Dorothy Smith

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Dorothy Smith

Fellow’s Profile

Dorothy Smith

Collegiate recovery programme

Fellowship

Themes

Focus

Supporting students with past issues of addiction through peer-led connection approaches

Countries

Fellowship year

2017

Locality

North East

Biography

I am the CEO of Recovery Connections, a lived-experience recovery organisation based in the north east of England.

In 2017 I was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to visit collegiate recovery programmes in the USA, an entity that is not considered in the UK. My first introduction of collegiate recovery programmes was whilst watching The Anonymous People in 2013, a film that influenced the visible recovery movement. Having led on an abstinence-based residential rehab, it seemed obvious that students in recovery would benefit from peer support on campus owing to the hedonistic lifestyle of student life and stressors of study.

Since completing my Fellowship in 2017, I have successfully established a collegiate recovery programme at Teesside University and influenced the development of others nationally.

Activity

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editorial

October 2021 Fellows' update: Dorothy Smith

Charity CEO Dorothy Smith (CF 2017) has been awarded Charity Leader of the Year, in The North East Charity Awards this month. The work of her charity, Recovery Connections, has also featured on BBC News for the support it has provided to students at Teesside University in Middlesbrough.

By Dorothy Smith, 2021

Disclaimer

All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.

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Photograph of Dorothy Smith
editorial

October 2021 Fellows' update: Dorothy Smith

Charity CEO Dorothy Smith (CF 2017) has been awarded Charity Leader of the Year, in The North East Charity Awards this month. The work of her charity, Recovery Connections, has also featured on BBC News for the support it has provided to students at Teesside University in Middlesbrough.

By Dorothy Smith, 2021

Disclaimer

All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.

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