their experiences to accompany others through their recovery. Our aim is to strengthen peer practice in Edinburgh. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter (@EdinburghPeers) or email [e-mail].
We are passionate about promoting Peer Work as a unique and powerful way of aiding mental health recovery. We are very happy for people to use these films for educational and social media purposes in order to promote better understanding of Peer Work and its values. We just ask that the Peer Community be credited when doing so.
The Peer Community is a part of Thrive Edinburgh and organised by The Peer Partnership - a partnership between Health in Mind and CAPS Independent Advocacy. The organisations who have partnered to form the Peer Collaborative were Health in Mind, Penumbra, CAPS, Cyrenians, SAMH, Bipolar Scotland, Edinburgh Carers Council, Carr Gomm and NHS Lothian. The Peer Work Values featured in the film were developed by The Scottish Recovery Network.

[@nickglover9007]

This is so important. I want this to be available to Autistic Community In Australia (and many other countries). Peer Led (Autistic people) training is vital in this, as is Leadership in promoting this in the Autistic Community. 'Doing it for ourselves and between us' rather than 'done to us or for us'. The former builds capacity and is empowering.

[@user-pl9tg2fw5i]

Thank you so much for showing these videos I'm getting ready to do orientation. This for me I'm going to use my experience to help people learn how to get out of the pit of desperation learn boundaries and be that positive light in such a dark evil world.

[@wyckiepoo8542]

Thank you so much for this! I work as a peer support program director in domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking recovery

[@pauladaley9185]

Great film, many thanks, just getting going with Peer Support around Cheshire area for MH trust, have a small peer network, at the moment just for those we have provided training to, but inspired by your network and welcome the chance to use the film as part of our project comms. thanks. Paula