Case Study: The Scottish Drugs Recovery

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About us The Scottish Drugs Recovery Consortium* was created to provide national direction and co-ordinate action to promote recovery of individuals, family members and communities from drug problems and addiction across Scotland. Our role is to support the work that is already underway to promote recovery in Scotland while raising awareness that recovery from drug problems and addiction is a reality. To achieve this we will: * Promote the principles of recovery and develop the language and strategic vision for the recovery agenda in Scotland; * Improve the knowledge and understanding of recovery and recovery focused practise in Scotland; * Work to reduce stigma and discrimination often associated with drug use…show more content…
In year one a key task was to develop and approach and ethos, especially as a membership organisation that would inspire this knowledge, hope and belief further. Keeping this in mind helped us to shape our plans and strategic direction for this coming year and beyond. So to John Campbell, John Arthur, Jed, Reg, Keith, Simon Martin and Michael thank you once again for the invaluable contribution in making this happen. I would also like to make special mention and thanks to David Best and Valerie Tallon who were unable to stay on the Board but helped us at the start of this journey. The Board’s vision is only one part that makes an organisation work. Dougie Paterson and his team: Linda, Luiza and Heather are the people that make it happen. They have been a strong and committed team with a passion for growing and supporting our members. They have been instrumental in delivering some important steps to help us achieve inspiration and hope including a major role in the UK Recovery Walk 2010 held in Glasgow in September. On behalf of the board I would like to thank you for all your hard work and efforts over the course of the…show more content…
Ultimately our role is to imbed recovery across Scotland and to do this successfully it was necessary to take stock of the work already taking place and assess where we could add value and support, while also generating projects of our own. There have been numerous highlights during our first year. Perhaps the most obvious and certainly most visible being the UK Recovery Walk 2010 where hundreds gathered to show recovery is a reality. But highlights don’t always have to be as visible to so many... Our work has taken us across Scotland where we have met many people in recovery who are living, breathing proof that recovery can and does happen. We have worked with people keen to share their story to help others and held events across the country where people in recovery have shared their hopes and fears in relation to the recovery agenda. I am proud of our achievements over the past year. We have grown our membership to over 580 members and sponsored events and organisations to support their own work on recovery. We have built a strong foundation from which we plan to grow and develop our work over the years to

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