Peer support

Aims

This module explores the role of peer support for women with learning disabilities who have experienced gender-based violence.

Peer support is not a replacement for professional services. Instead, it can play a vital role alongside formal support by helping women feel less isolated, more understood, and more confident to engage with services.

This module aims to improve understanding of:

• What peer support is
• Why it matters
• And what your service can do, even if you do not offer peer support directly.

Learning outcomes

By completing this module, you will be able to:

• Understand what peer support means in the context of learning disability and gender-based violence
• Recognise why peer support can be particularly important for women with learning disabilities
• Identify ways your service can support, promote or signpost to peer support safely and appropriately.