Recovery Connections

For the past few months, two steering groups of academics, students, and #CollegiateRecovery experts, have been busy co-creating a unique toolkit and platform, to bring this wonderful programme to a UK audience 🗺 And we're delighted to announce that it will launch in just four weeks - at a free, online event 🎟 Collegiate Recovery UK will feature a Toolkit providing any student, Higher Education Administrator, student support or wellbeing service, or other professional working with students, with all the information they need to create a recovery-focused environment, within higher education 🎓 Thanks to Society for the Study of Addiction for funding this project, and contributors including Dr David Patton, Simon Lee, Luke Trainor, Ed Day, Laura Pechey, Joanna Heaton-Marriott, Thomas Bannard, Tom Kimball, Noel Vest, and Victoria Burns 👏 Details of how to join the online launch, below 👇 #FridayFeeling #RecoveryCommunity

Check out these three new roles, based within brand new teams in the region 📍 Housing Support, South Bank: £22,653 - £24,785 🏘️ https://lnkd.in/e_ZuJFzn Rehab Night Concierge, Brotton / South Bank, Real Living Wage 📋 https://lnkd.in/eXJMGUjH Rehab Programme Support, £22,653 - £24,785 🤝 https://lnkd.in/eS-hQ9et #Hiring #Vacancies #Recruitment Do pop us a message if you'd like an application pack, or check out each job role by clicking the relevant link 🔗

Did anyone spot Jo on Look North this week? 👀 This morning sees the 2024 National Hill Climb championships take place on Dipton Mill Rd, Hexham - and one of our longest standing members of staff is taking part. The route is gruelling for even the most experienced riders, over a 1.2km distance, with a 9.8% climb, topping out at 13.4%! Jo is a big part of the Recovery Connections team in Gateshead, a member of event hosts Muckle Cycle Club, and this is one of the many endurance challenges he has dedicated himself to over the years. All the best to Jo and the team, today! 🚴 https://lnkd.in/eZ_EQtMX

Our own Adam Petson, is putting on his dancing shoes, and waltzing his way onto the dancefloor as part of Darlington's 'Strictly Step by Step', an event organised to raise money for 5 local charities supporting mental health 🕺 To find out more about the fundraiser, and to donate click here 👇 https://lnkd.in/edaujuGc You can also read more about the event in the local press https://lnkd.in/em5s-kkD

What a day! Part two of the Recovery in Practice UK Conference, this time on site at Teesside University🎓 Following Monday's first event, at the University of Derby, John D. Freyer hosted as creative projects from within our own Recovery Community, and other projects from across the region were showcased in front of a large, engaged audience 🏫 So many different ways of how creativity plays a part in the Recovery Journey, from hands-on creative projects, to thought-provoking literary pieces, to music, social projects, developing charitable enterprises, and even planning and coordinating research 📋 Massive thanks to John and his team for visiting from Richmond Virginia (The US' first official Inclusive Recovery Community, no less), and Dot and Dr David Patton for organising 🎤 Special thanks to guest presenters Professor David Best, Helen Aitchison from Write on the Tyne, Chris Sylvester and the team from Getting Clean, York in Recovery and the outstanding Stitch Away the Stigma project, Ben Jones from Shipley Art Gallery, and Barrie Ormsby, an artist who has worked extensively with our own Community over the past few months (more to come on this!) 🎨 And finally, thanks to the universities of Derby and Teesside for hosting these two special events during the week 🙌 #RecoveryInPractice #CreativeRecovery #RecoveryCommunity

What a day! Part two of the Recovery in Practice UK Conference, this time on site at Teesside University🎓 Following Monday's first event, at the University of Derby, John D. Freyer hosted as creative projects from within our own Recovery Community, and other projects from across the region were showcased in front of a large, engaged audience 🏫 So many different ways of how creativity plays a part in the Recovery Journey, from hands-on creative projects, to thought-provoking literary pieces, to music, social projects, developing charitable enterprises, and even planning and coordinating research 📋 Massive thanks to John and his team for visiting from Richmond Virginia (The US' first official Inclusive Recovery Community, no less), and Dot and Dr David Patton for organising 🎤 Special thanks to guest presenters Professor David Best, Helen Aitchison from Write on the Tyne, Chris Sylvester and the team from Getting Clean, York in Recovery and the outstanding Stitch Away the Stigma project, Ben Jones from Shipley Art Gallery, and Barrie Ormsby, an artist who has worked extensively with our own Community over the past few months (more to come on this!) 🎨 And finally, thanks to the universities of Derby and Teesside for hosting these two special events during the week 🙌 #RecoveryInPractice #CreativeRecovery #RecoveryCommunity

Check out this great writeup of Dan's immense #fundraising challenges of the last 7 months. He's officially earned a decent rest... you get the feeling he's not going to stop, though! 😅 Thank you, Dan, for your outstanding example of what Recovery makes possible! 👏 https://lnkd.in/e39wphHj #RecoveryCommunity #CharityFundraising

HUGE Congratulations to our Darlington Team who have been nominated for a Stronger Communities Award and have been shortlisted as a finalist in the category: Contribution to the Community. These awards recognise and celebrate the hard work and outstanding achievements of individuals in Darlington. 🙌 🏆 Best of luck at the Award Ceremony, which takes place next month.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Rehab Coach to join our team at our Brand New Service in Redcar. For more details, find us on Indeed!

There's one week to go until the Recovery in Practice event, when there will be an update on Building Recovery in Middlesbrough. In the run up to this, we are delighted to share this video, which captures a personal letter by William White, written for this project, read out by our CEO Dot Smith. William White has worked in the addictions field since 1969 as a streetworker, counselor, clinical director, trainer, researcher, and prolific author. Over the last 25 years, he has become a renowned voice in the world of addiction recovery. His work has focused on mapping the prevalence, pathways, styles, and stages of long-term addiction recovery. https://lnkd.in/eWzh5t28