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Check out our blog where you'll find newsletters, personal stories, information on the services available to you, useful tips for recovery & more...

Calum Smith

Nov 300 min read

November Newsletter

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UK Exclusive Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month of November

Calum Smith

Nov 204 min read

UK Exclusive Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month of November

With the majority of the world recognising June as the month to raise awareness around Men’s mental health issues, the UK is the only...

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Calum Smith

Oct 300 min read

October Newsletter

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Calum Smith

Oct 283 min read

What is SMART Recovery?

In what may be the most ambitious project yet laid out by the volunteers at Reach Out and Recover (ROAR), this month has signalled the...

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Stoptober - It's not too late to join the challenge!

Calum Smith

Oct 33 min read

Stoptober - It's not too late to join the challenge!

In conversations around addiction, smoking is often the forgotten habit we don’t discuss. Whether this be because it is more widely...

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Calum Smith

Sep 221 min read

September Newsletter

Find out what we've been up to in August & September, what's coming up and how to get involved with ROAR....

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Naloxone: The Life Saving Drug We Should All Be Talking About

Lisa York

Sep 43 min read

Naloxone: The Life Saving Drug We Should All Be Talking About

Harm reduction is a big focus for ROAR, we recognise that recovery looks different for every individual and do not exclude those who do...

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Calum Smith

Jul 311 min read

July Newsletter

Our latest newsletter with all our recent updates for you....

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Lisa York

Jul 274 min read

Katie's Story

We at ROAR aim to be inclusive of all members of the community and this month we would love to hear from anyone who has experience around...

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Darren Lacey

Jul 183 min read

Emma's Story

Emma Louise Jessie Urquhart was born on 09th July 1981. Emma’s parents were Valerie and Spencer. Unfortunately, Emma didn’t have the...

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Darren Lacey

Jul 121 min read

Our Much Loved Emma

It is with great sadness that we report one of our volunteers, Emma, passed away last week. Emma was a huge supporter of our work and was...

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Darren Lacey

Jun 191 min read

June Newsletter

Our latest newsletter with all our recent updates

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Darren Lacey

Jun 142 min read

ROAR with Pride

Pride month is in full effect and we at ROAR had an absolute blast at Canterbury Pride this year. We had the opportunity to meet so many...

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ROAR Football Kick’s Off For The First Time – Match Report

Darren Lacey

May 202 min read

ROAR Football Kick’s Off For The First Time – Match Report

Friday just gone our ROAR community gathered in Ashford for the first of what we hope will be many evenings of football moving forward....

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Tony Deaville

Jan 282 min read

Recovery Ninja, Peer Mentor & R.O.A.R Volunteer

"It was like this cycle of me and my partner. She'd go to rehab, I'd go to prison. We just went round and around – each time it got worse...

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Lisa York

Jan 282 min read

Senior Project Support Officer for the NHS & Committee Chair & Volunteer at R.O.A.R

A lived experience recovery organisation (LERO) was a new concept to me initially, however after carrying out some research I discovered...

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Darren Lacey

Jan 285 min read

Inclusion Co-ordinator at Forward Trust and Volunteer at R.O.A.R.

I’m Darren, 45 and currently live in Dover, Kent. I work for the Forward Trust as Inclusion Co-ordinator, helping those within the...

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Lisa York

Jan 281 min read

Co-occurring Mental Health Conditions and Substance Use Conference

In November we were invited to the co-occurring mental health conditions and substance misuse conference held by KCC in Maidstone. It...

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