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Coronavirus Update from Red Rose Recovery - Updated – 02/11/2020 Following the government update, our regular groups and activities are still on hold until further notice. This includes our Lancashire User Forum public events, likely until sometime later in 2021 but we’ll announce any Are they the key to fixing a broken system? - Peter Yarwood and Red Rose Recovery feature on BBC Radio 4 where Peter tells some of his life story to University Graduates looking to become prison officers. “Lucy Ash reports on the government backed Unlocked Graduates scheme, which trains univerTo Strive to Seek to Find to not to Yield. - “The picture above shows me about to head out for the second half of the Pennine Barrier Ultramarathon. The race was is and would be the culmination of my efforts this year to harness my will drive and perseverance to reach new heights and hopefullLancaster Pride - “On Saturday 22 Jun; the LGBT community came together for the Lancaster Pride. The event was amazing and Red Rose Recovery were fortunate enough to be able to attend such a colourful and remarkable day. There was a parade around Lancaster town centA Thank You - Our thank you letter to Greggs’ Bakery… “To whom it may concern, Red Rose Recovery is an infrastructure organisation which supports vulnerable diverse people with a range of problems as well as their families. We as an organisation would like tReformed addicts: Here is how a prison visit from Red Rose Recovery helped drug addict Steven kick the habit which kille -  Steven Brown, who has since moved on to new pastures and a new job, came through Red Rose Recovery and the Lancashire User Forum from Prison to a fully fledged staff member. In this article he shares some of that journey. You can read the full I went from jail to Buckingham Palace - Peter Yarwood and Emma Daggers share some of their recovery story and talk about how the Lancashire User Forum and Red Rose Recovery came about. You can read the full story here.How Emma Daggers beat her addiction to form a support group ‘Families Matter’ in Lancashire - Emma tells us a little bit about her story and how the Families Matters group came about. “Be the change you want to see. You have to break your own cycle, break the rules and addicts will follow to reform.“Don’t let anyone tell you that you caRed Rose Recovery Awarded Funding From The National Lottery Community Fund! - Following a competitive application process, we’re delighted to announce award of funding from the National Lottery Community Fund amounting to nearly £400,000 to develop the work we do with vulnerable communities across Lancashire. Commissioned iLUFStock 2019 – The 8th Annual Recovery Camping Weekend - It’s LUFStock at the end of this month! Friday 30th August until Sunday 1st September at Charity Farm, Smithy Brow, Wigan WN6 9PP Join us for a weekend of camping and connect with others in the recovery community with. To register your attendance o

Double Lockdown: Rebooting leadership in the criminal justice sector and beyond

Over the past several months, Red Rose Recovery has played a part in pulling together a free leadership programme, co-produced ...
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Our Emma Becomes the Patient Representative & National Lead with the Royal College of Psychiatrists

New You Team Leader Emma Daggers has recently become the Patient Representative with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, representing the ...
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Funding from the Julia and Haus Rausing Trust

We have recently been the recipients of a very generous grant from the Julia and Haus Rausing Trust, to help ...
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OKFC Charity Football Team Raising Money to Help Kids with Disabilities

OKFC are a local Charity Football Team who successfully applied for our Stepping Stones funding. They used the money get ...
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Red Rose Recovery makes the BIBA’s 2020 Final Shortlist

The Be Inspired Business Awards, the BIBAs, is Lancashire’s largest and longest running business awards programme. This year’s BIBA’s recognised ...
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More community outreach work around Central Lancashire

Our dedicated staff have been at it again, delivering donations and food parcels to those in the community around Central ...
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LUF Lounge Competition Winner Donates their Prize

A big shout out to the individual who donated their £20 prize from one of the previous weeks LUF Live ...
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There’s No Excuse for Abuse in Lancashire

Today, across Lancashire organisations are coming together to say there’s #noexcuseforabuse Local councils, Lancashire Police, support agencies, the NHS and ...
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Covid-19 – Support the Community Project

As part of our drive to get more much needed supplies and donations out to people in the community, the ...
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Getting donations out to people in the community

Last week, some of our Staff and Volunteers were out and about in Preston, delivering donations we had received to ...
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Using the CHIME Model

Recently, on the LUF Lounge Live, Professor David Best from Derby University joined us to explain the CHIME model and ...
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Partnership Working during Covid-19

We've been working alongside Chef's Catering North West, Out in the Bay and Growing Lancashire, following government PPE guidelines to ...
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