What is the Community Peer Support Service?

SIA's Community Peer Support service is delivered by a team of spinal cord injured people and provides practical advice and support for those being treated in District General Hospitals or Neurological/Rehab Centres, and who have sustained damage to the spinal cord either through trauma or illness.   Who can benefit?

• Newly injured people - peer support is provided to newly injured awaiting transfer to a specialist Spinal Injury Centre or those who will never be admitted, offering practical support support on life after injury.
• Family members - helping families adjust to the injury by talking to someone who understands and can signpost them to sources of information
• Healthcare professionals in non-specialist settings - inservice training can be delivered to single or multi-disciplinary teams, raising awareness of life with spinal cord injury. This training is CPD certified and carries 1 hour CPD points.
• Spinal Cord Injuries Centre - outreach staff - SIA's Community Peer Support team can help to support newly injured peole awaiting transfer to a specialist Centre

Our Community Peer Support Team operates on a regional basis, to access your local Community Peer Support Officer please click on the relevant region: 

For information and contact details for our dedicated Community Peer Support Officer for the Armed Forces, click here.