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Red Rose Recovery Highly Commended at Edge Hill’s NW SME Growth & Innovation Awards 2022

Edge Hill University’s SME Productivity & Innovation Centre (SME PIC) celebrated the success of regional SMEs at its annual NW ...

Roots Community at Darwen Valley Community Centre for the October Forum

Written by Chenise Knox, Roots Community Volunteer October’s Roots Community forum took place at the Darwen Valley Community centre; it ...

Poetry Corner – Take Two

The African-American poet Audre Lorde once wrote that “Poetry is not only dream and vision… It lays the foundations for ...

A Safe Space: Creating a Trauma-Informed Environment at Red Rose Recovery 

Anyone who has been following the Recovery Round-Up will have noted the recurring theme of trauma-informed care, as we continue ...

Jagged Little Pill: The Hidden Cost of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Misuse

By Jennie Chapman Until recently, Chris Kirkland was best-known for becoming English football’s most expensive goalkeeper, when Liverpool signed him, ...

Red Rose Recovery feature on Channel 5 News, as Drug Related Deaths in England and Wales Reach the Highest Since Records Began

"Drug related deaths in England and Wales are now the highest since records began. There were over 4,800 deaths relating ...

Mental Health and Substance Misuse Through a Trauma-Informed Lens 

On this week’s Recovery Round-Up, we have a powerful article from Beth, an Associate Navigator with Changing Futures – a ...

Poetry Corner with Fred Mansfield

Continuing in the spirit of mixing things up and trying something new, we present this week’s Recovery Round-Up in the ...

Our Health and Social Care Star of 2022 with the Lancashire Adult Learning Awards

We’ve decided to do something a bit different for the latest edition of Recovery Round-Up, and temporarily transform the blog ...

“What happened to you?” – The Journey to Becoming Trauma-Informed

By Jennie Chapman CASE STUDY: Anthony, 31, has just been to A+E with severe gastro-intestinal pain. This is his sixth ...

A Mother’s Journey

This week’s blogpost is a particularly poignant one. Last week, we heard from an addict in recovery, who shared practical ...

My 12 Steps for survival

This week, Recovery Round-Up welcomes its very first guest blogpost! In it, Red Rose Recovery member Stephen shares his 12 ...