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Big and Small Peer Support
Help & Recovery Resources for First Responders
Why Peer Support?
It can help with
Stress
Stress is all around us, especially as first responders, We can help you understand stress and guide you to the help you need.
Mental Health Support
Accepting we need mental health support does not come easy to some, especially if you feel there is a perception of being labeled weak for seeking help, you are not and we can help you get professional help.
Community Support
Central to the ethos of Big and Small Peer Support is building positive peer support within the first responders community. Follow us on social media, and come out to our community events.
Workplace Advocacy
We can help you or your organization build a positive peer support network in the workplace.
Kat Lamell & Wayne Daniels
Peer Support Pioneers
Wayne and Katherine (Kat) have over 45 years of service within the emergency services community of Franklin County, NC. Wayne (the Big) and Kat (the Small) developed Big & Small with the aims of promoting positive peer support within the workplace and to help change the stigma of seeking mental health support within the 911 communities of North Carolina.