Council puts £40k into addiction hub
CENTRE TO HELP WITH DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT
People undergoing recovery from addiction can really benefit from additional health and wellbeing support. Cllr Hart
A NEW recovery space in a Derbyshire town will give people receiving drug and alcohol treatment a place to get additional help.
Belper Community Recovery Space comes after “evidence” showed that people taking part in substance treatment are more likely to succeed if they can access support, Derbyshire County Council has said.
These recovery spaces, for which the Belper hub is a pilot, are community areas where people in recovery can come together and support each other.
They aim to help connect people, reduce stigma and help to make a recovery visible.
Derbyshire County Council’s cabinet member for health and communities, Councillor Carol Hart, said: “Evidence shows that people undergoing recovery from addiction can really benefit from additional health and wellbeing support.
“We are pleased to be funding the Belper Community Recovery Space as it provides a safe, welcoming place for people to come together, share their experiences and learn from each other.”
The county council has funded £40,000 towards the pilot project, which will be delivered by the Kelsey family CIC.
The project aims to support individuals into and through recovery, provide “purposeful” activity and reduce isolation by building a mutually supportive community of people with shared experience. Steph Kelsey, from the Kelsey Family CIC, said: “Embarking on our own journey of recovery as a family we felt lonely, unsure, and isolated. The Kelsey family CIC was set up to ensure no other family that had decided to recover together felt the same.
“We had a vision to create a safe and open space where everybody affected by substance misuse felt heard.”
The Belper Community Recovery Space can be found in the 1924 Arcade, Belper, and is open between 9.30am and 12.30pm on Mondays and Fridays, 12.30pm and 3.30pm on Wednesdays, and Saturdays between 3pm and 6pm.
It is open to anyone but under 18s need to be accompanied by an adult.
There will be a variety of activities available including training and employment advice, family activities, wellbeing sessions and more.
Attendees will be able to find out more about health and wellbeing services local to them, improve their physical and mental health and learn more about treatment opportunities and other recovery projects.