Ask The Expert.
Ask the Expert.
What better way to develop specialist services than to come along to one of our sessions featuring those with lived experience talking about their experiences of accessing social, and other forms of, support.
Bring your questions!
Hear our experts by lived experience tell their stories.
Develop a clearer understanding of the challenges that people with lived experience face every day; enabling you to include and build bespoke services to support them.
Why this series is important.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Session Overview
Trauma session is 4.5 hours; others are 2 hours long.
Living with Trauma
A transformative two-hour workshop led by trauma survivors, designed to deepen understanding and inspire inclusive, trauma-informed service design.
Gain real insight into the everyday challenges faced by those living with trauma and learn how your organisation can co-create bespoke services that truly reflect their needs.
Living in Temp Accommodation
This session sheds light on the realities of housing insecurity from daily instability to navigating support systems and how organisations can respond with dignity and inclusion.
Gain first-hand insight into the challenges faced by those living in temporary accommodation and learn how to co-design services that are flexible and respectful.
Living with Addiction
This session offers raw insight, honest dialogue, and practical guidance for building inclusive, recovery-informed services.
Learn what it truly means to live with addiction, explore the barriers people face every day, and discover how your organisation can co-design support that meets people where they are.
Living with Homelessness
This session brings raw insight into the realities of life without stable housing and how organisations can respond with compassion, flexibility, and dignity.
Understand the daily struggles of navigating services, stigma, and survival, and learn how to co-create support systems that are inclusive, responsive, and rooted in lived experience.
Living with Mental Health
Hear honest conversations about the realities of navigating mental health challenges and how organisations can respond with empathy and inclusion.
Explore the everyday barriers faced by people living with mental health conditions, and learn how to co-create services that are supportive, accessible, and truly person-centred.
Outcomes you can expect
Greater clarity on the challenges that those with lived experience face
The chance to ask questions and hear the real life stories of those who have experienced multiple life challenges
The knowledge to hone your service offer to better suit those you support
Ideal for
Lived experience and peer professionals who want to understand more about the challenges those they support face
Those responsible for designing service offers
Anyone interested in hearing first-person stories about resilience and courage in the face of adversity
Flexible delivery options
In-person or virtual sessions
Self-paced digital modules
Custom branding available
Forthcoming dates and cost
Dates
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Cost
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