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Launched in September 2022, The Forward Trust’s Dependency and Recovery Service provides support to individuals on probation with complex substance use needs linked to their offending.
Dependency and Recovery Service

About our Dependency and Recovery Service

Delivered in London and Humberside, we help individuals break free from their addictions by assertively linking them to treatment and support services in the community. We build motivation, resilience and support so that service users are safe, able to successfully complete their probation requirements, and move forward with their life.

We provide 1:1, group, and peer mentorship services that help with goal setting, harm minimisation, overcoming barriers, motivation, and accessing support. Our friendly and knowledgeable Recovery Navigators and Peer Mentors help service users make big changes one step at a time. We meet people where they are at, and walk alongside them, helping to navigate the way forward. You'll find our services in custody, probation delivery units, and in the community.

We hold regular social events, because having fun, relaxing and trying new things are key to health and happiness.

Key activities include:

  • Visits to museums.

  • Going to the cinema.

  • Coffee shop meet ups.

  • Arts and crafts workshops.

  • Walking.

We are a community, so if you are on probation and struggling with addiction or substance use, we want you to join us.

Referrals

This service is currently only accessed via referral from a probation officer - talk to yours if you are on probation in London or Yorkshire and The Humber.

London services

In London, we deliver across all 32 boroughs, 18 Probation Delivery Units, and 8 London prisons.

We are proudly partnered with Catch 22, who deliver services to 18-25 year olds. Catch 22 have 8 hubs and are based in Canning Town, Romford, King’s Cross, Tottenham, Croydon, Brixton, Lewisham, and Ealing.

Yorkshire & The Humber services

In Yorkshire and the Humber, we deliver in a range of both urban and rural areas, delivering across all Probation Delivery Units in Hull and East Riding, and North East Lincolnshire. We work closely with HMP Hull, HMP Humber, and our Connections Services in HMP Millsike.