Peer Support in Scotland | Read The New Insight Report

2 Feb 2026

Peer Support in Scotland is a new Insight Report from Scottish Recovery Network.

It makes the case for peer support as a core component of a recovery-focused, people-led mental health system.

The first in a four-part series, it draws on evidence, lived experience, and national and international data to show why peer support matters, where we are now, and what action is needed to ensure it is not an optional add-on, but central to delivering Scotland’s vision for mental health recovery and wellbeing.

Insight Reports 2 and 3 will focus on prevention and early intervention, crisis and distress. The fourth Insight Report will focus on the enablers and barriers to growing peer support in Scotland sharing Scottish and international evidence of what works.

Read the report here.