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With-you Consultancy
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Peer Support & Wellbeing Organisation providing specialist training and consultancy (national and overseas) on peer-based approaches and workforce development.
Exchange Magazine: Peer Support in Unexpected Places📰

This issue centres the voices, skills and values of peer support far beyond expected settings. We know peer support shows up in so many spaces, yet too often the conversation doesn’t. This edition is our way of changing that👉 buff.ly/fXFj53m
December 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🎙️ New Podcast Ep: Jose on Recovery, Resilience & Giving Back

We explore what it’s like when trauma collides with everyday life, the challenges of learning to live again, and how sharing your story can help you heal and inspire others along the way.

Listen here 👇
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#PeerSupport
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Farida Rahman shares her powerful personal story and the life-changing impact of The Happiness Trap and ACT. She explains it's simple tools which helped her to shift from survival to living a life that feels authentic and meaningful.👇
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#Wellbeing #MentalHealthMatters #PeerSupport
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
New Podcast Ep: Debbie talks about the emotional reality of caring for someone at risk of suicide. She shares how peer support connected her with other carers who “just get it,” and why the Stronger Together project has become an anchor for people living through the same pressures👇
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December 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In episode 31, Fiona opens up about how lived experience has shaped her work, and why peer support is far more powerful than most services realise. They dive into Fiona's research on online forums, the iPOF study, and the creation of the Library of Lived Experience.
Listen here👇
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November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
After 30 years at the BBC, Claire has seen journalism evolve. When she saw that weight landing on reporters and on the people they film, she helped build a peer support network that now has 300 trained volunteers across the organisation. Listen to the full podcast episode here👉 buff.ly/7W15Lsc
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🌿A Compassionate Approach to Self-Criticism Workshop
Is your inner critic running the show? It’s time to turn down the volume.

Join our 3-hour online workshop designed to help you transform negative self-talk, build resilience, and lead with compassion.

Spaces are limited: buff.ly/NQ9nITa
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨 Final places remaining!

✔ Gain tools to navigate peer role challenges.
✔ Build resilience & sustain wellbeing.
✔ Increase confidence as a leader.
✔ Create a personal action plan.
✔ Strengthen your peer network.

Leadership & Influencing Training - Starts next week 👉https://shorturl.at/jEM0j
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Cate speaks with Emily, a trade union professional, trainer, and peer support volunteer, about her ongoing recovery following a catastrophic head-on collision.

She opens up about how peer support gave her a place to belong at a time when she no longer recognised her own life: shorturl.at/tlZtY
October 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Earlier this month, members of our Black and Asian Network reflected on this year’s theme for Black History Month, Standing Firm in Power and Pride - sharing personal stories, supporting one another, and leaving inspired to stand tall for themselves and others. Read more here: buff.ly/Hyscxzk
October 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Ryiah sustained a severe  hip injury while travelling in Bali, setting off a long recovery. Now training as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and volunteering with Day One Trauma Support, she reflects on recovery, anger, meaning, and the power of peer support. Listen here 👉 buff.ly/SuCZ8YN
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Honouring Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: The Visionary Behind Black History Month

Read about Akyaaba’s inspiring journey and how his vision continues to shape our work and the landscape of peer support today 👉https://buff.ly/jrS1F1b

#PeerSupport#LivedExperience#BlackHistoryMonth #WithyouConsultancy
October 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Two days. A lifetime of leadership impact. 

14th & 21st November | Online | Limited time of part-funded training places at £300 + VAT, (standard price £440 + VAT)

Join the Peer Support: Leadership & Influencing Training – Starts in just over 3 weeks. Find out more today 👉 buff.ly/EGVOqwb
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
For our next issue of Exchange Magazine, we’re celebrating the people and projects putting peer support into action in unexpected places.

To contribute, get in touch with [email protected] by the submission deadline of 5th December.

#PeerSupport #WithyouConsultancy #LivedExperience
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🌐 Upcoming With-you Network Meetings!

Supervisor Network — 21st October, 14:00–16:00
Join us online: buff.ly/A2w7SJT

Allyship Network — 27th October, 18:00–19:30
Join us online: buff.ly/0afZN2A

#WithyouNetwork#Allyship #Supervisor #LivedExperience#PeerSupport#WithyouConsultancy
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This week, we’re revisiting our Shoulder to Shoulder Podcast episode with Ruth and Hannah from Care Full. Together, they explore how care is deeply embedded in every part of our lives, not just in health or social care, but as the very foundation of our society and economy 👉 buff.ly/ZvE6YbT

#Carers
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“Being Seen: In Art, Words and Dance” — a powerful art exhibition by Andy Farr at Coventry Cathedral exploring trauma, resilience & recovery through art, dance & poetry. Our Director, Marissa Lambert joins the free live event on 18 Oct.

Find out more here 👇
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#PeerSupport
October 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
For a WEEK* ONLY, we will take bookings for our 4-day Working with Groups online training in January - £400 + VAT per place (usually £600 + VAT).

Contact [email protected] with the subject header ‘Global PS Offer’ to find out more and secure your place.

*Offer ends midnight 22.10.25
October 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We're offering two high-quality online training opportunities designed to strengthen wellbeing, resilience and leadership within peer and support-based roles.

A Compassionate Approach to Self-Criticism 👇
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Peer Support: Leadership & Influencing 👇
shorturl.at/nRDn2

Limited places!
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. This year’s theme, 'Access to services: mental health in catastrophes and emergencies', highlights the impact global instability can have on mental health. We’re reflecting on ‘overwhelm’, an often-overlooked struggle when thinking about mental health. buff.ly/4h7u1IF
October 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
After officiating 300+ professional rugby matches, Ian’s sudden exit led to a personal mental health crisis and a deep loss of identity. He shares how peer support helped him rebuild and why he now works to support others through State of Mind’s education sessions across the UK 👉 buff.ly/MI6r6Pz
October 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
As we mark Black History Month 2025, it’s an important time to reflect on how representation, equity, and lived experience shape mental health services and to ask what still needs to shift to ensure Black and Asian workers can thrive, not just survive.

Read more here👉https://buff.ly/1jk9rl0
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join us online on Thursday 9th October, 10.00 am – 12.00 pm, where we will be acknowledging and celebrating Black History Month at the With-you Black & Asian Network.

Register for the network here: buff.ly/tVK6EX6

#BlackHistoryMonth #PowerAndPride #PeerSupport #WithyouConsultancy
October 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🎙️ Shoulder to Shoulder Ep24 - Caring, Creativity & Change: Matthew McKenzie on Peer Support, Mental Health & Speaking Out. Listen here 👉 buff.ly/pN2Mnng

#Carers #MentalHealth #PeerSupport #LivedExperience #Podcast #WithyouConsultancy
October 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
➡️ Not being heard?
➡️ Limited progression opportunities?
➡️ Stigma within systems?

Why not join our Peer Support: Leadership & Influencing Training – 2-day online course

14th & 21st November 2025 | Online via Teams

Register your place here 👉 buff.ly/e6OlMT1

#PeerSupport #WithyouConsultancy
October 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM