Peer-Led Initiative Fund Aims and Examples

By supporting a holistic range of community activities, the Recovery Initiative Fund aims to:

• Strengthen the local recovery community.
• Promote pathways into treatment.
• Improve recovery outcomes.
• Improve retention of people in treatment.
• Empower people with lived experience to support others in the recovery journey.
• Tackle stigma associated with substance misuse.
• Foster collaboration between recovery groups and treatment and recovery providers
• Incentivise both peer-led and peer-delivered approaches to recovery & amplify support.

The following are examples of what the recovery pot might cover:

Peer-led Outreach and Engagement:

• Enable those with lived experience to conduct outreach initiatives.
• Develop and distribute educational materials on recovery resources.
• Organize community outreach events and awareness campaigns.

Access to Recovery Groups:

• Facilitate transportation to and from recovery group meetings.
• Promote awareness and accessibility of various recovery group meet-ups.

Community Events:

• Organize targeted recovery-based events.
• Hiring venues and equipment.
• Incentivising attendance through vouchers or other commonly used methods

Wellness activities:

• Sports events.
• Recreational activities.