Faces & Voices of Recovery Annual Conference 2018

Join us for this years annual conference in University Centre Shrewsbury, Guildhall, Shrewsbury SY3 8HQ

Faces and Voices of Recovery UK Annual Conference UK 2018 & Shrewsbury Recovery Awards

Friday 7th September 2018

University Centre Shrewsbury

University of Chester

Guildhall

Shrewsbury

SY3 8H

'Sustainable Recovery: Friends, Homes and Jobs'

The government Drugs Strategy states that "We know recovery is only achievable through a partnership-based approach with action taken across a range of services" and highlights the crucial role of "jobs, friends and homes" in recovery from addiction:

• •"Access to employment and meaningful activity is a critical element of recovering from substance misuse and dependence and sustaining recovery"
• •"Peer support is an essential component of effective recovery and should be easily accessible before, during and after formal structured treatment"
• •"Stable and appropriate housing is crucial to enabling sustained recovery from drug misuse"

The conference will examine the role of employment and meaningful activity, positive social networks and stable housing in recovery from addiction and how local leadership and partnership working are essential to create an environment in which recovery capital can flourish. We will hear from national speakers, local services and service users themselves. The intended audience for the conference is local leaders and practitioners who can mobilise recovery capital resources to support individuals and build recovery communities.

Programme

9.30 Coffee and registration

• 10.00 Welcome to Chester University: Professor Wayne Morris, Director of the School of Humanities, University of Chester
• 10.05 Welcome to FAVORUK Conference 2018: Rod Thomson, Director of Public Health, Shropshire County Council
• 10.15 Keynote speech: Dr David Best, University of Hallam

Recovery and employment, volunteering and meaningful activity

• 11.00 National perspective: Sarah Burwood, Programme Manager, Public Health England
• 11.20 Local perspective: Kully Chahal, Partnerships Manager, Shropshire, Department of Work and Pensions
• 11.40 Service user perspectives

12.00 – 12.20 Coffee

Recovery and safe and stable housing

• 12.20 National perspective: Chris Brill, Policy Manager, Homelesslink
• 12.40 Local perspectives: Better Tomorrow
• 1.00 Service user perspectives

1.20 Lunch

Recovery and positive social networks

• 2.20 National perspective: Mark Gilman, CEO, Discovering Health
• 2.40 The impact of positive social networks for Participants at Penrhyn House Recovery Community, Bangor: Liam Metcalf-White, Chester Studies of Addiction, Recovery and Spirituality Group Project Officer, University of Chester
• 3.00 Service user perspectives

3.20 – 3.50 Panel Q&A

3.50 Plenary & Close