Welcome to Cambridge Peer Support

Life at university can be challenging and naturally, students often turn first to a peer to talk through a problem.

Peer Support complements the existing welfare and tutorial systems and provides students with a friendly but formally trained, confidential service. Peer Supporters can help students talk through their problems or difficulties and encourage them to find their own answers or solutions. They are not counsellors and do not offer advice but are able, when necessary, to refer students to other sources of help.

Peer Support training provides a unique opportunity for students to become involved within their College welfare systems, gain valuable transferable skills in communication and limit setting, as well as learning to recognise how, when and where to refer students, who maybe experiencing serious problems. It provides the opportunity to work as part of a team, and to 'give back’ to the community, enhancing both the peer supporter’s and fellow students’ lives.