Further information
All the programmes are based on certain principles.
- Peer to peer – the facilitators are from the same peer group as the participants
- They are based on participants' own personal experiences
- They do NOT provide answers or solutions but open new ways of thinking and perspectives
The Prospect Family & Friends Training Programme addresses the needs of carers - family members and friends. It enables them to gain confidence and develops their coping skills. This supports regaining control of their lives and improves their quality of life.
Feedback from family and friend participants
- I learnt that I was not alone
- I learnt to set boundaries
- It was a turning point , I was no longer stuck
- I learnt to recognise my own feelings
- I am a different person – before and after Prospect
- It changes your way of behaving, your way of thinking
- It broadens your view of life in a positive way
The People with Lived-Experience Training Programme promotes recovery, enables greater community integration and improves skills and opportunities for people with lived-experience of severe mental health illness.
Feedback from people with lived-experience of mental illness
- Understanding that we are equals in the equation
- Prospect is an important step towards rebuilding my life
- Discussing issues with others raised awareness of alternative opportunities
- Having a good time in the group
- Knowing more about how mental health is organised
- Knowing that I am not the only one with this illness…
- My family life has improved
The Health and Social Care Professionals Training Programme proposes the notion that a key role of mental health services is to facilitate citizenship. It places the person with experience of mental illness and family members in a social context, as citizens rather than service users or carers
Feedback from health and social care professionals
- It reaffirms an understanding of citizenship, and how to facilitate feelings of citizenship
- It made me think a lot about how I collaborate with users and relatives.
- I now have more empathy and respect for the dignity of the client
- It was positive to be challenged by a human rights approach to the issue of empowerment and stigma
- Prospect should be obligatory
The Common Ground is a training programme designed for a mixed stakeholder group of Prospect participants and aims to improve, facilitate, and increase three-way communication amongst these.
Feedback from participants of the Common Ground Module
- enhances the feeling of being an equal
- strengthens the sense of respect between the participants
- increased the understanding the other perspectives
