Get involved Community support Community support Communities, Peers and Volunteers Self management uk has always believed in peer education. Our volunteers have all previously attended a self management uk course and all volunteered with us as they wanted to share the benefits they felt with others in similar situations. Communities benefit from these volunteers who are local to the courses we run and who promote: self-management and self-care the voluntary sector confidence amongst people with health conditions timely and appropriate healthcare usage Some of our volunteers go on to take on employment opportunities, either with us or other organisations, benefiting the local economy too. Peer Tutors We use peer-tutors with lived experience of long-term conditions to deliver our courses. Our peer-tutors identify real experience of the challenges people with long-term conditions face and how to communicate effectively with others as well as the explaining the choices people with long-term conditions have to achieve better health. In the Community We engage with local communities where we run courses: by using local venues familiar to the people who attend a course by talking to local groups about our services by talking to the people we support about other local services by engaging people on our courses and discussing the possibilities of volunteering and tutoring by encouraging people to form and retain connections with others in their community