ALF CIC

Supporting Healthy
& Sustainable Communities

ALF is a grassroots peer led organisation supporting those needing a bit of coaching and guidance to thrive and become purposeful in their lives and communities.

We have over 15 years’ experience providing peer coaching and training, workshops, programmes, and courses to individuals, groups, and communities.

In the past 5 years we have delivered a lot of our work via music and the arts, as well as providing wellbeing workshops/programmes, and vocational training to charities, businesses, and groups of individuals.

We are located on Cornwall/Devon border and serve both counties.

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About Us

ALF have been working in local communities for over a decade, and our frontline staff have several decades’ collective training & experience in psychology; counselling; peer coaching & mentoring; teaching & training; peer support; music; business & finance. 

This means we can support people in recovery from emotional health challenges as well as those who simply need a bit of coaching or guidance to find their purpose, learn new skills, follow their skills and passions, and become integrated members of their community.

We work in a collaborative way with other organisations, venues, and businesses ensuring we put people and businesses in the local community at the forefront. 

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What we do

Here is a brief overview of some of our current services & projects

Peer Support skills training



ALF have been training peer workers, peer coaches, and peer supervisors for several years, ready for work in the NHS and Voluntary sectors. ALF offers skills workshops for those involved in peer support and wellbeing organisations across Cornwall and Devon.

Programmes, Courses, & Workshops


ALF run a wide range of wellbeing and coaching programmes and workshops that give people the tools, techniques, & skills needed to take care of their own personal and professional development including: chronic pain management; performance anxiety; journaling for wellbeing; self-leadership; music for wellbeing; running a small business (including CICs); entrepreneurship; events organising.

Advise & Facilitate Peer Support Groups


ALF can facilitate peer support groups across a range of specialist areas & have done so for over a decade. These can cover both personal and business support.
We also advise & support already existing groups who need some guidance, training, support, or supervision

1-2-1 peer Coaching



ALF offers one to one peer coaching for both personal and professional development. Peer coaching is a practical, person-centred, solutions focused approach aiming to support you to work towards your life goals and meet your essential needs. We have experience in working with those affected by trauma and life stress. We can help you to clarify your goals, and make progress towards achieving them drawing on our experience of working with people and businesses for over 15 years.

ALF and Music

In ALF, we draw on our skills and experience in music, running events in our local community under the ALF project banner of Wreckers Music. 

We run a number of different types of events under Wreckers Music including small to large concerts featuring nationally acclaimed artists with local support; an informal folk night; a songwriter’s open mic; tour and music management; and Wreckers Radio an online radio station supporting independent musicians and grassroots venues West of the Exe.

These activities align with ALF’s aims by providing safe and supportive environments where people can make friends reducing loneliness and isolation; have a sense of belonging; find meaning and purpose; and be supported to pursue their passions. 

There are lots of opportunities for getting involved, volunteering, and learning or using your skills and gifts. So, if you feel you could offer skills such as social media marketing; photography or videography; website design/maintenance; sound engineering; booking musicians; general admin; fundraising; do get in touch at: [email protected]

If you are a musician, grassroots venue, or music lover, we are looking for people who would like to create programmes or podcasts to be played on the radio station or curate playlists. These can be branded to you or your organisation and run as a regular slot. It is a blank slate, ready for Cornwall and Devon based musicians, venues, and organisations to put their own stamp on it and develop it into something that is genuinely useful to the community. 

Client Testimonials

“Really inspiring as a peer trainer, really interesting to listen to your experiences and view point on various topics/scenarios. Honest and authentic; warm and easy to relate to"
Student
“Extremely knowledgable lady with a wealth of experience . A great communicator, attentive and able to relate to all comments / chat in the group. So open with her own lived experience. Thankyou.”
Student
“A Superb - great trainer/mentor and I've learned so much - Thank You! Learned so much with your sharing of lived experience which again has taught me how to speak about my own. Inspirational”
Student
“ stalwart in the training space - full of wisdom and wonder ready to challenge and offer support simultaneously a big thanks from me..."
Student
“Emma -I could write a story about how much you have inspired me. Your story is so powerful and I wish I could one day be as strong, witty and intelligent as you. You have given me hope for the future - and even a desire to pursue a future career in training. Plus a Masters in Feminism is so badass!!!!”
Student
“Emma 'just gets it' capable of reaching an inner place to touch on (our) core values and sensibilities and can give a good spin!! I love how you can share some of your experiences at relevant times and keep it about others, a skill I hope to master. Thank you for your support over the last few months”
Student
“ Open. Quirky. Compassionate. Patient. Emma is an inspiration."
Student
“Emma is engaging, authentic and articulates ideas in a way that people can access them. She applies them to real life situations including her lived experiences. She is inspiring. She also validates others' points and this is so reassuring!!”
Student
“Emma, you are open, honest and just you! I admire your confidence to share with others a part of your story. Your passion for the peer support simply radiates through 🙂 x”
Student

Our Values

Transparency

We are transparent in all our affairs - with clients, collaborators, partners, and finances - offering clarity around outcomes & expectations.

Impact

We aim to achieve the maximum impact possible with the resources we have available to us, for clients and stakeholders alike

Frugality

We use our resources wisely and keep overheads to a minimum, ensuring that resources are directed towards our beneficiaries.

Fairness

We adopt the principle of 'fairness and firmness'.

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