Creating Hope with Peer Support in Aberdeen: Workshop

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Scottish Recovery Network

Do you want to build your skills and confidence in developing supportive peer relationships with people affected by suicide?

Aberdeen Arts Centre

Creating Hope With Peer Support

We’re collaborating with local and national suicide prevention partners to boost community-based peer support groups and services.

We’ll start with an exploration of peer support and why it has a vital role to play in suicide prevention.We’ll then look at the Creating Hope with Peer Support Pathway. This Pathway outlines four key stages of the peer support relationship and journey: Connect, Explore, Hope and Support."This is a compassionate, gentle approach. It humanises suicide in that it doesn’t feel clinical" - Creating Hope with Peer Support pilot participant. <h3>Who is this workshop for?</h3><ul><li>Peer Supporters / Workers in groups or services who want to build their confidence supporting people affected by suicide</li><li>People with lived experience interested in developing peer support skills</li></ul>Group numbers for this workshop are deliberately low to provide a small group session where participants in similar roles can discuss challenges, shape solutions and exchange skills and ideas. <h3>What can you expect on the day?</h3><ul><li>Discussions and activities designed to develop ideas, share experiences, and strengthen existing knowledge</li><li>Explore with fellow participants how peer support can be meaningful and effective in suicide prevention</li><li>An introduction to the Creating Hope with Peer Support Pathway</li><li>An increased understanding of the practice of peer support through shared language and intentionally sharing experiences</li><li>Time dedicated to developing self-care and support strategies</li><li>A space to reflect on the value in what you are doing as a Peer Supporter</li></ul>Lunch is provided. Refreshments are available throughout the day. <h3>Get your free resource</h3>The workshop is informed by the Creating Hope with Peer Support resource. This practical guide was co-designed and piloted by groups and organisations already delivering peer support for people impacted by suicide. You can order your free copy of Creating Hope with Peer Support from <a href="https://scottishrecovery.net/get-your-free-creating-hope-with-peer-support-resource/" title="https://scottishrecovery.net/get-your-free-creating-hope-with-peer-support-resource/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">our website</a> <h3>Accessibility</h3>Scottish Recovery Network supports #CommunicationForAll. If you have any accessibility or communication needs that would help you take part, please let us know. To book BSL interpreters or Electronic Notetakers we need two weeks’ notice.If you have any further questions contact 0300 323 9956 or <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-recovery-in-scotland-tickets-883228499217?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-recovery-in-scotland-tickets-883228499217?aff=oddtdtcreator">info@scottishrecovery.net</a>Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us directly by using <a href="http://bit.ly/3MLLpEA" title="http://bit.ly/3MLLpEA" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Contact Scotland BSL</a> <h3>A bit of background</h3>The Scottish Government and COSLA'S Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan – <a href="https://bit.ly/3SXyGRS" title="https://bit.ly/3SXyGRS" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Creating Hope Together</a> – recognises the valuable contribution of peer support in our communities.Our <a href="https://youtu.be/nsXtlh3rsz8?si=kxMP8jBE7T7ILdNG" title="https://youtu.be/nsXtlh3rsz8?si=kxMP8jBE7T7ILdNG" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Creating Hope with Peer Support project</a> brings people from across sectors and different walks of life together, to connect and explore the role peer support can play in suicide prevention.With a focus on the power of lived experience to affect positive change, the project is working with a wide range of partners to boost peer support groups in communities across the country. It is helping to build capacity so that people and families affected by suicide can receive help at the earliest opportunity.