Creating Hope with Peer Support resources
Order your free Creating Hope with Peer Support resource and download our four practice guides. These tools are designed to help build confidence and skills in offering peer support to people affected by suicide. They also work as standalone tools, perfect for anyone involved in mental health peer support groups and services.
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Creating Hope with the Peer Support Pathway - resource
A practical resource to help boost the capacity of peer support groups, organisations and services in Scotland. Order your free copy using the link below.
Go to external websiteExploring Safety and Risk - practice guide
This practice guide explores how peer supporters work with safety through presence, honesty and shared responsibility. It brings together learning from peer supporters who respond to safety concerns in ways that strengthen trust, reduce isolation and help people stay connected during difficult times.
Download .PDF document (2 MB)Creating Safe Spaces - practice guide
In peer support a ‘safe space’ is a place that provides a physically and emotionally safe environment where individuals / groups feel able to share their thoughts, feelings and experiences without the fear of judgement, disempowerment or discrimination.
Download .PDF document (2 MB)Supporting People Experiencing Distress - practice guide
In peer support we understand distress as not something to 'fix'. Painful experiences are normalised and space created for them to be met with empathy, curiosity and respect. This practice guide provides insights and tools from Peer Supporters to help you in your role.
Download .PDF document (2 MB)Navigating Discomfort in the Peer Relationship - practice guide
Discomfort in peer relationships is a learning experience because it reveals personal and relational dynamics that may otherwise go unnoticed. Noticing discomfort and taking time to understand it can create space for more open conversations, shared understandings, meaningful support and respectful relationships.
Download .PDF document (2 MB)Navigating Discomfort in the Peer Relationship reflective practice worksheet
Standalone version of the reflective practice worksheet from this practice guide.
Download .PDF document (166 KB)Navigating Discomfort in the Peer Relationship reflective circle worksheet
Standalone version of the reflective circle worksheet from this practice guide.
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