Vikki joined CHT as our first Lived Experience Coordinator in 2024, and leads on the development of our Experts by Experience program.

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Vikki began her journey as a volunteer Peer Supporter in substance use services. Since then, she has taken on several roles, including Co-production and Engagement Worker, where she mentored people with lived experience of multiple disadvantages to contribute their perspectives to service and system change projects. She has also worked as a Lived Experience Trauma-Informed Trainer in the NHS, co-facilitating training sessions for staff, and as a Peer Trainer at Recovery College, where she co-facilitated psychoeducational groups for individuals who have experienced trauma, and as a Research and Learning Officer within a systems change team.

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"Peers were a crucial part of my own journey and I have witnessed the value that the involvement of Experts by Experience can bring to individuals and services in the course of my work, so I feel really privileged to be developing this at CHT."
Vikki H