For many years, Scottish Recovery Network and its partners have helped move mental health recovery from the margins into the mainstream. Lived experience, including peer support, are now increasingly recognised as vital to policy and practice, aligning with calls for prevention, early intervention, and more community-based, whole-person approaches.
While this progress matters, much remains to be done to build a truly recovery-focused mental health system. In our 10-year strategy, Catalysts for Change, we focus on lived experience leadership and peer support as essential drivers of lasting transformation, working towards a system that operates with people, hope, peer support, and recovery at its core.
Together we can make mental health recovery real.
Peer Support in Scotland
Insight Report 1
This Insight Report sets out the case for peer support as a core component of a recovery-focused, people‑led mental health system. It’s the first in a series of four reports, developed to increase knowledge and understanding of the current and potential role of peer support in mental health recovery in Scotland.
Peer Support in Prevention and Early Intervention
Insight Report 2
Peer support is already making a significant impact but with proper recognition, funding, and integration, it could become a core pillar of mental health prevention and early intervention in Scotland. insight Report 2 explores the role, impact and opportunities of embedding peer support in prevention and early intervention mental health services and supports across the country.
Insight Report 3: Peer Support in Crisis and Distress services will be published in August 2026. Get a copy straight to your inbox by receiving our newsletter
