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Supporting Each Other Equals Power! (SEOEP)

Supporting Each Other Equals Power! (SEOEP) was a project to empower people with learning difficulties to help other people with learning difficulties.

It was a partnership between the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), People First (Self Advocacy) (PFSA) and Breaking Out of the Bubble (BOB, formerly People First Lambeth).

The Big Lottery Fund funded the project, which ran for four years from January 2018 to December 2021. The project took place in Lambeth, south London.

Video introduction

Supporting Each Other Equals Power! (SEOEP) was a project to empower people with learning difficulties to help other people with learning difficulties.

About SEOEP

Supporting Each Other Equals Power! (SEOEP) was a project to empower people with learning difficulties to help other people with learning difficulties. It was a partnership between SCIE, People First (Self Advocacy) (PFSA) and Breaking Out of the Bubble (BOB).

The SEOEP model

People with learning difficulties led and delivered it the SEOEP project. It provided social, emotional and practical support, to help people in all areas of their lives.

What we did

How the SEOEP project supported people with learning difficulties.

Top tips

Ten top tips for running similar projects.

Full report

The evaluation report assesses how the project met its aims to empower and support people with learning difficulties, and what was learnt from continuing to provide peer support to people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Webinar

Hear about how people with learning difficulties used co-production to deliver support for other people with learning difficulties.