Voice Collective Groups

Would you like to meet other young people who hear, see or sense things that others don't? If you live in London, why not come to one of our peer support groups?

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The Basics

What are Voice Collective Groups?

Voice Collective groups are peer support groups for young people who hear, see or sense things that other people don’t. They are safe spaces for young people (aged 12-18) to meet others who understand what they’re going through, without worrying about being judged or made fun of.

I’d been living all these years in a strange isolated bubble, thinking I was unique, and then I realised there were all these other people just like me

Whilst all groups will hold to some basic ideals (respect and mutual support), they will all be unique. Groups members have a big part to play in shaping it to fit with what they need, and want. Some groups will spend a lot of time sharing their experiences in words, others may take a more active/creative route.

How can they help?

The groups will help different people in different ways. Group members might: feel less isolated and make friends; begin to feel ‘normal’ again; try out new ways of coping with your experiences; explore different ways of making sense of them; share what’s going on in your life; feel like you can be yourself with people you trust.

The practical bits

An average group will meet for about an hour each week and be made up of 5-8 people. There will usually be some social time built in, meaning you get chance to chill out with other group members. Groups will be co-facilitated by someone who has experience of living with voices themselves (a member of the Voice Collective team at Mind in Camden)

There’s no pressure to come each week - we think it’s important that you are there because you want to be, not because you feel you have to.

All groups will be run as partnerships between the Voice Collective team (Mind in Camden) and organisations that support young people (including the Anna Freud Centre and The Level: Tower Hamlets Young People’s Centre).

What now?

If you want to find out more about the groups, you can:

If you’d like to come to a group, get in touch and we’ll send you a self referral form. All you need to do is fill it in (either by yourself, or with the help of someone you trust) and send it back to us.

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