About This Service
Peer support is when people use their own experiences to help each other. These sessions aim to:
"I tried to throw away things, but I just couldn't do it, in case I needed it"
What Is Hoarding?
Hoarding is having so many things that you cannot manage the clutter where you live, and find it difficult or impossible to throw things away, doing so would cause distress.
Hoarding affects health, well-being, relationships and lifestyle, and brings with it all the practical complications and dangers of living in a cluttered space.
Possessions play an important part in people’s lives. They can define who we are as individuals, and provide us with pleasure, comfort, joy, convenience and opportunity. However, accumulating possessions that adversely impact on our living spaces can affect our health, and ability to cope and manage.
Excessively acquiring and saving, collecting items and not throwing anything away ourselves are characteristics of hoarding. There are many reasons why we may hoard, e.g. it’s sentimental, ‘just in case I need it’, its beauty/and or aesthetics, or just overwhelmed by the recycling process etc.
How Does Hoarding Effect People?
Hoarding could affect you in lots of different ways. For example, you might:
Who Can Access This Group?
Adults over the age of 18 years old, who live in Northamptonshire and for carers and relatives of individuals that hoard.
How Do I Refer To This Group?
How Is The Service Funded?
This service is funded through a variety of sources depending on who is accessing it.