And… SLaM’s 2018 STAR award

Lifetime Achievement Lammy  Award Mike Kelleher and Mick Collins
 

Harbour helped shelter from the storms

Inspiring testimonials at Collaborative Breakfast

It saved money on going to a psychiatric hospital

Successful event unveils revamped Owen the van

“Hold on to your dream dearly”

Figures rise as those in crisis seek solace

The trees are standing there with you through your journey

News from Lambeth Peer Support Network

Working with Barry

Bernadette finds a place to call home

Jeffy waxes lyrical with Ruby

Innovative housing alliance builds hope

Moving on from the wobbly days

Why Mosaic matters to Matt

Peer supporter Sandra says journal is no secret

‘We use this space to share our stories’

New course gives carers coaching skills

Collaborative breakfast at Coffee Lovers resource

The importance of peer support, other support and everything else…

Mosaic has helped set goals on the future

College supports the road to recovery

Maria joins Solidarity’s crisis team

Rosetie has grown professionally through project

John explains why the Clubhouse has “given me back my smile…”

Peter has lived with HIV for 25 years,so why does its December 1 commemoration make him feel this way?

As he emerges from the shadows, Stephen says he needed to know what was out there to help him move on

Retiring GP and Collaborative member Ray Walsh gives a moving account of life behind the stethoscope

Loughborough Farm has helped Zeenat move forward after stress took its toll

John is in the driver’s seat as we head for Whitstable

Beverley Randall, Programme Manager says it’s the Mosaic ethos that helped to grow in-reach work at Lambeth hospital.

A dynamic team with an ambitious remit reflects on the story so far

Exciting educational links are being made at the Living Well Partnership site

A new report and toolkit have been shaped by the work of two local lived experience advisors

This video is just a small snippet of Airdrina Drake’s story, but a snippet that she and we feel is pretty important.

“I want to feel better and to help people who are recovering because I have those feelings of mental health to support others,” says VB, a woman who is strong of spirit and resilient to the core.

“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.”

“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.

Volunteering and connecting can be a positive force in recovery as Peter Duncan is discovering.

“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 talks about doing a Voluntary Training Course that led to a volunteering into employment contract

Oliver works as a Community Support Guide at Lambeth Community Options Team. Oliver reflects on his experience of focusing on clients recovery.

Seamus has been getting some help through a Personal Health Budget

Mary’s experience of Personal Health Budgets

John has been working with the Community Options Team at Thames Reach and things are on the up!