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ENTREPRENEURIAL RECOVERY NETWORKS

– LESSONS ABOUT SOCIAL ENTERPRISES Larry Eve

The Basement Recovery Project

The community is the soil in which such problems grow or fail to grow and in which the resolutions to such problems thrive or fail to thrive over time. (White 2009, p.151)

SUSTAINING THE SOIL

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Dig - Develop - Devolve

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“After 40 years of research the most important factor is social”

Michael Gossop (2013)

“Recovery is a social process” Moos 2011

COMMUNITY AS METHOD

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UNION HOUSE

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UNION BANK

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UNION BANK

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KIRKLEES UNITED

• To promote that recovery from addiction is possible for the people of Kirklees • To improve the health and wellbeing of the people of Kirklees affected by

addiction • To develop support networks to help individuals maintain their recovery from

addiction • To develop community based opportunities to support recovery through

volunteering, enterprise, participation and networking • To reduce the stigma attached to those affected by addiction in Kirklees

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