Making Recovery Real

About Making Recovery Real

Welcome to the Making Recovery Real podcast with the Scottish Recovery Network and friends. Stay tuned for insights, ideas, and stories to help you make mental health recovery real where you are. All recordings are copyright of Scottish Recovery Network. They are released under a Creative Commons licence which means they may be be copied and re-used for non-commercial purposes. Intro and outro music is Carefree Day by AleXZavesa.

Publisher

Scottish Recovery Network

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Jul 2020

Latest episode

27 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Jan 2025

   Making Peer Practical - A participant's perspective

   Exploring the Making Peer Practical (https://scottishrecovery.net/peer-support/connecting-and-learning/making-peer-practical/) Development Programme from a participants perspective. Scottish Recovery Network Projects Coordinator Eilidh Hollow chats to Iona McCann, Associate Director (Communities) at Art in HealthCare (⁠https://www.artinhealthcare.org.uk/⁠) Click this link for the accompanying transcript

2. 

   30 Nov 2023

   What's it like being a Peer Worker in a Community Mental Health Service?

   Helen, a Peer Support Worker with NHS Borders Adult Community Mental Health Service, shares her experiences of the role. "A Peer Worker is a tangible, living, walking, breathing symbol of hope simply because of the words Lived Experience." Read along with the transcript for Helen's story (https://www.scottishrecovery.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Helens_Story_Transcript.docx)

3. 

   28 Nov 2023

   Two Rooms in A Mansion - poem

   We're delighted to present this bonus piece of audio where Peer Worker Helen reads her poem Two Rooms in a Mansion. Helen recently shared her story of being a Peer Worker (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottish-recovery-network/episodes/Whats-it-like-as-a-Peer-Support-Worker-in-a-Community-Mental-Health-Service-e2cffhm) in an Adult Community Mental Health Service.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

96,495

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

12

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.