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Home > 2021 > January

Month: January 2021

Reflecting on a peer support partnership of 13 statutory and VCSE organisations

Posted on 19 Jan 2021 (7 Jun 2021) by Amy Wells

I am very proud to have been part of the work which the ‘Principled Way of Working, Peer Support in… more

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Still breathing. Not dead.

Posted on 8 Jan 2021 (31 May 2022) by Amy Wells

This film was shot in 2016 just after the repossession of my house. I was feeling really ill with PTSD… more

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