SUIT (Service User Involvement Team) MBE

We are an award winning service user team, who on 2nd June 2014 were awarded the equivalent of an MBE, by Her Majesty the Queen. We manage local service user involvement work (forums, consultations, research etc.) In addition we offer individuals who have been in any way affected by addiction and social exclusion, the opportunity to move forward with their lives. We support access to opportunities within education, training, volunteering and employment. We do this by way of offering tailored and bespoke support (by people in recovery) to our visitors and service users alike. We have supported 131 people into sustainable employment within the last 4 and a half years (Jan 2011 to July 2015) and believe that everyone has the power change. We recruit volunteers to support our work (all 4 staff members volunteered initially). We also offer recreational activities to increase social networks and they are free for the participants.