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- The advancement of health or saving of lives - Other charitable purposes - Other defined groups - The general public/mankind - Provides human resources - Provides services - Provides advocacy/advice/information Steps2Recovery was set up as a charity in 2010 with the aim of providing help for ex-offenders caught in the merry go round of short prison sentences as a result of drug and alcohol addiction and its consequences, often including homelessness. The only requirement for admission to S2R is the motivation and commitment to turn one’s life around by learning how to live happily while remaining abstinent from drugs and alcohol. Since July 2014 we have run a rolling 12-week abstinence-based day programme in Stoke Newington at our house provided by St Mungo’s. There are six beds for resident clients, both male and female and, in addition, we take up to six-day clients. On the 1st November 2022 Steps has relocated to a larger house in Notting Hill. Our primary objective at S2R is to offer our clients treatment based on their need rather than their ability to access funding. There are numerous rehabs available for those with money but hardly any available for those with none. We at S2R believe that everyone should have the opportunity to turn their lives around, regardless of financial circumstance. We raise all our own funds privately without recourse to government funding – this means our clients can access treatment at ‘point of need’ rather than following weeks of community based funding assessments. Steps2Recovery gives hope to people who are trapped in the nightmare of addiction, crime and short prison sentences – people who desperately want to change their lives and become fulfilled members of the community. As a result of our work individuals’ lives are improved, broken families and relationships are healed and the wider community is a safer place. Everybody benefits. Our Programme Steps2Recovery’s treatment programme includes group therapy, one-to-one counselling, Steps 1-3 of the 12 Step programme, workshops, lectures, alternative therapies, mentoring and group outings. As it’s an abstinence-based programme, regular drug and alcohol testing takes place to ensure the safety of the house. Our programme is updated regularly to make certain it’s current and relevant to the needs of our clients. They are, in turn, required to take personal responsibility by regularly engaging in local community mutual aid meetings and, in doing so, creating their own support networks. On graduation from S2R we guarantee our clients abstinence based ‘move on’ accommodation and, in addition, offer them unlimited aftercare. They continue to be part of the Steps2Recovery family long after treatment completion. What do we do? Steps2Recovery is the UK’s only truly independent provider of treatment for ex-offenders with addiction issues. Our treatment model is unique: all Steps2Recovery’s trustees and highly qualified staff are in abstinence based recovery.

We run a surplus foodbank in Somers Town in the borough of Camden in London. All thanks to 50 local volunteers who help us to support 80 local households, 11 hostels, 1 after-school club and 1 church group. We are supporting just over 125 children now living in poverty. We do this by collecting surplus from 45 local stores every week and redistributing them in a timely manner all thanks to each volunteer commiting to a regular shift weekly/ alternate weeks. Collections are made by bicycle using hitch on/off trailers, by foot using hand carts and some volunteers use their cars for those big collections and drop-offs to big hostels. We also operate a 'Room of thing's where local households that we support can take anything they need from. Items are donated by local businesses and people. There isn't much we can't find a home for. In our small courtyard we also have a surplus cart where people passing by can take what they need. This is about supporting local people whilst also being a part of a circular reuse mode. Our volunteers support us with so much more, from helping local residents with their CVs, mentoring, sewing surplus food bags from textile waste, running a monthly free clothing swap and more. Our project is person centred, each volunteer has something meaningful to offer a local person; this is where community happens. We are just a team of 2 and are BAME-Led. Our work with Neighbourly is a key part to be able to support local people. You can find out more about the impact your support has on our beneficiaries on our website and you can visually see what our operation looks like on our instagram. We always need volunteers.

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