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Sandwell Recovery Projects:
- European Welfare Association
- Friar Park Millennium Centre- Recovery Group
- Groundwork West Midlands – The Clean Plate Project
- Headway Black Country
- Ideal for All – Growing Opportunities (Therapeutic Gardening and Cooking) Project
- Kaleidoscope+ Group – The Revive and Thrive
- West Bromwich Leisure Centre – Free 12-week Leisure Pass
- The Salvation Army – Employment Plus Programme
- Stepping Stones in the Community – Recovery Project
- Warley Amateur Boxing Club – No-contact Boxing Program
Sandwell Recovery Projects 2025-26
These recovery projects that have been funded by Public Health Sandwell, running until March 2026.
These diverse initiatives aim to support residents of Sandwell over the age of eighteen who are in recovery or thinking about recovery from drugs and/or alcohol.
Each project offers meaningful opportunities to engage in activities that foster personal growth, strengthen recovery, and build lasting connections within a supportive network.
European Welfare Association - Therapy, Creative Workshops, Sport Activities and Family Support
Our project is aimed at people who are in the process of recovering from drug and/or alcohol use. An important part of this is helping not only individuals, but also their partners and loved ones.
The project will support up to 15 people along with their loved ones and will provide therapy sessions, creative workshops, and sport activities.
Friar Park Millennium Centre - Recovery Group
Friar Park Millennium Centre is funded to support people in recovery through a range of activities including:
- Support groups & meetings.
- Activities – bike rides, walks
- Team building exercises.
- Physical activities in our large sports hall
- Bakes – making desserts, pizza, bread.
- Workshops to build self-esteem.
- Volunteering opportunities in the centre
The Centre is open 9am till 9pm each day and is a warm, safe space where anyone can be supported or listened to any time of day.
- Friar Park Road, Wednesbury, WS10 0JS
- Leanne Jones- 0121 556 0139
- Email: Leannejones32@yahoo.co.uk
- Email: fpmccentremanager@gmail.com
Groundwork West Midlands - The Clean Plate Project
A cooking and wellbeing program for people in recovery from drug and/or alcohol use.
It aims to improve participants’ health, confidence and resilience by combining hands-on cookery sessions with nutritional education, peer support and the creation of positive social connections.
There will be eight six-week programs and will be tailored to the specific needs of those in recovery, covering topics such as the role of nutrition in mental health and relapse prevention, managing changes in appetite and digestion during recovery, building positive food habits and daily routines, mindful eating and body awareness and cooking with limited resources.
Headway Black Country
They are providing support for people who are using or in recovery from drugs and/or alcohol who also have a brain injury.
Whether the injury is from an assault, accident, tumour, bleed, stroke or is alcohol or drug related the service can help.
Support includes cognitive skills, daily living skills, art, and music along with abstinence coaching, harm reduction and healthy living. The service also offers counselling services to survivors attending our courses and their relatives.
Ideal for All - Growing Opportunities (Therapeutic Gardening and Cooking) Project
Ideal For All are a lived-experience charity with a range of activities linked to the 5-Ways-to-Wellbeing (Connect, Be Active, Learn, Notice, Give). Delivered from three Community & Therapeutic Garden sites the project will support people in recovery to:
- Learn how to grow herbs, flowers and food or start their own allotment.
- Cook what they grow and eat together.
- Join one of their groups run by people in recovery – fishing club, women’s group, cuppa, and chat and much more!
- Access drop-in sessions held three times a week.
The team also have specialists in disability welfare rights and cost of living support, plus volunteering opportunities, work experience and help to find employment/ enhance CVs.
Ideal for All - Women’s Recovery Group
The Women’s Recovery Group offers safe, inclusive spaces where women can connect, share, and build brighter futures together.
Through weekly peer support groups, volunteer opportunities, and hands-on activities including gardening, cooking and crafts, the project empowers women to take control of their recovery journey while reducing stigma and strengthening community connections.
The project will also work in partnership with local services to ensure women have access to the right support at the right time.
