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One Year of Punjabi SMART Recovery.
The Punjabi SMART Recovery Programme recently celebrated its one-year anniversary, marking a major milestone in providing culturally sensitive addiction recovery support for Punjabi-speaking and South Asian communities worldwide. Delivered online via weekly Zoom sessions, the programme has created a safe, inclusive space for individuals to share experiences, reduce stigma, and access evidence-based recovery tools through bilingual peer-led support.
SMART Is What You Do With The Rest Of Your Life
Rosana Panjon is a trained SMART facilitator and works as a certified Recovery Support Specialist in the healthcare field in Connecticut. She brings the wisdom of her lived experience to her work with those seeking recovery in all kinds of situations.
In this podcast, Rosana shares her personal struggles with substances, how she got involved in peer recovery work, what she identifies as some of the cultural considerations involved, and why she considers SMART to be such a powerful future-facing force in her life.
UK SMART Recovery Featured in Workplace Wellbeing Article
A recent article from Spotlight Training Co explored the growing importance of addiction recovery support within workplace wellbeing programmes, including insights from UK SMART Recovery. The piece highlighted how evidence-based recovery approaches, stigma reduction, and open conversations can help organisations create safer and more supportive workplaces for people affected by addiction.
You can read the full article here.
Peer Support and Recovery at HMP Buckley Hall
Danny had a lovely visit to the Change Grow Live DARS team at HMP Buckley Hall last week. He was able to join their SMART InsideOut group, which was Co-Facilitated by an amazing Peer Mentor who volunteers for the service. Inspirational stories, great use of SMART tools and a real feeling of peer support during the session. Many thanks to the wonderful SMART Facilitator Mercedes Williams who works for the CGL Interventions team at the prison. Mercedes is also helping Danny to create SMART Case Studies, allowing prison residents to tell some of their stories and how SMART has helped them make positive changes in their lives. Great partnership working!
