UK SMART Recovery now works with most of the medium to large treatment providers across the UK, as well as prisons, probation, rehab facilities, NHS and supported housing services. SMART Recovery Champions have helped to grow peer led SMART Recovery meetings, which in turn has helped their service users sustain the recovery gains they achieve within the treatment services.
Engagement with mutual aid improves the long-term outcomes for people in addiction treatment. UKSR uses psycho-therapeutic techniques similar to those used in most addiction treatment services and offender behaviour change programmes in the UK. This common approach helps UKSR meetings sit comfortably alongside the treatment and criminal justice systems and makes the transition from being a service user or offender to someone taking control of their life a natural and coherent step.
The UKSR Programme has been in the UK since 1998. Most of the growth took place since working in partnership with the treatment sector in 2009.
There were some initial concerns that partnerships with the treatment sector would undermine the focus on ‘peer led’ mutual-aid meetings, but this has not been the case. In fact, the reverse has been achieved and working in partnership has sustained and encouraged an increase in the number of peer led meetings.
As of 31 March 2018, there are at least 558 meetings being held across the UK.
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Once Individuals have completed the Facilitator training they will be given access to restricted areas of our website so that they can access additional resources and register and manage their meetings.
All meetings must be registered with us even if they are closed for your clients only. Registering your meeting enables us to keep track of meetings across the UK, keep in touch with and support Facilitators where required, ensure resources are placed where most needed, and help us identify any gaps. It also ensures you receive your Meeting Starter Pack (included in your licence fee).
