Peer Support and its role for PB / Direct Payment Users - The Centre for Welfare Reform

Peer Support

Authors: Kate Fulton and Claire Winfield

It has long been acknowledged that the most important and effective form of support is Peer Support. Yet it has been hard for local authorities to create the right conditions for Peer Support to flourish. Too often local leaders try to make Peer Support fit within a service-dominated culture rather than encouraging, welcoming and respecting the expertise of their own citizens. This discussion paper describes some of the innovative Peer Support approaches that are emerging and encourages local leaders to build respect for Peer Support into the heart of their approach to personalisation.

The paper can be downloaded in PDF format from the following link:

http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/uploads/attachment/294/peer-support.pdf

Other interesting reports regarding Personalisation/ Personal Budgets etc can be found in the "library" section the right hand column on the following web page: http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/projects/personalised-support.html

Other interesting reports can be found on the following web page
http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/library/by-date/