Peer Talk

PeerTalk is a national charity that provides weekly volunteer facilitated peer support groups for people living with depression, anxiety and other emotional distress.

PeerTalk is an independent charitable foundation.

PeerTalk offers a forum for sharing and listening, providing encouragement and, (more importantly), hope to attendees. This informs what we measure our effectiveness against and how we do it. As a result of practical suggestions on coping with depression offered by other participants, individual attendees report improvements in several areas, including well-being, (in particular, self-esteem), and the ability to manage depression on a day to day basis. 

.PeerTalk’s aims include raising awareness about depression and challenging the stigma often associated with it. PeerTalk offers presentations to community groups that provide information around depression, encourage good practice in communicating with and supporting people who live with poor mental health and how to signpost people to mental health services if necessary. PeerTalk also aims to be able to signpost family members and friends to supportive advice and counsel.