Peer Support - It's good to talk
As a person living with HIV there may be times when it would help to talk to someone who understands what you are going through and can help you see your way through a particular problem or issue. A Positive East Peer Support Volunteer may be just what you need.
Our trained Peer Support Volunteers are now available for up to six sessions, to provide support to people living with HIV through such issues as:
- Supporting you after your diagnosis and basic HIV knowledge
- Starting your treatment and adherence issues
- Staying healthy within a budget
- Relationship issues with friends, neighbours and family issues
- Coping with changes in life and issues about disclosure
- Improving your relationship with medical professionals
- Signposting you to further areas of support and ways of helping yourself
Our Peer Support Volunteers have personal experience of living with HIV, being trained and mentored to provide this service. They can bring their life experience backed up by our rigorous training programme to provide help and support for you.
For more information about Positive East Peer Support, email: Christopher.Scott.Burrows@positiveeast.org.uk, or telephone 020 7791 2855. Also visit our Counselling and Psychotherapy and Wellbeing courses web pages for further information about how we may help you.
If you would like to join and be part of our Peer Support volunteer team, visit our Volunteering web page for further information about the programme.