- Salop Drive, Smethwick, B68 9AG
- Barlow Road, Wednesbury, WS10 9QA
- Malthouse, Oldbury Road, B66 1JE
Kaleidoscope+ Group – The Revive and Thrive
Project works in partnership with Cranstoun to deliver the Positive Lives Using Skills (PLUS) programme which includes sessions on:
- Managing Stress
- Managing Anxiety
- Challenging Unhelpful Thinking and Behaviour
- Managing Low Mood and Depression
- Effective Communication and Assertiveness
- Managing Frustration and Anger
- Sleep Hygiene and Relaxation
- Confidence and Self Esteem Building
- Embracing Joy and Happiness
- Wellness Planning
The project will also offer additional sessions on:
- Peer support skills designed to empower and upskill people enabling them to support their peers and their communities by either volunteering or setting up their own support group.
- Energy Efficiency focused on saving costs.
- Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training to equip people in recovery with the skills and knowledge to support others in the community.
- Hope Place, 321 High Street West Bromwich, B70 8LU
- Lisa Hartland and Vicki Fox- 0121 565 5605
- Email: info@kaleidoscopeplus.org.uk
West Bromwich Leisure Centre - Free 12-week Leisure Pass
Enabling access to:
- Unlimited gym use
- Unlimited pool use
- Unlimited use of the Sauna/ Steam room for relaxation
- Unlimited exercise classes
- 14 days advance booking privileges
- Up to four junior memberships added.
- Free use of Swimtag
- Access to the Places Locker app
Professionals can refer anyone aged 18 or over who is in recovery, regardless of whether they are currently engaged in drug and/or alcohol treatment.
- Moor Street, West Bromwich, B70 7AZ
- Sarah Arnold- 07368 690 260
- Email: SarahArnold@pfpleisure.org
- Places Leisure Website
- Places Leisure Facebook
The Salvation Army - Employment Plus Programme
Offers tailored support to help people become job ready secure employment and stay in work through the provision of advice and advocacy support:
- One-to-ones to improve general wellbeing and confidence and highlight skills
- Building resilience and setting goals
- Practical help with barriers such as travel.
- Positive activities, walking groups, creative activities, and sports.
- CVs, transferrable skills, enhancing digital skills; access to iLearn learning portal.
- Encouraging peer-to-peer support using ‘lived experiences’ to motivate and inspire.
The project also provides volunteering opportunities in their Charity Shops, Churches, and Café.
- Merton Close (off Pound Road), Oldbury B68 8NG
Stepping Stones in the Community – Recovery Project
Provides bi-weekly support group sessions.
These 2-hour sessions provide a safe, inclusive space for individuals from Sandwell to connect, share lived experiences and take part in meaningful indoor activities such as board games, snooker, cooking, skill-building workshops, mentoring support and wellbeing-focused discussions.
Referrals will be accepted to help engage people into employment and education. Saturdays 4pm-6pm, every 2 weeks, until the end of March 2026. (please note these dates and times may change depending on service user needs)
Warley Amateur Boxing Club - No-contact Boxing Program
Welcomes people of all abilities and genders to take part in no-contact boxing sessions. Delivered across two 1.5-hour sessions per week the project is suitable for people aged 18 and over who are in recovery from drugs and/or alcohol including those who are not currently physically active.
