Peer Groups
Disabled Women's Peer Group
Client Involvement Forum
Long Covid Peer Support Group
Disabled Women's Peer Group
The Disabled Women’s Peer Group is a peer group of disabled women who meet for an hour every Monday afternoon at 2pm via Zoom. Members also have a WhatsApp group which they are using as a positive space to support each other. This group has been running since early 2019, currently funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and is controlled by members, with some support from Breakthrough. Members organise their own activities in between meetings.
- discussion of topics set by the group
- sharing experiences and thoughts on topics around disabled women
- mutual emotional support of members
- safe space to discuss fears/concerns or barriers you face as a disabled woman and how you would go about removing them
Client Involvement Forum
For Breakthrough Clients – past and present
- Give feedback on your experience of
- Breakthrough
- Give ideas for future projects and help
- design them
- Tell us about your big issues as a disabled
- person
- Help Breakthrough involve disabled
- people from different backgrounds
- Grow your skills in leading, designing
- projects, team work and speaking up
- Get to know other people and have
- fun!
Also, the Client Involvement Forum is meeting on Zoom at the moment on Thursdays from 2:30pm to 3:30pm.
If you are interested in taking part, please get in touch with us on 0161 234 3950, text 07939 943 383 or email admin@breakthrough-uk.co.uk
You can read more about it by downloading our leaflet using the following links:
Long Covid Peer Support Group
This group is open to any disabled person in Manchester or Trafford living with long Covid. It is (just like our other peer groups) designed by members for tailored support.
- regular face to face meetings
- accessible information on Long Covid and the support available
- increasing awareness
- safe and accessible space to share experiences, coping strategies
- emotional support
- form relationships with peers living with long covid
- co-design of the group: set structure, topics and ground rules of the group together with members
Running through the heart of Breakthrough is peer support – the idea that people with lived experience are the best people to support each other.
We have three peer groups at Breakthrough, where disabled people can get to know each other and relax with other like minded people.
Members share experiences and information they think would be useful to other disabled people – such as what’s going on, where to get advice and how they have dealt with specific barriers. They are also a great way to develop confidence and assertiveness. People have made lasting friendships through their membership of Breakthrough peer groups.
Please get in touch if you would like to join one of the peer groups.
Personal Budgets
If you receive either type of Personal Budget, or employ your own Personal Assistant, we have a range of services to take the stress out of organising your finances. Our services are designed by disabled people, for disabled people.
Disability Design Reference Group
We manage the highly successful Disability Design Reference Group (DDRG) on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).
Go to: https://breakthrough-uk.co.uk/disability-design-reference-group/
