Art & Social Change – Episode 3 – Recovery Cafes

Arts & Health South West is a partner in an Erasmus Plus funded project called Art & Social Change, which is developing an experiential art training programme for health workers who work in addiction and recovery.

This is the third episode in a special podcast series that explores the work, expertise, and stories of the people doing this work, and what the research is showing the arts & health sector.

In this episode we speak with representatives of ‘recovery cafes’ in Lithuania and the UK to learn about what these venues are and why they are important to addiction and recovery. Joining us are Agne Bykova from Mano Guru, in Vilnius Lithuania and Pete Davies, from CasCade Creative Recovery in Brighton in England.

LINKS:

Mano Guru

• Email address info@manoguru.lt – they are really searching for partners willing to change best practice, and to hear from other people. Please write to them.
• Mano Guru can be found at Vilniaus g. 22, Labdari gatv 1, Vilnius 01402, Lithuania

Cascade Creative Recovery

• Website www.cascadecreativerecovery.org
• Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CascadeCreativeRecovery/
• Instagram www.instagram.com/cascadecreativerecovery/
• Cascade Coffee Shop can be found at 24 Baker St, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 4JN

Also mentioned:

• Portraits of Recovery (PORe), Manchester UK: www.portraitsofrecovery.org.uk
• The UK Recovery Declaration of Rights: http://www.facesandvoicesofrecoveryuk.org/uk-recovery-declaration-rights/

For case studies from the Art & Social Change project’s training programmes, and a range of other resources for more information about the use of art in addiction, recovery, and to combat healthworker burn-out at www.artandsocialchange.eu

Please be aware that this episode contains some mild swearing in the last 10 minutes.