Recovery Month Grants highlight the support on offer in Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Council is working with local organisations to support people recovering from substance misuse.

The council has approved nearly £4,000 to five local organisations to hold events during Recovery Month.

Recovery Month is a national event which takes place in September each year.

Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Health and Communities, Councillor Carol Hart said: “Recovery Month is a chance to show that recovery from substance use is possible. It can help to reduce and challenge the stigma around addiction, and also helps towards building recovery communities so that people can begin to rebuild vital social connections in their local communities.”

Five Derbyshire-based organisations have received funding to run activities ranging from £235 to £1,255.  

Councillor Hart added: “Substance use and the health harms that go alongside it, is a highly complex challenge. But by funding recovery activities in communities we can help share the message that recovery is possible, and that support is out there.”

In March 2023, a total of £226,000 was awarded to six organisations to fund recovery projects across Derbyshire.

Projects included work coaching to people in recovery to help them access work experience and employment, family-based recovery services to those affected by substance misuse and projects to build self confidence and self-esteem.