The People’s Recovery Project (TPRP) has been successful in the award of a 3 year grant from the London Homelessness Foundation (LHF) totalling £90,000.
LHF has been supporting TPRP from the beginning of their journey through a proof of concept grant which has been used to support the development of the organisation over the past 2 years, testing their model of care: preparation, treatment and aftercare. Through this testing phase TPRP have identified a need for a specific preparation offer for women, to be developed alongside their core group at the Museum of Homelessness.
The organisation is growing from strength to strength and recently had their third community member complete residential rehab, they have 3 more community members currently admitted into residential treatment, and a further 3 with agreed local authority funding in place. Their community approach is demonstrating the hugely transformational change that can occur when people are given opportunities to address their addiction in a therapeutic environment.
In addition to supporting people through residential treatment they are also building a community of people with lived experience to support systemic change. Their recent exhibition at House of Annetta was an example of co-produced creativity that put their community members at the centre of the work that they are doing building and sustaining recovery, while showcasing their evidence work undertaken with their academic partner at the LSE.
LHF Associate Becky Rice attended on behalf of LHF and said:
“What stood out most was seeing the outcomes of a community-led creative project, supported by the artist, that enabled people to shape and share their own work. It was moving to hear the music and spoken word, and to see people’s individuality and courage – as well as artistic ability – come through so powerfully.
The people who came along to support your community and the work of TPRP spoke volumes — it was brilliant to see clinicians, academics, and practitioners all there to hear from the community.”
Some of the performances from the event can be viewed on TPRP’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thepeoplesrecoveryproject
You can also hear more on the development of TPRP, the project and future vision, by listening to the TooLight TooDark podcast ‘Transforming Recovery with The People’s Recovery Project: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4fYXsKN98NXVy90Xew3bH3
You can support the work of The People’s Recovery Project by visiting: https://thepeoplesrecoveryproject.org/support-us/
We are delighted to continue to support the work of The People’s Recovery Project – Together there is a way.