We are excited to announce that our next Speaker Bootcamp will commence on May 21st!

The Speaker Bootcamps were launched to help people to feel more confident in sharing their stories of recovery. On this course, you will learn more about what it means to share their story and to start to build your confidence to talk openly about your experiences of addiction and recovery in a safe but impactful way.

The course will run every Tuesday (10:30am-3pm) for six weeks and is delivered by the amazing Marie Edmunds, the founder of the Aspirations Project in Southend. The first five weeks will be held in Basildon and the final session will take place in Southend where our speakers will have an opportunity to present for the first time in front of an audience.

Once you’ve graduated, you will be invited to join the Voices of Recovery team and support their important mission to challenge perceptions of addiction and to make recovery visible in Essex.

If this is something you would be interested in, please contact jo@essexrecoveryfoundation.org who will arrange a quick chat to run you through the process and answer any of your questions. We really look forward to you joining our Speaker Bootcamp.

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A group picture of our 2023 Speaker Bootcamp graduates