Peer support is when people use their own experiences to help each other. It can offer emotional, social, practical, or knowledge-based help as well as promoting connection, hope and support without any judgement.

There are different types of peer support, but they all aim to:

• bring together people with shared experiences to support each other
• provide a space where you feel accepted and understood
• treat everyone’s experiences as being equally important
• involve both giving and receiving support