Sessions run from 5pm until 6:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- Craig Cunningham- 07854 496 073
- Email: c_cunningham9@hotmail.com
- Warley Rugby Club, Tat Bank Road Oldbury, B69 4NH
Peer-to-peer Mutual Aid Meetings in Sandwell
Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) Meetings
| Day and Time | Location | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | ||
| 11am-12.30pm | Lye: Atlantic House, Dudley Rd, DY9 8BQ | |
| 7.30pm-9pm | Dudley: Top Church, High St, DY1 1QD | |
| 7.30pm-9pm | Quinton: St Boniface Church, Quinton Rd West, Quinton, B32 2QD | |
| Tuesday | ||
| 7.30pm-9pm | Stourbridge: Quaker Meeting House, Scotts Rd, DY8 1UR | |
| 7.45pm-9.15pm | Tipton Big Book: St Paul’s Community Centre, Brick Kiln St, DY4 9BP | |
| Wednesday | ||
| 12noon-1.30pm | Tipton St Paul’s Daytime: St Paul’s Community Centre, Brick Kiln St, DY4 9BP | Open Meeting |
| 7.30pm-9pm | Cradley Heath: Cradley Heath Community Centre, Reddal Hill Rd, B64 5JG | On request |
| Thursday | ||
| 11am-12.30pm | Tipton Ladies: St Paul’s Community Centre, Brick Kiln St, DY4 9BP | Women’s meeting |
| 7.30pm-9pm | Tipton St Paul’s: St Paul’s Community Centre, Brick Kiln St, DY4 9BP | On request |
| 8pm-9.30pm | Handsworth: Oaklands Community Centre, 1 Oakland Road, Handsworth, B21 0NA | English and Punjabi |
| 8pm-9.30pm | Blackheath: Sons of Rest, 135 Birmingham Rd, Rowley Regis, B65 9HH | |
| Friday | ||
| 2.30pm-4pm | Smethwick New Meeting at Cranstoun, 128b Oldbury Rd, B66 1JE | |
| 7pm-8pm | Stourbridge Women’s Topic: New Road Methodist Church Centre, 29 New Rd, DY8 1PQ | Women’s meeting |
| 7.30pm-9pm | Sedgley Community Centre, Ladies Walk, DY3 3UA | |
| 8pm-9.30pm | Halesowen: Hasbury Community Centre, 38 Wall Well, B63 4SJ | On request |
| Saturday | ||
| 10am-11.30pm | Halesowen: Lifecentral Church, Little Cornbow, B63 3AJ | |
| 4pm-5.30pm | West Bromwich Na Zdrowi: Wesley Methodist Church, 291 High St, B70 8ND | Polish speaking |
| 6.30pm-8pm | Dudley: Dove House, Bushey Fields Hospital, Russell’s Hall, DY1 2LZ | Open |
| Sunday | ||
| 11am-12.30pm | Halesowen Morning: Hasbury Community Centre, 38 Wall Well, B63 4SJ | On request |
| 7pm-8.30pm | Brierley Hill: The Oakfield Community Centre, 245 Brettel Ln, DY5 3LT |
Cocaine Anonymous (C.A.) Meetings
| Day and Time | Location |
|---|---|
| Monday | |
| 7.30pm-8.30pm | Newcomer Meeting, Dorothy Parkes Centre, Church Rd, Smethwick, B67 6EH |
| 7.30pm-8.30pm | Freedom on the Frontline, Methodist Church, 1 Botteville Rd, Acocks Green, B27 7YE |
| Tuesday | |
| 7.30pm-8.30pm | Newcomer Meeting, The Warehouse, 54-57 Alison Street, Digbeth, B5 5TH |
| 7.30pm-8.30pm | A Quiet Place, Oikos Café 58 High Street, Erdington, B23 6RH |
| Wednesday | |
| 8pm-9pm | The Way Out, Solihull United Reform Church, 741 Warwick Rd, Solihull, B91 3DG |
| Thursday | |
| 8pm-9.15pm | Hope in Harborne, St Mary’s Parish Centre, Vivian Rd, Harborne, B17 0DN |
| Saturday | |
| 8pm-9pm | Newcomer Big Book Study, St Anthony’s Catholic Church, Kingshurst, B37 6LP |
Gamblers Anonymous (G.A.) Meetings
| Day and Time | Location | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | ||
| 7pm-9pm | Quinborne: Quinborne Community Centre, 98 Ridgacre Road, Birmingham, B32 2TW | Call: 0330 094 0322 Email: quinborne.g.a@gmail.com |
| Wednesday | ||
| 7pm-9pm | Wolverhampton: The Good Shepherd Church, 14A Windmill Lane, Wolverhampton, WV3 8HJ | Call: 0330 094 0322 Email: g.a.wolverhampton@gmail.com |
| Thursday | ||
