Mapping and celebrating recovery success

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the 2nd annual Recovery Academy conference, Edinburgh – the speakers, workshop leaders and the vibrant and enthusiastic ensemble of delegates from all corners of the UK.

The conference evaluation can be downloaded here.

The tag cloud (above) can be downloaded here.

- The Recovery Academy Directors

We look forward to seeing you in 2012!

For more information on Recovery Academy activity please email info@recoveryacademy.org.

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We are delighted to confirm that the 2nd Annual Recovery Academy Conference will take place on Tues 27 Sept 2011, Edinburgh.

Venue Address: South Hall, Pollock Halls, 18, Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5AY

The conference schedule and booking form can be downloaded here.

Book early to take advantage of our early-bird discount:

Until 31st August: £95. From 1st September: £115. Service Users: £5 (at any time).

This promises to be a first-class conference with an extremely high calibre of international speakers and workshop co-ordinators.

We sincerly hope you can join us.

- The Recovery Academy directors, 20th July 2011

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The Right Honourable Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Community Safety (the ministry responsible for drugs policy and related issues in Scotland) kindly gave the keynote address at the first annual Recovery Academy conference in Glasgow, 24th September. Following the event the Minister conveyed the following to the Academy’s board:

“I would like to offer my congratulations to the Recovery Academy for a first rate conference which offered a unique and stimulating insight into the development of Recovery thinking in the UK. I’m aware this was the Academy’s first ever conference in Scotland, and it served as a fitting prelude to the Recovery Weekend which in itself was an inspiration to all who, like me, believe that Recovery can and does happen.

I would like to offer the Recovery Academy every good wish for the future and I commend your ongoing work to promote the evidence, values and continuing development of the Recovery agenda in Scotland, and in the UK as a whole.”

We would like to thank the Minister for these words of encouragement and his enthusiastic participation in both the conference and the Recovery Weekend as a whole.

All conference materials are available for download here.

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Thanks to EVERYONE who made the first annual Recovery Academy conference such an overwhelming success. Informal readings of the feedback sheets indicate the vast majority of delegate rated the event “Excellent” – wonderful! The atmosphere was warm, lively, and friendly. Presentations were superb and the workshops allowed for more personal and focussed exchanges. A great start to the recovery weekend.

As promised, all conference materials are available to download from the site. There is a dedicated download page, but links have been added below for convenience.

Thank you again – your enthusiasm and commitment are sincerely valued and appreciated by all at the RA. Please do consider becoming a member if you aren’t already.

Special edition booklet
Conference booklet (special edition of the RA newsletter).
Statements and addresses
William White statement
Alexandre Laudet address
Presentations – full colour one slide per page
Phil Hanlon: It’s not ‘just deprivation’: Why do equally deprived UK cities
experience different health outcomes? (Journal article)
Phil Hanlon: Drugs and Alcohol
Stephen Bamber: Recovery and spirituality
David McCartney: LEAP and links to local communities of recovery
Rowdy Yates: Therapeutic Communities: My part in their up-fall?
David Best: Assessing recovery capital at an individual and collective level
Teodora Groshkova: Measuring recovery in individuals and groups
Mark Gilman: The North West Recovery Forum and growing communities of recovery
Presentations – full colour four slides per page
Stephen Bamber: Recovery and spirituality
David McCartney: LEAP and links to local communities of recovery
Rowdy Yates: Therapeutic Communities: My part in their up-fall?
David Best: Assessing recovery capital at an individual and collective level
Teodora Groshkova: Measuring recovery in individuals and groups
Mark Gilman: The North West Recovery Forum and growing communities of recovery

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The full (four page) programme and booking form for the Recovery Academy conference is available here or by clicking page one below.

For any further information or booking details, please contact info@recoveryacademy.org

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Celebrating Recovery in the UK: The Evidence Base

The Recovey Academy warmly invite you to join us in Glasgow for the first annual Recovery Academy conference, Friday 24th September.

Download the flyer

For individual and group bookings please contact info@recoveryacademy.org. Places are limited, so do act swiftly.

Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.

Look forward to seeing you for what will be a great event!

Warm regards,

- The Recovery Academy Team

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We are undertaking an online survey of people interested in Recovery Academy membership and our mission. The results of the survey will allow us to develop a clear and meaningful role for members of the Academy.

The survey will just take a few minutes of your time: your thoughts and feedback are extremely valuable to us.

The survey can be accessed here.

Thank you in advance to all who participate. The results will be made available online once they have been processed.

Best wishes,

Lis Hill
Recovery Academy company secretary

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We’re delighted to announce the publication of the first Recovery Academy newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 2010.

The newsletter is free, and is available to download in PDF format by following this link.

See also the Newsletter archive in the navigation bar above.

All the best,

- The RA team.

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- The RA team.

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