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The People’s Recovery Project is an innovative charity that seeks to make recovery achievable and

sustainable for people experiencing homelessness and addiction. The project is designed to create analternative pathway and package of support for people in this situation to access residential treatment:

co-designed and co-delivered by community members with lived experience.

● In 2023 over 1400 people died while experiencing homelessness and over one third of these

deaths were related to drugs and alcohol.

● Over two thirds of people who are experiencing homelessness have a drug or alcohol support

need.

● In recent years there has been an annual increase in the number of people who are dying due

to drug related causes in the United Kingdom

In the current paradigm we know that drug related deaths in the UK are increasing and opportunities

to access recovery are extremely limited for people living on the streets. However, when people are

given the opportunity to access residential detox and rehab the results can be transformative for the

individual concerned.

The People’s Recovery Project is inspired by real journeys made by individuals experiencing

homelessness and addiction through treatment and into recovery. These examples are currently the

exception and through shared purpose our community is seeking to make recovery achievable and

sustainable for people in this situation.

We are building a community that has the knowledge and understanding to support people on

transformative journeys and create an environment where great people can become greater people.