| 7pm-9pm | Cannock: Bevan Lee Community Centre, 28 Bevan Lee Road, Cannock, WS11 4PS | Email: CannockGA@outlook.com |
| Sunday | ||
| 7.30pm-9pm | Wolverhampton: The Good Shepherd Church, 14A Windmill Lane, Wolverhampton, WV3 8HJ | Call: 0330 094 0322 Email: g.a.wolverhampton@gmail.com |
Narcotics Anonymous (N.A.) Meetings
| Day and Time | Location | Format (Please see codes below) |
|---|---|---|
Monday 6.55pm-8pm | Truth in Lye: Atlantic Recovery Centre, Dudley Rd, Brierley Hill, DY9 8BQ | Physical, Open to addicts only, BEG, BT, CPT, CW, JFT, SH, WA |
Monday 7.30pm-9pm | Monday Night Hockley Meeting: Main Hall, Lodge Road Church Centre, 143/4 Lodge Road, Hockley, B18 5BU | Physical, Open to addicts only, VAR, PA, WA |
Tuesday 7.30pm-9pm | Halesowen A New Hope Group: Large meeting room 1, Life Central Church, 2 Little Cornbow, Halesowen, B63 3AJ | Physical, “Open to all” on request, BEG, LIT, SPK, VAR, PA, WA |
Wednesday 7.30pm-9pm | Men’s NA Living Clean Meeting: Here4youth, 1 Castle Street, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 1LA | Physical, “Open to all” on request, LC, M, TOP, CT, NP, SH, BK, WA |
Thursday 7pm-8pm | Maxstoke NA Meeting: Maxstoke Village Hall, Church Lane, Maxstoke, B46 2QN | Physical, “Open to all” on request, LIT, WA |
Friday 12.30pm-2pm | Stourbridge Friday Freedom: Atlantic Recovery Centre, Dudley road, Brierly Hill, Stourbridge, DY9 8EL | Physical, “Open to all” on request, VAR, WA |
Saturday 11am-12.30pm | Stourbridge Saturday Women’s: Back Room, CGL, Atlantic House, Dudley Road, Stourbridge, DY9 8EL. | Hybrid, “Open to all”, CW, VAR, W, PA, WA, VR |
Saturday 4pm-5.40pm | Dudley Just for Today: Here4youth, 1 Castle Street, Dudley, DY1 1LA | Physical, “Open to all” on request, BEG, BT, JFT, QA, SPK, Lithuanian |
Sunday 9.30am-10.45am | Dudley Just for Today: Main room, Cranstoun Here4youth Dudley, 1 Castle Street, Dudley, DY1 1LA | Physical, “Open to all”, JFT, WA |
BEG –
Beginner/Newcomer
BK – Book Study
BT – Basic Text
CPT – 12 Concepts
CT – Chit
CW – Children Welcome
JFT – Just For Today Study
LC – Living Clean Study
LIT – Literature Study
M – Men
NP – No pets
PA – Parking Available QA – Questions & Answers
SH – Share meeting
SPK – Speaker TOP – Topic
VAR– Format Varies
VR– Video Required
W – Women
WA– Wheelchair Accessible
Treatment and Recovery Support in Sandwell
Cranstoun - Empowering People, Empowering Change
- Alberta Building, 128b Oldbury Rd, Smethwick, B66 1JE
- 0121 553 1333
- sandwell@cranstoun.org.uk
- sandwellreferrals@cranstoun.org.uk
- cranstoun.org/help-and-advice/alcohol-other-drugs/sandwell/
BRiS (Building Recovery in Sandwell)
Sandwell Recovery Forum
The Sandwell Recovery Forum now meets every other month at the location of a different recovery project each time. It is a space for people using services or accessing projects meet with workers from projects and anyone else interested in recovery, to share views and ideas, and to work towards a Lived Experience recovery Organisation (LERO) in Sandwell.
The next meeting is on Thursday 15 August 3.30pm-7pm, at the Jubilee Park Community Centre, with a buffet lunch and the chance to try a Sound Bath taster session.
Recovery and Wellbeing in Sandwell Newsletter
View and download the Recovery and Wellbeing in Sandwell monthly Newsletter and Directory with posts of events, activities, support, and A.A. and N.A. meetings in or near Sandwell, to support anyone in recovery.
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