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Peer support project helps young people share their experiences of exiting CAMHS

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Young people in Camden and Westminster have designed a peer support programme to help one another after leaving CAMHS.
Young people lead decisions on which elements to include in sessions, such as drawing, games and discussions. Picture: Provided
Young people lead decisions on which elements to include in sessions, such as drawing, games and discussions. Picture: Provided

Name: Peer Support Programme

Provider: Fitzrovia Youth in Action and The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Summary: Young people in Camden and Westminster have designed a peer support programme to help one another after leaving CAMHS.

Fitzrovia Youth in Action (FYA) has been supporting young people with experience of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) to take the lead on helping one another in a youth-led peer support programme.

In collaboration with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, the programme has been co-designed and co-delivered by young people.

“This was an opportunity to look at what leaving CAMHS looks like for young people, and to see what they want for others,” says Eleanor Rudd, youth leadership manager at FYA on the programme which recently completed its pilot scheme.

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