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Peer support is a great self management tool. Sharing experiences with others who have had similar journeys makes you feel less alone.

Self management is not just one particular technique of activity, it is a range of things, which together help me live better.

Once you have mastered self management, you can use that knowledge to take a lead in your own health care, accessing support when needed.

Grace’s aim is to make the place a more knowledgeable and accessible place for people living with long term conditions.

Listen to your body and accept you may need to adapt your life. Symptoms are often unique to you, try not to compare yourself to others.

Find out what is out there in your community, look for local activities to keep you busy and stop you from becoming isolated and lonely.

To be heard by a health professional is paramount in giving someone the confidence to self manage and actively seek peer support.

Routine medical checks are important and self management includes techniques to keep well along with managing a long term condition.

A case study focusing on Aberdeen Foyer's IMPACT project funded through the Transforming Self Management in Scotland Fund.

PAMIS have developed an exciting new resource for families caring for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.

Michelle is a facilitator with the Lothian Bipolar Self Help Group. Below she shares her thoughts on self management and judging the awards.