About this event

Hosted by Cormac Russell and sponsored by Aspire, this Recovery College event will focus on levelling up the landscape for LEROs and the wider community.

It’s so easy to talk about the “on stage” parts of recovery – the contracts, the policies, the institutional imperatives, the quality of programmes and services, the national reports. What about the vital stuff that goes on “backstage”? Impact must be measured and treasured by quality of life, but all too often that’s an afterthought.

Nothing about us without us, so…

How can we make sure people with lived experience are heard above the noise?

How can we bring forward our experience of thriving communities to create an eco-system of interdependence with services (rather than dependence on them)?

How do we make sure the treatment system incorporates lived experience?

How can we open our hearts and minds to connect with people beyond our own circle?

This conversation is timely and important: Dame Carol Black’s report has opened the door to an opportunity to influence the treatment landscape for years to come. As much as we celebrate individual successes and milestones, we know that the system hides catastrophic failures that must improve. This is our chance to reset the agenda and be part of an informed and responsive treatment and recovery landscape – and that has to involve those of us with lived experience, whether working in the field or not; people working in all areas of treatment, healthcare, outreach and the criminal justice system; families, friends, support networks; and anyone, anywhere who gives a damn about the quality of life of their fellow human beings.

Will you join the conversation?

CLERO Recovery College