HealthInfo Canterbury
Peer support
Comcare Trust – One-on-one peer support
Phone: (03) 377-7020
Website: www.comcare.org.nz
Services available:
- One-on-one peer support in your home, at mutually agreed places and by phone.
- Trained peer support workers.
Comcare Trust – North Canterbury
Phone: (03) 377‑7020 or 027‑917‑2975
Website: www.comcare.org.nz
Services available:
- Comcare Trust is a recovery-focused organisation that provides free mental health and addiction services in the Waimakariri and Hurunui Districts for people with diagnosed mental illness or addiction issues.
- Community mental health support workers (CMHSW) guide people towards independence using a holistic goal-based approach. A mental health provider or GP can refer you to a CMHSW.
- Activelinks encourages mental and physical wellbeing through physical activity individually and in groups.
- Peer support uses shared experiences to support people one to one to help them understand what's happening and how they can move forward.
Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Support (MHAPS)
Phone: (03) 365‑9479 or 0800‑437‑324
Website: www.mhaps.org.nz
Address: Unit 4/357 Madras St, Christchurch.
MHAPS is a peer-led and peer-delivered mental health and addictions service. All its peer workers have their own lived experience of mental distress or addiction, and of meaningful recovery. Their experience helps them to listen to you carefully.
Services available:
- Peer advocacy.
- Peer support in groups or for individuals.
- Change programmes and workshops.
- Activity and social programmes.
Mind & Body Consultants – One-on-one peer support
Phone: (03) 377-1818
Website: mindandbody.co.nz
For people 18 and older.
Services available:
- One-on-one peer support in your home and at mutually agreed places.
- Trained peer support workers. You choose which peer support worker you would like to work with and are helped to establish goals and find solutions.
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Last reviewed December 2020.
Review key: HIHMI-138165
