Evolving Peer Support: A Guide to Using Your Lived Experience to Help Others (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798265524904)

"What I've learned is that what brings more opportunity, health and magic to anyone is family and community support. The arrow of the compass I keep with me when asking that question points to Peer Support... Nikki's training provided accessible and transferable skills, learning and concepts for us all." - James Moore, Community Facilitator

Have you ever wished you could use your lived experience to help others-but weren't sure where to start?

In Evolving Peer Support, mental health advocate and award-winning trainer Nikki Mattocks offers a compassionate, practical, and inspiring guide to peer support. Drawing from her own journey as founder of Evolve, an award-winning grassroots project, Nikki shares tools, activities, and insights that show how shared experience can create hope, healing, and connection.

Readers will learn how to:
✅ Share lived experience safely and with impact
✅ Facilitate groups and one-to-one sessions with confidence
✅ Build trust, resilience, and community (even without funding)
✅ Overcome stigma, manage boundaries, and prioritise self-care
✅ Harness creativity and trauma-informed practices in peer support

"Nikki's facilitation style exuded a humble wisdom... galvanising our perspective on learning and growing with more humility and compassion."

Whether you're a volunteer, community leader, or aspiring peer support worker, this book will give you the knowledge and encouragement you need to transform pain into purpose and lived experience into lasting change.