Lisa Archibald

Lisa Archibald | Substack Radical activist, advocate for social change & relational alternatives outside the bio-medical system.

Follow me on Substack where I am sharing some of my more creative activism: substack.com/@lisaarchiba...

I would rather we had no monarchy let alone one that schmoozes up to people like Trump

No second state visit for Trump Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.  This is the...

Sign and share- Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

Delighted to be one of the speakers at the CICSI summer school in Colchester, England this year. This 2 day summer school focuses on: “How can we effect change to end coercion in mental health settings and change the social context causing distress?”
www.cicsi-uni.org/summer-schoo...

How peer support can change mental health system YouTube video by Psichikos Sveikatos Perspektyvos

Really proud to work with this crew- our Icelandic team, Traustur Kjarni, took their learning to Lithuania in November & this video showcases the experience youtu.be/RoUL1NRgCIQ #iceland #arctic #baltic #nordic #mentalhealth

This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.

Emerging Proud Reunion and The ELEPHANT Collective launch event! Join us for our Emerging Proud reunion, where we will celebrate the creation of our new CIC: The ELEPHANT Collective together.

There’s an exciting new #community growing thanks to Katie Mottram There was a soft launch of The ELEPHANT Collective in Dec and connection has been through the mighty network. there is an official launch on 12th May in England.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emerging-p...

A busy 2024 for us internationally at Intentional Peer Support.
Looking forward to 2025

Social Change 2025 A new way of thinking about mental health

In May 2025, the social change conference coordinated by @Geðhjálp will be happening in Reykjavik, Iceland and there are some great speakers already announced - Will Hall, Caroline Mazel-Calton, Trevor Eyles and Fritzi Horstman

socialchange.is/social-chang...
#iceland #socialchange #reykjavik

AD4E’s Audience with an Ally Our ‘An Audience with an Ally’ series invites allies who share our concerns about the medicalisation of emotional distress and who want to see change.

Loads of other amazing events in the 2025 like up too- I know I’ll be attending a few of these - www.eventbrite.com/cc/ad4es-aud...

An Audience With An Ally - Lisa Archibald Join us for a chat and Q&A with AD4E ally activist Lisa Archibald.

Excited to be doing “an audience with…” session for AD4E online in September- join me for the chat!
#socialchange #peersupport #dropthedisorder
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-audienc...

Don Jr’s ‘supporters’ on Greenland trip were unhoused people given MAGA hats: report Trump Jr. visited Greenland after the president-elect called for the US to purchase the island

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Really great article, super useful and lots i am reflecting on having just read it. I am often in queer spaces and I might default to they/them when unsure to reduce harm caused getting it wrong but now I am pondering the deeper nuances to doing that - thank you for sharing

Heading to Nuuk 17-24 Jan as part of a Nordic peer support project led by Traustur Kjarni in #Iceland.
We love meeting new people on our travels so if you are in #Nuuk please do get in touch ☕️🤝
www.trausturkjarni.org
lnkd.in/dx4B5AVe
#greenland #nuuk #peersupport #mentalhealth

IPS Managers/Supervisors Training - March 2025 (4 x 4-hr sessions online) Booking a ticket through Eventbrite covers the cost of the full IPS Managers training, delivered over 4 x 4-hr interactive sessions online.

Coming up in March - i will be facilitating this #IntentionalPeerSupport training for managers & supervisors- www.eventbrite.com/e/ips-manage...

None of us know 😂

A slightly different gig & crowd than usual for me today at #newsrewired in London.
And it was so lovely to finally meet @jamesscurry.com and Phyllida Earle in real life!

I’m looking forward to being one of the facilitators of this online core Intentional Peer Support training starting at the end of Jan.

More details in the link:
www.eventbrite.com/e/january-20...

Mad Studies Symposium — IDHA

Looking forward to the Mad Studies Symposium event on 8 Dec. #Intentionalpeersupport Co-Director Chris Hansen will be delivering a short session at the event on IPS.

www.idha-nyc.org/mad-studies-...

I'll be speaking at the NewsRewired conference hosted by @journalismnews.bsky.social on Wed 27th in London with my colleague @lisaarchibald.bsky.social We'll be proposing some ideas about bringing peer support models into UK newsrooms in partnership with @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social #journalism

I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to journey alongside these amazing people who make up some of the service delivery and lived experience committees of Kyrie Farm.
Today we had a strategic planning day in #Soearth, #Kildare