We are delighted to announce our most recent Peer Mentor Training Course is complete and all individuals who graduated from the course will be joining our service as Volunteers. A huge congratulations to everyone that graduated, we can’t wait to see where your Liaison and Diversion journey takes you.
The course ran for for 14 weeks providing opportunities for volunteers to appear on interview panels and participate in the coproduction of the service. We are also hoping for volunteers to set up and facilitate peer support groups for service users.
“I’m proud I have made it through something, I have never done something like this before.”
“I’ve never had an opportunity like this as I never got the grades.”
“The support that comes after the course is nice, it’s not like school or college. What makes the course special is that you’re cared about after.”
“I’m proud I have made it through something, I have never done something like this before.”
“The course helped me recover from trauma.”
“The course helped me become more open-minded, that I’m not always right, and that there are other alternatives to solutions.”
“I’ve applied things from the course to real life, I can now put myself in others shoes.”
“I feel like I have nothing to prove to anyone in the group.”
