Blogs by Rose Thompson

Aug
2 2017

Evaluating the Side by Side peer support programme
by Rose Thompson

Over the last 2 years the McPin foundation has been working with St Georges University of London and the London School of Economics to evaluate the Side by Side programme of peer support. Funded by the Big Lottery and delivered by a collaboration between Mind, Bipolar UK and a number of smaller organisations, it aimed to make peer support available to people across nine regions in England.

Dec
2 2016

Using lived experience as a researcher can be “both a blessing and a curse”
by Richard Currie | Rose Thompson

Richard Currie is a researcher who is working with McPin on a number of projects that make use of both his research skills and his expertise from experience. In this brief video produced for our PPI in research week he talks with Rose about how he does this.

Research methods