We provide a safe space to chat in a variety of formats, including the online Community Mental Health Forum, Chronic Pain Peer-Support Group and 1-2-1 Emotional Support.
Our Mission 🎯
Our mission is to provide a safe space to chat, connect and find meaning in peer-to-peer and emotional support.
Our Vision 🏹
Conversing Care wants “to be a leading force in self-harm and suicide prevention through compassionate and practical conversations”.
We envision a world where people don’t feel their only option is to self-harm or end their own life because they don’t have adequate support or they are battling mental health issues in isolation.
Our Values ✨
To universally support anyone in a moment of distress or difficulty, our values allow us to provide a safe space where anyone can feel supported enough to express their difficulties in a safe and practical way.
- Confidentiality & Safety: Trust comes from knowing what the outcomes are. We will always look after information given to us in a confidential way. We will only pass on specific parts of information if we have concerns over someone’s safety to protect life. This is known as safeguarding.
- Responsive & Resourcefulness: Being there at the right time with the right information can be incredibly meaningful during distressing situations. We want to be available if someone needs us, have the right information to hand to support them and have appropriate safety nets put in place to monitor wellbeing.
- Compassionate & Caring: From the bottom up, we care deeply for our service users and we want them to feel that we are here for them. That lays the groundwork for trust to build and solid working relationships to form. A strong protective factor in the fight to tackle suicide.
Did you know..
- 1 in 3 of our users will express thoughts of wanting to harm themselves.
- Just under 2/3’s of our callers mention they have a history with self harm and suicide attempts.
- 90% of services users express poor or inadequate social support and medical treatment.
Volunteers are the backbone of what we do
Everyone at Conversing Care are volunteers, dedicating their time to support others who are struggling.
We are all trained in different communication skills, have experience in the Health & Social Care sector and have robust procedures in place to support anyone needing emotional care.
All volunteers are police checked, vetted and monitored, so you can be rest assured the person you will be speaking to at Conversing Care is generally a decent, well-rounded individual who generally cares about you and your wellbeing.
We are always looking for new volunteers and support so if you are interested, please consider getting in touch.