Recovery connections has developed recovery ally training which I think tried to tackle this stigma and show the importance of LERO organisations. Our aim in the recovery ally training is to allow professionals ask all of those awkward questions in a controlled environment to the staff of the LERO company. We as staff share our experiences and expertise through our lived experience. We do a short presentation on language, how using derogatory terms is sometimes normalised. We also look at how people feel in any recovery and how everyone’s recovery journey is different. I think it’s important that professionals such as police, probation, nurses, doctors, social workers et cetera. can sometimes be damaging in the way that they dismiss someone in recovery and dismiss LERO organisations. However hopefully with this educational training they can become recovery allies and with us all working together and assisting each other we can offer the best support and holistic assistance and care for the people that we work with.

Mine is finding the time to attend training and invest in myself even when I'm really busy I know I need to make it a priority.

Thanks so much for joining us in the last half Daisy, real food for thought.