Recovery – Inspirit

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 inspiritwpadmin Community engagement, Coproduction, Development, Growth, Health and wellbeing, Participation, Service User Involvement

FREESPACE begins again

FREESPACE ran at our Temple Yard Mews for several years. It was a successful creative space, enabling artists of all approaches who were struggling with substances to come and join a developing community of supportive peers. After a hiatus of three years, we have finally found a space and a way to continue. This is the first peer-led delivery as part of the Hariney Peers Co-production Project at the Pavilion in Chapman’s Green.

From Wednesday the 9th February, Inspirit members Ross and Linda will continue the work. We will be opening the Pavilion from 11am to 5pm every other Wednesday for Haringey peers in recovery to join us to develop their creative practice. FREESPACE is not an art class, it a space where you can come play, learn, discover. Each week there will be a prepared activity for those who are uncertain about what they would like to do – however attendees are encouraged to bring their own work or ideas to develolp where possible.

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 inspiritwpadmin Best Practice, Change, Coproduction, Development, Growth, Training

Learning for life

Inspirit is currently working with Fulfilling Lives in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. We have been training a group of people with lived experience to be community partners. Their roles are varied but the prime purpose is to work with other service users or local partners to develop systems with better outcomes for marginalised service users. One of the most wonderful aspects to this work is the group’s absolute commitment to learning and development, all in the service of being the best that they can be. They are now glowing with confidence and self-awareness. No defence, just pure curiosity, exploration, practice and dialogue.

Now we are about to embark on another journey with newly recruited Experts by Experience who will act as consultants for the wider objective of system change. It’s been a long time coming!

August 18, 2020August 20, 2020 inspiritwpadmin Coproduction, Participation, Service User Involvement

PPP Recruitment August 2020

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The PPP team are recruiting!! The London Health and Justice Patient and Public Participation Subgroup are looking for new members. Have you or your family members had experience of healthcare (or lack of it) in a justice setting?? – then talk to us. You may be financially rewarded for your time and you get to be involved in some important and interesting projects that benefit people who need care in the justice settings – such as helping decide what future services look like and who delivers them, supporting changes in the response to mental health issues or substance misuse when picked up by the police (Liaison and Diversion Services) and much more…

Contact a.todd@inspirit-training.org.uk for more information or to express interest

July 1, 2020August 19, 2020 inspiritwpadmin Coproduction, Participation, Patient & Public Participation Project, Service User Involvement

Haringey Strategic Coproduction

Inspirit has been commissioned by Sarah Hart, Senior Public Health Commissioner, Haringey, to support the development of a service user led strategic group. The aim of the group is to support commissioning and the strategic development of substance misuse services in Haringey. Inspirit’s role is to recruit a small group, train them and support them to co-produce their own operating processes until they feel robust enough to work independently.

This is very exciting and those involved have been enthusiastically included by commissioners in the response to covid-19. Inspirit are currently supporting the new group to develop a peer research project regarding the recent loss of a well-liked user led community service in Haringey.. The results will be published here.

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 inspiritwpadmin Coproduction, Participation, Service User Involvement, Uncategorized

Friday Night Alternative

The Friday Night Alternative or “effenay” as it is more affectionately known, is an initiative that aims to give people with ongoing substance misuse issues, an alternative way to experience what we know to be ‘trigger points’. Since Friday’s are for many, the start of the weekend, it is a day commonly associated with euphoria as people break from work and other similar commitments. However, it may also be one of sadness as those with broken family ties and other kinds of personal traumas are brought back to those realities. FNA is a way we can challenge long-held and divisive ideas connected to self-worth by engaging participants in activities they may not have previously considered, or had the opportunity to partake in but which they can now use to redefine how they live their lives.

Inspirit is grateful to the National Lottery Community Fund for supporting this project.