Peer recovery hub

Peer support works in crisis situations

Peer support has a powerful role to play in community mental health crisis services.

In this short film Chief Operating Officer Wendy Given and Lead Mentor Louise McQueen, from The Neuk in Perth talk about: –

• Why peer support works in crisis situations
• What this looks like in practice
• Why cross sector collaboration benefits all

Download the transcript for this film

And equally we would like to be bringing it to key and influential people to demonstrate that peer support works in crisis situations. It doesn’t need clinical intervention. And 97% of the people that come through the door, and just to say this year that’s been 460 people so far, don’t need escalated to a medical intervention. And we can hold that person here and work with them..

Wendy Given, Chief Operating Officer

The Neuk Evaluation – A Safe Place

During this chat Wendy talks about the independent evaluation of The Neuk. ‘A Safe Place’ highlights the profound and meaningful impact The Neuk has on people accessing support.