Transforming health and social care

We are a lived experience-led collective, working to transform mental health and social care with the people who use it in the lead. We work across the UK and internationally, tackling some of the hardest challenges in health and care through peer support, co-production, research, and evaluation.

Focus areas

More about our work with the voluntary sector here

More about our peer support and lived experience work here

More about our work with health and social care here

We design bold, grounded solutions with the people and communities they are for, from the first conversations through to delivery and evaluation. We bring years of experience and the latest global research, and we work the same way with a small grassroots group as with a large health system.

Delivering positive outcomes that last

Working creatively alongside clients across the world, we co-design programmes and services at any stage, from the seed of an idea through to evaluating the finished work. Our support can help you deliver change in:

Peer support and peer leadership
Mental health and substance use
Community health

Community engagement
Children and young people’s mental health

For examples of the type of support we can provide you, see our previous work:

Case Studies

What people are saying

"Their international expertise and sharing global ideas has given us a plan with the evidence to move forward in developing a brand new service for children and young people’s mental health."

John Beckles, Commissioner Transformation Lead Emotional Well- being and Mental Health CYP
"The entire team at Habitus was indispensable in helping us prove that our intervention is having a significant impact… their work helped us to secure sustainable long term funding.”

Greg Kyllo, National Director, Program Innovation, Canadian Mental Health Association
"Habitus went above and beyond what we were expecting, leaving behind a fantastic framework and accompanying guide that can be picked up by anyone.”

Jade Rogers, Frontline
"Lisa and Laura's engagement with our mum's leadership team was really beautiful to see - they immediately put the mums at ease and got some really honest and open responses from them which was a tribute to how safe the mums felt."

Amy Ross, Chief Financial Officer, The Magpie Project
"Callum and Lisa were instrumental in guiding us into a new way of thinking… and illustrating where we could make changes to build for the future. They far exceeded my expectations of grant funding that they successfully got for our organisation. Their support was personal, friendly and timely… they were only a phone call or email away.”

Davie Snashall, Deputy Manager, Caithness Mental Health Support Group
"It really felt like the folks at Habitus were invested in our success and truly rooting for us."

Iftu Hargaaya, Co-Founder, The Colour Factor
"Friendly, open and really great to get on with, which makes working with them a joy. Their work is of very high quality. We would not have achieved what we have without their involvement."

David Brookfield, CEO, Centred

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Our thoughts on the matters that matter

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What We Heard: The Conditions for Peer Research to Thrive

What does it really take for peer research to thrive? Fifty-three peer researchers from across the world told us. Our first report shares what we heard.

Who Decides What Good Mental Health Looks Like?

If we really want to transform mental health systems, then who determines what is measured and why has to change.

We Forgot How to Organise. We Got Very Good at Delivering.

Somewhere along the way, engagement stopped meaning 'going to where people are, listening to what matters to them, and building something together.' It started meaning 'getting people to attend your thing.

The Peer Research Academy: Exploring What Happens When Research Is Led by People with Lived Experience

What happens when research is led by those with lived experience and peer practice expertise? And what needs to be in place for that to happen well?

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Transforming health and social care

We are a lived experience-led collective, working to transform mental health and social care with the people who use it in the lead. We work across the UK and internationally, tackling some of the hardest challenges in health and care through peer support, co-production, research, and evaluation.

Focus areas

Delivering positive outcomes that last

"Their international expertise and sharing global ideas has given us a plan with the evidence to move forward in developing a brand new service for children and young people’s mental health."

"The entire team at Habitus was indispensable in helping us prove that our intervention is having a significant impact… their work helped us to secure sustainable long term funding.”

"Habitus went above and beyond what we were expecting, leaving behind a fantastic framework and accompanying guide that can be picked up by anyone.”

"Lisa and Laura's engagement with our mum's leadership team was really beautiful to see - they immediately put the mums at ease and got some really honest and open responses from them which was a tribute to how safe the mums felt."

"It really felt like the folks at Habitus were invested in our success and truly rooting for us."

"Friendly, open and really great to get on with, which makes working with them a joy. Their work is of very high quality. We would not have achieved what we have without their involvement."

Latest Blogs

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