Support House’s Centre for Innovation in Peer Support provides

• wellness-based, peer-led self-help and social connections programming to community members; and
• support to organizations who have peer staff, through training in peer-support program implementation, capacity-building, evaluation, research, knowledge brokerage, and quality improvement 

Peer Support Programs include:

Virtual Self-Help

• to ensure confidentiality and safety of the group, all participants new to the Centre are required to register for Virtual Self-Help groups
• Community Resource and Wellness Series
• Daily Wellness Planning
• Well Being Drop-In
• Navigating Stress & Anxiety
• We Matter

Social Connections

• free, drop-in, virtual social connection opportunities are open to anyone aged 16 and older, no registration or commitment required
• Lit Grit
• Creative Writing
• The Games Room
• The Sharing Circle
• Just Be You (OAK0144) 

Peer Support Navigation (one on one)

• offers one-to-one peer support appointments via phone/teleconference  

Peer Warm Line (one on one)

• talk, and be heard by someone able to offer supportive listening 
• call 289-644-1480, Mon-Fri, 12 noon-5 pm

Peer Supporters & Organizations Supports include:

Provincial Systems Virtual Learning Centre & Resource Hub

• weekly on-line Communities of Practice for Peer Support Worker and one for Peer Support Supervisors, open across Ontario
• guidelines, manuals & toolkits, open to province
• training for peer positions, supervisors, teams and organizations
• support for peer program implementation
• quality improvement & evaluation support
• infrastructure & governance
• influencing policy & decision makers