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| UK Recovery Walk |
I went to my first UKRW (which if you don't already know stands for UK Recovery Walk) in Greater Manchester on Saturday 13th September this year and it involves people who are in, or have been through recovery.
UKRW Manchester 2014 Video
The trip was organised by Andy Hackett, who is the Service User Involvement Officer for Newcastle, and it was open to all service users and people in recovery in the Newcastle area. We travelled to Manchester by coach and the event was easy to find and well organised. The event starts with everyone gathering around a big venue stage where different people talk about UKRW and carry the message of recovery, followed by a walk through the streets with banners, people also wore UKRW merchandise like t-shirts etc.
Oh and I made sure the whole walk new Newcastle was represented by starting off a rendition of Toon, Toon Black and White army, which everyone joined in with!.
It was an absolutely awesome day with hundreds there, everyone was really friendly and it was great meeting people in recovery from different parts of the country and making new friends. Everyone who went from the NUCF enjoyed themselves and if you didn't make it this year you really did miss out on a great day, but hey don't worry if you did there's always UKRW at Durham next year.
At the end of the event UKRW always do a handover for the area that has been chosen to host the event the following year, and the North East will be represented for the first time as Durham was chosen to host UKRW for 2015, so no excuses if you don't make it! :-)
UKRW 2014 Handover Video
