1. Recovery Festival - Housing
Setting the scene
Marcus Roberts
Chief Executive, DrugScope

2. ‘Building recovery in
communities’
-‘drug free life’ (but also
medically assisted recovery);
-‘individual person-centred
journey’;
-‘recovery capital’;
-‘recovery champions’;
-‘enable reintegration back
into communities’
housing/employment.

6. Most people with periods of
dependent or problematic use in
their lives overcome this and
move on.
ALSO
Many people who develop severe
dependence have pre-existing
problems or issues. People whose
lives are dominated by drug and
alcohol dependence often incur
significant collateral damage in
addition, e.g. health harms.
Overcoming drug or alcohol
problems is a difficult … our
ambition for recovery should be
tempered with realism.

7. ‘Effective solutions to
housing [are needed]
whereby in every local area
there is ready access to
reasonable standard
accommodation. This is a
pre-requisite for any
progress to be made with
individual recovery’
CEO of treatment service
“Somewhere to live, people to talk to, therapy to
help with the past’’

14. www.meam.org.uk
www.themeamapproach.org.uk

16. Some links
 DrugScope at www.drugscope.org.uk
 UK Drug Policy Commission archive at
www.ukdpc.org.uk
 MEAM at www.meam.org.uk
 RSA at http://www.thersa.org/action-
research-centre/community-and-public-
services/connected-communities
Contact: marcusr@drugscope.org.uk