Community Resources
Locally and internationally, our community is full of amazing lived-experience people who have incredible insight to share with the world.
We’ve listed some of our favourite projects below, as well as signposting for local mental health services.
Host Sara Amundson provides a raw, honest, and sometimes humorous look into what it means to live with Borderline Personality Disorder.
From relationships, to anger, to sex, and to recovery, Sara and her guests bare all to offer a glimpse into the reality behind life with the world’s most stigmatized mental illness
The BPD Society of BC has been a true beacon of hope, safety and acceptance to their community for over a decade.
As well as providing peer support, advocacy, information and education for Canadian nationals and beyond, they have an awesome online Library that includes Skills & Wellness resources, Information & Research on BPD, resources on Suicide and Self-Injury, reading for Friends & Family, and true stories from people with BPD
Changes Bristol provide peer support groups in Bristol and online for anyone aged 18 or over, offering a safe and friendly space for people to share any worries they might have. Their groups are free to access, confidential, with no referral needed and no diagnosis required. They also now offer one-to-one phone befriending for new and existing members.
As well as this support, they offer a large number of volunteering opportunities and workplace training in mental health awareness
The fund is named after Ella Rose Voke, who’s struggles with EUPD became too much for her at the age of 24. Ella cared about others, was a loyal friend, and was a passionate champion of minority rights and the environment. She was loved by her family and friends. The Ella Rose Fund was set up in her honour to help young people who are struggling with mental health problems to survive and thrive, and to resource talking therapy for those between 18-30 who experience EUPD
Rethink’s goal is to make sure everyone severely affected by mental illness has a good quality of life. Through their network of local groups and services, expert information and successful campaigning they aim to improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness. Rethink support Bristol based South West Carers 4 BPD, who invite loved ones of those with BPD to meet twice monthly
Self Injury Support was set up by a committed group of women who wanted to positively transform self-injury and mental health support services in their community. Their core aims are to relieve sickness and promote the health of women who self-injure and are emotionally distressed, by offering support to such women and their families, and; to advance the education of the public about self-injury and mental health issues through the provision of training and information
UK SMART Recovery is a registered charity which promotes choice in addiction recovery through a national network of mutual-aid meetings and online training programmes. They teach rational, easy to learn and self-empowering skills to abstain from any addictive behaviour and to develop a lifestyle that supports sustained recovery. Check out in-person meetings in Bristol here (online meetings available, too)
