Researchers From Oxford University, Imperial College London & Two Third-Sector Organizations Announce Collaboration To Design & Deliver Online Peer Support Training During COVID-19

Researchers from the Department of Psychiatry, Oxford University, Imperial College London and two third-sector organisations, The McPin Foundation and Youth Era, are collaborating to co-design and deliver online peer support training for young people aged 16 through 18 years old in the United Kingdom. This project will explore the impact of being trained as a peer supporter on young people's support-giving behavior, motivation, and skills during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The training will be delivered to a sample of young people aged 16 to 18 years in a pilot, randomized controlled trial. The trial will test . . .