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 – Percival House in Rangiora
Phone: (03) 310‑6509 or 027‑917‑2975
Website: www.comcare.org.nz
For people aged 18 to 65 years, living north of the Waimakariri River and up to Hurunui, and with a mental health diagnosis. Patients with mild intellectual disability and a mental illness are also accepted. There is a pick-up and drop-off service twice a week for both Amberley and Waimakariri districts.
Services available:
- Group and individual support with a focus on recovery.
- Ongoing support, information, and education through a programme of personal development sessions and activities such as art therapy, stone carving, and a regular walking group.
- Peer support, social activities, drop in centres and groups.
- Wellness recovery action plan (WRAP), which you will develop with staff. One-on-one sessions with staff to assess and encourage development.
- Referral to other community-based services such as Comcare's Jobconnect and Activelinks, Step Ahead Trust, and the Community Alcohol & Drug Service.
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.
Services available:
- Peer advocacy.
- Peer support in groups or for individuals.
- Change programmes and workshops.
- Latnam 826 is an activity and social centre for people with mental illness or addiction issues who feel socially isolated. It has a friendly team of peer support workers who help members and guests feel at home. The entrance is at the rear of 357 Madras St.
Mind & Body Consultants – One-on-one peer support
Phone: (03) 377-1818
Website: mindandbody.co.nz
For people 18 years 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.
Warmline – Phone-based peer support
Phone: (03) 379-8415 or 0800‑899‑276
Website: www.warmline.org.nz
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 are 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.
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Page created June 2016. Last updated December 2018.
Review key: HIHMI-138165
