Liz Brosnan; Having spent years on the ‘outside’ as a service user, then exploring recovery and involvement work, progressing into academia, trying to make change happen on the edges of mental health systems, Liz is now working on the ‘inside’ in the heart of services to see what can be achieved with good allies. In a cv spanning decades, she has worked with many incredible people to bring service-user/survivor/persons with psychosocial disabilities/Mad voices out of the margins into the mainstream. She has worked in many arenas: local community activism, peer advocacy, user-led/survivor research, academic writing and publishing, training and education, disability rights research. Returning to work in HSE MHS mental health engagement, she is optimistic that Intentional Peer relationships, will allow us to create safe spaces within and without statutory services.