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Recovery Rises
United Kingdom · Liverpool · Local · See the United Kingdom profile · See the Liverpool profile
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 80% 52/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice
Recovery Rises, a Liverpool-based project, was led by Genie in the Gutter, a nonprofit organisation offering opportunities and training to active substance misusers as a bridge to recovery. The project used a 12-week digital media course and an evidence-based online recovery le
180 learners
Learners enrolled in the programme
100 %
Learners who reduced substance misuse
Details
- Promoter
- Genie in the Gutter — website
- Type
- Service
- Status
- Ended
- Target groups
- Unemployed and those facing social problems, Marginalised young people and children
- People reached
- 180
- People targeted
- 300000
- Period
- 2014-05-31 – 2015-05-31
- Keywords
- substance misuse, digital skills, recovery
Context
Recovery Rises was a Liverpool-based project led by Genie in the Gutter, a nonprofit organisation offering opportunities and training to active substance misusers as a bridge to recovery. It combined a 12-week digital media course with an evidence-based online recovery learning programme provided by partner organisation Breaking Free Online.
Activities
Tutors and mentors on the programme were themselves ex-substance misusers, giving them credibility as strong role models for the learners.
Results
The project reported a powerful impact on its 180 learners, who all reduced their substance misuse, with some going into full recovery. Learners accessed online recovery communities, became less socially isolated, and were able to take part in further activities and meetings supporting their recovery. In terms of digital inclusion, learners acquired digital media skills including journalism, writing and digital photography which, combined with increased confidence and self-esteem, improved their employability.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Low (< €50k)
- Time to results
- Short (< 1 year) — 12-week digital media course combined with the Breaking Free Online recovery learning programme.
- Staffing & skills
- Tutors and mentors who were themselves ex-substance misusers
Conditions for success
- Tutors/mentors seen as strong, credible role models due to their own lived experience of substance misuse and recovery
- Partnership with Breaking Free Online providing an evidence-based online recovery learning programme
Where it fits
- Governance type
- nonprofit/third-sector organisation
- Scale
- local (Liverpool, UK)
- Income level
- high-income (UK)
Commonly funded by
Philanthropic / foundation funding
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- MEDICI / Digital Inclusion Atlas — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
- Information source — accessed 2026-06-14
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