Author: Alex Mazonowicz
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New Note Orchestra Wins King’s Award for Voluntary Service.
Fresh from a sold-out show with Fallen Angels Dance Theatre at the Royal Opera House, the New Note Orchestra has been announced as one of the 2023 winners of the King’s Award for Voluntary Service. Recognition The group is one of 262 local charities, social enterprises, and voluntary groups to receive the prestigious award this…
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The NHS APA Virtual Conference: Overcoming Addiction Stigma through Education and Policy Change
The NHS Addictions Provider Alliance (APA) is inviting groups and individuals to participate in its transformative and free virtual conference, “Living the Stigma: Understanding Addiction & Overcoming Prejudice,” scheduled for Tuesday, 28th November 2023. Building on the success of our previous online events, 2023’s conference aims to shine a light on the detrimental impact of…
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Geese Staging Recovery at Thinktank
Birmingham-based Geese is bringing a heart-touching performance by the Staging Recovery ensemble to Thinktank, part of the Birmingham Science Museum. Event Details Tickets Available Here The Staging Recovery Ensemble Founded in 2015, Staging Recovery has been a sanctuary for creativity, healing, and transformation. This ensemble reveals the transcendent power of art, bringing together individuals in…
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A Night of Ink and Story: “Tattoo” by The Outsiders Project Returns
On November 2nd at 7:30 PM, The Outsider’s Project offers a soul-stirring journey into the lives of those who wear their narratives in ink, as it presents the re-launch of their sold-out 2021 show, “Tattoo.” Every tattoo tells a story, every line, and shade is a paragraph, and every colour is an emotion, inked permanently…
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2023 Recovery Street Film Festival – A reflection and Shortlist
The Recovery Street Film festival is a yearly competition open to people who have experience of substance addiction. This year Masha Tiunova went to the showing of the shortlist, here she writes her reflections. The Recovery Street Film Festival focuses on filmmakers who have a lived experience of recovering from drug or alcohol use, whether…
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Performing Recovery – Issue 4 OUT NOW!
Read the newest issue of Performing Recovery. In this issue, we have articles from Joseph Burnett on Recovery Theatre Project in Islington, award-winning writer Denise Harrison, and the Bristol Recovery Orchestra. Criminologist David Patton talks about his fascinating work with Recovery Capital and tells us about an exciting new publishing project. leon clowes talks to…
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Cascade Creative Recovery announce events to celebrate 10th anniversary
The Brighton-based peer-led recovery collective, Cascade Creative Recovery have announced a week of events to mark its 10 year anniversary. The Decade of Gratitude week runs from 24th-30th September and includes music, art, poetry and wellbeing events.
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Rec-Fest 20 Aug
Brighton’s Not Saints Presents Rec-Fest: A Celebration of Recovery and Creativity On 20th August, 12:30-17:00 Wagner Hall, Brighton plays host to a new recovery festival. Spearheaded by Not Saints, this day-long celebration brings together various local organizations to spotlight and support the journey of recovery. Main Stage Lineup: Diverse and Talented The main stage is…
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Manchester’s first ever Recoverist month launching in September
Marking International Recovery Month, a new annual awareness event launches this September in Manchester. Recoverist Month puts Greater Manchester’s thriving recovery communities centre stage by increasing visibility and directly supporting the voice of lived experience. Celebrating recovery from substance use through the arts and culture promotes positive health messages and adds to the conversation that recovery…
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Steel Door Studios join the ARA Network Gallery
Having impressed Performing Recovery readers with their incredible art work that graced the back cover of issue 3, Steel Door Studios have now been added to the Performing Recovery Gallery. Steel Door Studios is the pseudonym of an artist currently serving a sentence in a therapeutic community near Oxford, UK. They have permission from the prisoner…