Peer Support Club

The LILA Peer Support Club (a recovery-based mental health drop-in center) located at 990 Oak Street, Eugene is open Tuesday through Friday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. It is staffed 100% by peers. Our aim is to have a safe gathering place where people can come to socialize and access resources. We offer recovery-based groups and workshops for members looking to gain, regain, improve, or support life skills that lead to more independence. Members (18 years or older) may also choose to assume leadership responsibilities at the club.

It is a peer-run center, where members are equals. Members discuss and vote on planned activities, classes, groups, rules, etc. Application for membership is required. Members give tours and introduce visitors to other members. Membership is free!

The Club is a place where respect and inclusion are taken seriously. Members listen to one another and offer acceptance, friendship, information, and support. The Club is a safe haven, emotionally, physically, socially, and spiritually. Attendance and participation are entirely voluntary. Members are free to come and go, free to choose how to spend their time, and free to determine their own level of participation and interaction.

The Club is also a place of hope and focuses on members' strengths and abilities. Members are encouraged to move toward independence and renewed meaning and purpose in life.

The front door of LILA's Peer Support Club.

"Lila Peer Support Club is a safe gathering place and resource center serving a membership of consumers within the mental health system as well as their supporters and advocates."

- Club Member