Creating Safe Spaces – launch of peer support practice guide!
The first in a series of four guides with practical tips, based on the experiences of peer supporters, groups and services across Scotland.
Developed as part of the Creating Hope with Peer Support project. The practice guides 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.
Practice guide 1
Practice guide 1 complements the Creating Hope with Peer Support resource and relates to the Connect stage of the Creating Hope with Peer Support Pathway (Connect, Explore, Hope, Support). It focuses on creating a safe space.
Creating Safe Spaces
Practical advice and tips, based on the experiences of peer supporters, groups and services across Scotland.
DownloadIn 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.
Peer supporters do this through building relationships and spaces that enable people to feel safe enough to talk about and process difficult emotions and distressing experiences.
Thanks
Throughout this guide we share examples of the ways peer supporters create safe spaces. Thanks to Keep the Heid, Andy’s Man Club, Living Warriors Project, Bipolar Edinburgh and all the fantastic peer supporters across Scotland who continue to develop, deliver and champion peer support
Coming soon
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