What is a mentor?
As a mentor you will be taking your lived experience of overcoming obstacles and barriers and using this to support others in a similar situation to overcome theirs and build their resilience to manage their situation for themselves.
“I’m very, very happy I volunteered for this, it’s been a very positive experience, even when I found it a bit worrying or difficult. The trainer was great and very understanding in working round my condition.”
Long COVID
The Peer Partnership designed a peer support service for people living with long COVID in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. People with long COVID experience excessive fatigue, “brain fog“, breathlessness, anxiety and muscle aches. With 1 in 4 people who have had a COVID infection experiencing long COVID, more methods of support need to be developed. People living with long COVID need opportunities to improve their knowledge, confidence and ability to self-manage while ongoing research seeks to provide treatment and care options. Peer support, and the sharing of experiences, strategies and coping methods, can be an important part of providing effective and meaningful person-centred support.
Type 2 Diabetes
As a type 2 diabetes peer mentor volunteer, you support people to understand how to live well with type 2 diabetes, to reach their goals and to grow their knowledge, confidence and ability to manage living with type 2 diabetes. Our type 2 diabetes peer mentors meet up with their mentees once a week either in person or online for up to 4 months
HIV
Our peer mentor program will match you with a mentor to help you gain the knowledge, confidence and ability to live well with your HIV diagnosis. Our volunteer mentors are all experienced with living with HIV and understand how hard it can be. They can support you for up to 4 months. For more information or to apply for support from this HIV service, please visit One-to-one Peer Support – Brigstowe.
If you are looking for peer support for other issues, please see below for other opportunities in Bristol (Please note, these services are not run by The Peer Partnership)
