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Using lived experience in evaluating mental health peer support
Researchers share how their lived experience of mental health issues and peer support shaped and strengthened the Side by Side evaluation.
Peer support
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Using a peer research approach to evaluate women-led peer support
This is the final blog in our series this month looking at the value of collaborative working and peer research in the evaluation of the women-led peer support programme, Women Side by Side.
Lived experience • Peer research
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What women's peer support projects teach us
From being gender responsive to trauma-informed, we discover what we can learn from a member of the Women's Side by Side project team.
Peer support
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Why peer support could play a role in tackling unemployment
There are no easy solutions to long-term unemployment but peer support could help, says Dan Robotham, following the Peer Support Employment Groups Evaluation project.
Employment • Peer support
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Could training young people in peer support empower them during Covid-19?
A McPin Young People's Network member shares her experiences of the Covid peer support project.
COVID-19 • Peer support
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Principles tell us what good peer support for new mums looks like
What does good peer support for new mums look like? How can support from people with shared experiences meet the unique needs of mothers and babies?
Maternal mental health • Mental health services
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Developing peer support in the community: a toolkit
We have a new toolkit to use, launched in early December by Mind based upon work carried out by an evaluation team for the Side by Side project.
Peer support
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Peer research at Hive: thriving, creative & juggling many identities
In March, McPin joined over 120 people at the Hive conference to talk about peer research. Here are a few things we took away.
Peer research • Research methods
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Who is a peer anyway?
A Lived Experience researcher reflects on the nature of the 'peer' in peer research in the latest in a series of personal reflections by McPin researchers.
Peer research
Project report
Work Well Evaluation
An evaluation of the Work Well project, an employment project operating in South London, which invested in local projects that tackled poverty and promoted social inclusion and employment
Employment
Project report
Evaluating the Side by Side peer support programme
This report describes an evaluation of the Side by Side programme, which was funded by the Big Lottery, aimed at increasing the availability of community based peer support across the UK.
Community • Peer support
Project report
Peer support principles for maternal mental health project
A report on the peer support principles for the perinatal maternal mental health project
Maternal mental health • Peer support
Project report
Peer Support Employment Group Project Evaluation
An evaluation of the peer support element of an employment project run by Mind
Employment • Mental health services
Toolkit
Developing peer support in the community toolkit
This toolkit is for people interested in mental health peer support happening in the community
Community • Peer support
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Our team
From research to operations, communications and public involvement, we’re united by a passion for mental health research and a mission to help put lived experience at its heart. Meet the team.
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Overcoming imposter syndrome as a peer researcher
This is the second of four blogs in our series this month looking at the value of collaborative working and peer research in the evaluation of the women-led peer support programme, Women Side by Side.
Peer research
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Sources of support
We aren't able to provide direct support to people with mental health issues. If you need help, or are worried about yourself or somebody else, the organisations below may be useful.
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Women Side by Side has helped raise awareness of mental health in a BAME community
This is the third of four blogs in our series this month looking at the value of collaborative working and peer research in the evaluation of the women-led peer support programme, Women Side by Side.
Peer research • Peer support
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How to make partnership working across sectors effective
A senior peer researcher shares what they learnt about how to work in partnership from our evaluation work on Women Side by Side.
Inequality • Trauma
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The wisdom, privilege, and challenges of peer academic researchers in mental health research
Dr Ruth Knight and Richard Knight discuss how researchers provide a viewpoint that can improve research but address the privilege that comes with being a peer researcher with an academic background.
#MentalHealthResearchMatters • Lived experience