Show Notes
This week we've been joined by Andrea and Liv who talk about what's involved in participation, how Liv got involved in participation, how it helped build her confidence and the benefits she's experienced.
Liv shares her journey from service user to participation to a Peer Support Worker at NSFT as well as more information about participation.
Quoted links are below:
Participation webpage - https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/participation Young People's Participation webpage - https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/young-peoples-participation Current opportunities to get involved - https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/currentopportunitiestogetinvolved Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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