News from Derbyshire Recovery Network

The latest edition of the Recovery Through Nature (RTN) Newsletter is now available, showcasing the activities, achievements and stories from across Derbyshire’s Recovery Through Nature programme. This autumn edition features…

Recovery Games 13 brought together people from across the country to celebrate recovery through sport, connection and community. Among them was a team from Derbyshire’s recovery community, representing a range…

Hope Fest 2026 brought people together from across Derbyshire and beyond for a day of recovery, wellbeing, hope and community connection. Held at Pleasley Pit, the free alcohol and drug-free…

Join Chesterfield FC Community Trust for a Recovery Month Celebration event on Tuesday 29 September at the SMH Group Stadium. This free event will bring people together to celebrate recovery,…

Every September, communities across the UK and around the world come together to mark Recovery Month, an internationally recognised campaign that celebrates recovery from substance use and promotes the message…

🌿 Derby County Community Trust: Wellbeing Wednesdays with Hotpod Yoga📅 Throughout September 2026📍 Hotpod Yoga A series of wellbeing sessions for Active Choices participants, celebrating Recovery Month through movement, mindfulness…

Derbyshire County Council has worked with local Pharmacies and partners across Nottinghamshire International Overdose Awareness Day August 31st: Understanding the Risks, Reducing Harm and Take-Home Naloxone in Derbyshire Observed annually…

Enhanced Skills Course Part of the Lived Experience Career (LEC) Pathway! Are you someone with lived experience of substance or alcohol use who wants to turn that experience into a…

The level 1 in Drug and Alcohol Awareness Training (provided by DACES) is a nationally recognised qualification which runs online for 2 hours per week over the duration of 8…

Rhubarb Farm – The Third Space has become Derbyshire’s first known CLERO-accredited Lived Experience Recovery Organisation (LERO), marking an important moment for the county’s recovery community. The accreditation reflects a…

This Pathways of Chesterfield blog explores the importance of partnership working in recovery support, highlighting how collaboration with local organisations, specialist services and community groups helps create more opportunities, improve…

Written by the Kelsey Family CIC Community Hub, this powerful and deeply personal poem explores the often unseen impact of addiction on families, loved ones and carers. Through themes of…

Recoverfest is back for 2026, and promises to be bigger and better than ever. This free, family-friendly event will bring together people in recovery, families, professionals, community organisations and supporters…

Over the past year, the Stitch Away the Stigma project has brought people together across Derbyshire to challenge stigma, share experiences and promote positive conversations about substance use, recovery and…

Active Choices is delighted to announce the expansion of its gym programme to Long Eaton. In response to growing demand, Active Choices has secured access to the newly refurbished gym…

What to Expect:Hope Fest is a free, family-friendly and completely alcohol-free community festival created by The Third Space and Rhubarb Farm. It brings recovery, wellbeing and ordinary community life together…

Although most people do drink alcohol the vast majority do so at lower risk levels and avoid the harms associated with alcohol. But alcohol can lead to a wide range…

To support Alcohol Awareness Week in Derbyshire in 2026, Ben Sofield, Substance Use Recovery Lead & The Third Space at Rhubarb Farm CIC in Langwith, shares a powerful personal story…

It’s Alcohol Awareness Week, running from 6-12 July 2026! Derbyshire has higher rates of alcohol problems than many other areas in England. Alcohol can cause many problems of which, the one…