Carers’ mental health peer support grows
Archives: Recovery Stories
Addictions – a tribute to a service in recovery
Lifetime Achievement Lammy Award Mike Kelleher and Mick Collins
Surviving or Thriving, Mental Health Awareness Week
The trees are standing there with you through your journey
Tell them this is brilliant… I never thought this would happen’
Bernadette finds a place to call home
‘The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step’
Peer supporter Sandra says journal is no secret
World Aids Day makes me feel depressed! Why do I feel this way?
Peter has lived with HIV for 25 years,so why does its December 1 commemoration make him feel this way?
Lambeth’s new Peer Support Network
Peer Support Hub Co-ordinator Stephanie talks about her journey to find a new job, which she loves doing.
Getting my life back
As he emerges from the shadows, Stephen says he needed to know what was out there to help him move on
Resolving my demons
Retiring GP and Collaborative member Ray Walsh gives a moving account of life behind the stethoscope
Getting in touch with nature helps wellbeing
Loughborough Farm has helped Zeenat move forward after stress took its toll
Finding a way through the fog
Getting a referral to the Living Well Network Hub provided a bit of relief in what has been an exasperating 15 years’ experience of services
The blue sky is still above
A carer’s struggle with her own mental health is helping to shape a new project for teenagers
Help me make it through the night
Peter had presented at A&E more than 100 times before he discovered Solidarity in a Crisis on the end of the phone line.
Living Well… a year on
The Living Well Partnership celebrates its first birthday as hosts Mosaic are shortlisted for two charity awards.
Growing trust on the ward
Beverley Randall, Programme Manager says it’s the Mosaic ethos that helped to grow in-reach work at Lambeth hospital.
Friday is blooming great
The new Young Adults project at the Living Well Partnership is stemming isolation and forging the future
My amazing journey
Paul is impressed by the support he received to help him get back into employment
Mosaic on course for 2014
Exciting educational links are being made at the Living Well Partnership site
Vital link to personal budgets
A new report and toolkit have been shaped by the work of two local lived experience advisors
Who cares?
It’s not just those who use services who appreciate peer support, carers also need someone to talk to
From just about surviving to thriving
An evaluation of peer projects has produced compelling evidence for shaping the future
The missing link
Lucas Teague explains what it takes to be Co-ordinator of a successful peer support service
Airdrina’s Story & Integrated Health and Social Care Personal Budgets
This video is just a small snippet of Airdrina Drake’s story, but a snippet that she and we feel is pretty important.
The Art of Recovery
“The anxiety curve is something I have only recently understood and painting or drawing is probably the best thing to do when it is running its course.”
First step… trust
“When you do time, you can’t get it back… it made me learn not to come back,” says 24-year-old Aaron who had to learn the hard way when his drug-related lifestyle landed him in prison and having to deal with mental health issues.
There’s no place like home
Forty-year-old Ricardo feels that his life has taken a change for the better since he moved into his new home in Herne Hill.
Volunteering and connecting can be a positive force in recovery as Peter Duncan is discovering.
Volunteering and connecting can be a positive force in recovery as Peter Duncan is discovering.
Val’s Story
“Everyone has at occasional times bursts of sanity.” A wry comment from Val who has suffered from depression for years but knows that the ways out might start with Timebank or your GP…
Audrine’s Story
Audrine talks about doing a Voluntary Training Course that led to a volunteering into employment contract
Oliver’s story as a Community Support Guide
Oliver works as a Community Support Guide at Lambeth Community Options Team. Oliver reflects on his experience of focusing on clients recovery.
Seamus’s story about Personal Health Budgets
Seamus has been getting some help through a Personal Health Budget
John’s story
John has been working with the Community Options Team at Thames Reach and things are on the up!