Individuals
Would you like to help support people in Somerset with their mental health?
At Open Mental Health we offer a number of opportunities that would allow you to do just that. Through Spark Somerset we offer a number of volunteering opportunities across Somerset. Which not only helps others but can help improve your mental health as well.
If you have your own experience of mental health and would like to support others going through a similar experience become an Open Mental Health peer mentor or if you would like to use your experience to shape mental health care across Somerset become one of our Experts by Experience.
Volunteering Opportunities
Volunteering is a great way to improve our mental health & wellbeing. Through volunteering we connect with our local communities, meet new people, learn new skills, and put our life experience and knowledge to good use – and we enjoy ourselves!
Volunteers play an integral part of Open Mental Health, and we have many opportunities across Somerset. Find out more.
Become a Peer Mentor
Open Mental Health peer mentor volunteers are part of our Peer Connections project. The project aims to help people with their health and wellbeing, through mutually supportive one-to-one relationships. Peer Mentors call on their own lived experience of mental health challenges to help others seeking support. Find out more.
Become a Peer Worker Volunteer
A peer worker is a person with personal experience of mental health challenges who is trained and undertakes a volunteering or paid role in support for others either on a one-to-one basis or within a group setting. Find out more.
Become an Expert by Experience
Expert by Experience Leaders (EbELs) are working as equal partners in Open Mental Health to transform the way the whole system works, and hopefully leading to better outcomes for people. This is a trailblazing model of working which means that the voice of lived experience is central to decision making. This is exciting and dynamic, and gives EbELs great experience and transferrable skills as well as steering system wide decisions. Find out more.
Somerset Recovery College
Somerset Recovery College offers opportunities to learn about mental health and recovery by providing a unique curriculum designed to increase your knowledge, understanding and skills to equip you with the tools to live a meaningful, productive and fulfilling life. Find out more.
Work for Open Mental Health
Join Open Mental Health and help to change the way people in Somerset receive mental health care. Find out more.