Recovery spaces
Welcoming, informal and non-clinical spaces centred on connection, dignity, choice, peer relationships and participation.
What We Do
Connection, creativity and community
Our work creates opportunities for people in or seeking recovery to connect, participate, learn, create and contribute.
Our approach
Different ways to take part
Creativity and learning
Opportunities involving music, writing, film, performance, art and digital media, shaped by the interests and ideas of people involved.
Peer support
Community-based opportunities for conversation and connection, with clear boundaries and no pressure to disclose personal experience.
Participation and leadership
Flexible ways for people to contribute ideas, volunteer, co-produce and develop leadership where they choose to.
Creative programmes
Ideas become shared work
Creativity is an important part of our model. It can support identity, confidence, connection, expression, skills, participation, belonging and contribution.
Current programme names, dates, locations and ways to attend will appear on What's On only when they are confirmed.
Recovery Connects
Recovery made visible
Recovery Connects celebrates recovery through music, creativity, culture, community, connection and visibility.
The event held at Queen's Park Arena on 5 July 2026 attracted approximately 1,800 people, placing recovery within wider community and cultural life.
Explore Recovery Connects
Wider systems work
Connecting experience and decisions
We contribute lived-experience insight and community-development expertise to wider work across Renfrewshire, including partnership discussions about recovery strategy, rights, services and recovery communities.
Partnership-led work is shared work and is not presented as owned solely by The Recovery Collective.