Peer support is one-to-one support from a trained volunteer who has personally dealt with mental health challenges. This support is all about you and is customised to help enhance your wellbeing, whether it's in-person or online. We can support you to access community groups and learn techniques to manage anxiety.

Peer support offers you the opportunity to talk to someone and gain practical skills and techniques to achieve your goals. Your peer support volunteer may discuss the 5 Ways of Wellbeing with you.

What happens next depends on your goals. We provide person-centred support across various areas, offering weekly sessions for 12 weeks with a trained volunteer who will empower you to make decisions. We'll listen to you. We recognise how difficult it can be to discuss the issues you may be experiencing. You'll be treated with respect and empathy, and we'll be non-judgmental. We'll make sure you receive the right support and know where to find more help and information after your 12 sessions are over.

After completing one-to-one peer support, we hope you feel empowered to make your own choices and that your wellbeing has improved.

TOG Mind offers various wellbeing groups you can join. If you still need someone to talk to, we can provide details of other services. We'll make sure you feel supported throughout the process and understand that even if your wellbeing has improved, you may still need support in some areas.

Over 80% of clients report feeling less isolated and having better wellbeing after using our service.

There are 8 core values of peer support-

• Mutuality:

A relationship based on shared experience, empathy, authenticity and respect.

• Reciprocity:

Relationships about sharing and exploring different world views and creating solutions together.

• Safety:

Negotiating emotional safety, confidentiality, compassion, authenticity, honesty and non-judgemental attitudes.

• Recovery Focused:

The relationship focuses on helping people to grow within and beyond what has happened.

• Strengths-based:

It recognises people’s courage, strengths and skills and how they can use these to pursue their dreams.

• None-directive:

Within a peer relationship one person does not prescribe what is “good for” the other.

• Inclusive:

Peers help people engage with and contribute to their communities.

• Progressive:

A shared journey of learning and growing together.