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What do we
do?
- We specialise in delivering National Open College Network
accredited training in Peer Support/ Mentoring and have
been doing this for the past 2 years
- We have worked with mental health charities, young people’s
projects and medium secure psychiatric units
- We have a hugely successful history of working with service
users to help them to reach their potential
- We can also provide bespoke training courses to meet
the needs of your organisation
What have we done?
We have worked with approximately 60 service users over the
past two years and had the following outcomes:
- 12 learners returning to part-time paid employment
- 20 learners finding volunteering opportunities as peer
mentors
- 1 learner now delivers training with a mental health
charity
- 1 learner returned to University to complete her Msc in
Psychology and working as a paid peer mentor for undergraduate
Psychology students
- 5 learners enrolled on mainstream adult education college
courses
- 1 learner sitting on panel for Sussex Partnership Trust
, interviewing for Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Community
Psychiatric Nurse
- 10 learners working as peer mentors for a mental health charity
- 7 learners now have a decreased reliance on using day services
What people have said about us…
'...It was brilliant… I found that I had things to offer
that I didn’t know I could…'
'Through studying for this course, I have learnt things about
myself that I couldn’t see before...'
'...It has left me in no doubt that I am capable of working
again which I never saw before...'
'It has changed me from being a nobody to being a somebody...'
'It has made me address at other areas of my life so there
is nothing stopping me from getting a job...'
'I know I can make a positive contribution to my peers!'
'Doing the course was one of the best choices that I ever
made!'
'It has made me think that this is a great way forward!'
'... It has built my confidence and nice to know that
I can support others...'
'...I can’t wait to put all the skills I have into practice
and look forward to being a peer support worker...'
Who are we?
- The Purple Project is a Community Interest Company based
in West Sussex
- Any profit made from our services is ploughed back into
the business and into the local community
- We can provide references from organisations that have
worked with The Purple Project
A little bit about ‘The Purple Project’…
The Purple Project is the brainchild of Vicki Lefevre. Having
spent the past 2 years delivering the NOCN Peer Mentoring
course to service users in mental health based organisations,
Vicki has seen some great success stories. She truly believes
that these achievements can be repeated with any client group.
She has worked in social care for the past 10 years, having
worked with many different client groups including young people,
people with substance misuse issues, people with physical
disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health problems,
people who are hearing impaired and Deaf and ex-offenders.
Please contact her on 07772112060 or at vicki@thepurpleproject.co.uk
to discuss your requirements further… she’d love to hear from
you!
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