Everybody cheats[i]. Most people cheat in small ways – a forbidden snack on a diet, repurposing pens from the stationary cupboard, or using Google to get the answer during a pub quiz. Cheating can make us feel really good: when we cheat the system and beat the 'powers that be', we feel a win. But cheating over time can eventually lead us to see ourselves as lost causes, with no hope of redemption. Somewhere between 'good person who cheats' and 'bad person who lies' is the ti

In her first director's blog, our co-founder and managing director, Vikki Price, tells us about how intelligence-led approaches came to be a central focus in Peer Hub's thinking about transformational change in mental health services. It's an understatement to say I had some thinking to do when I decided to set up Peer Hub CIC. I’ve spent an awful lot of time over the past few years working closely with people with lived experience of mental health problems and listening to