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© UK Recovery Walk | Charity Number SC043961 | Registered Address: 3 Kelvinside Grove, Kelvinside, Glasgow, G20 6PL | 0141 946 2710 | E: [email protected] The UK Recovery Walk Charity central message is that permanent recovery from alcohol and other drug-related problems are not only possible but a reality in the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals, families and communities. The UK Recovery Walk Charity has a focus on creating pro-recovery community attitudes & policies along with advocating for the expansion of the range & quality of local recovery support services Key messages and slogans to use for banners etc By our silence we let others define us. Recovery voices count. Join the voices of recovery. Recovery is a Reality or Recovery: LIVING PROOF. Recovery benefits everyone. We can and do recover. Walking tall for recovery. Together we can. My Mummy/Daddy/Brother/Sister is in recovery/has recovered. I love someone in recovery. We love someone in recovery.

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© UK Recovery Walk | Charity Number SC043961 | Registered Address: 3 Kelvinside Grove,

Kelvinside, Glasgow, G20 6PL | 0141 946 2710 | E: [email protected]

The UK Recovery Walk Charity central message is that permanent recovery from alcohol and other drug-related problems are not only possible but a reality in the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals, families and communities.

The UK Recovery Walk Charity has a focus on creating pro-recovery community

attitudes & policies along with advocating for the expansion of the range &

quality of local recovery support services

Key messages and slogans to use for banners etc

By our silence we let others define us.

Recovery voices count.

Join the voices of recovery.

Recovery is a Reality or Recovery: LIVING PROOF.

Recovery benefits everyone.

We can and do recover.

Walking tall for recovery.

Together we can.

My Mummy/Daddy/Brother/Sister is in recovery/has recovered.

I love someone in recovery.

We love someone in recovery.

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© UK Recovery Walk | Charity Number SC043961 | Registered Address: 3 Kelvinside Grove,

Kelvinside, Glasgow, G20 6PL | 0141 946 2710 | E: [email protected]

The UK Recovery Walk Charity aims to:

Make Recovery visible.

Demonstrate that Recovery is a Reality and is contagious.

Demonstrate that there are many pathways to Recovery.

Celebrate the achievements of individuals, families and communities in recovery and offer

hope and support to those that are recovering.

Demonstrate that people in Recovery are assets within their communities and have a

valuable role to play in the transformation of communities.

Honour and promote those individuals, groups and organisations that support people,

families and communities in defining and achieving Recovery.

Support individuals, families and communities that are still struggling to achieve their vision

of Recovery.

Challenge stigma and discrimination and advocate equality.

Depict addiction as a problem for which there are viable and varied recovery solutions

Providing living role models that illustrate the diversity of those recovery solutions

Countering attempts to dehumanise, objectify and demonise those with alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems

Individuals, groups and organisations that support recovery, in all its diversity, will have

their efforts recognised and celebrated.

Stigma and discrimination challenged and equality issues advocated for.

The sharing of Recovery stories from people in long-term recovery, their families and friends

will give hope to others and demonstrate the power and reality of Recovery.

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© UK Recovery Walk | Charity Number SC043961 | Registered Address: 3 Kelvinside Grove,

Kelvinside, Glasgow, G20 6PL | 0141 946 2710 | E: [email protected]

Outcomes of The UK Recovery Walk Charity:

Removed community barriers to recovery for those still experiencing AOD problems and to

improve the quality of life of those recovering from AOD problems.

Recovery is visible in all communities.

Communities will be educated as to the reality of Recovery and its contagious qualities.

Communities will have a better understanding of the many pathways to Recovery.

Those in Recovery will have their achievements recognised and a message of hope and

optimism will be conveyed to those that are still suffering.

New relationships and friendships formed and Recovery Networks strengthened and

sustained.

Enhanced variety, availability and quality of local/regional treatment and recovery support

services

Removal of environmental barriers to recovery, including the promotion of laws and social

policies that reduce AOD problems and support recovery for those experiencing AOD problems

Transformed existing treatment systems into “recovery-oriented systems of care”

Supported recovery organisations across the country by the use of accurate and positive language.

Generated many smaller movements to carry the message of hope for recovery to the very

heart of the culture and into the realms of media, government, law, medicine, business, education, religion, and entertainment.

Conveyed this movement message as a call to mutual aid, social communion, and political

advocacy groups.

For more info on Recovery Advocacy please see our toolkit available at

www.ukrecoverywalk.org