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 – Warmline phone-based peer support
Phone: (03) 377-7020 or 0800‑899‑276
Website: www.comcare.org.nz/what-we-do/peer-support-services/warmline
For people living in Canterbury and on the West Coast.
Services available:
- Phone-based peer support for people experiencing mental illness. Warmline operators are volunteer peer supporters who have had personal experience of mental illness. They're well trained, mentored and supported.
- A confidential non-crisis listening service, not a crisis line. Available from 1 pm to midnight, seven days a week.
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 staff have their own experience of mental distress or addiction, and of meaningful recovery. Their experience helps them to listen to you carefully.
To access any of their programmes, groups or services, you're welcome to pop in for a cuppa and conversation with a peer worker. You don't need a referral or appointment. Drop in between 10 am and 1.30 pm Monday to Friday (11 am to 1.30 pm on Tuesdays).
Services available:
- Peer advocacy.
- Peer support in groups or for individuals.
- Change programmes and workshops.
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
