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CAST annual exhibition – call out for submissions

CAST Mental Health Week Exhibition will be from 10-21 October this year, at 35 Chapel Walk Gallery in Sheffield centre. The theme this year is CAST A LIGHT – and we are hoping that we’ll have many responses from artists this year. As the gallery space isn’t huge entries will be limited to 1 or … Continued

Recovery Enterprises 2016

It’s a predictable thing for us to say – but it genuinely has been a brilliant year for this charity. Our enterprises have gone from strength to strength, welcoming new members and staff, building resilience and connections across Sheffield. And the charity has grown, introducing our flagship digital and real life project Sheffield Flourish. It’s … Continued

#PatientsasPartners16 Event

“I felt moved and inspired by the patient stories, confirming my belief that a different way of working between professionals and users of the health service is required to improve outcomes for patients. The stories also confirmed that this will involve major cultural change for both staff and patients. This will require continued use of … Continued

Recovery Enterprises 2015: Nourishing and Flourishing!

What a year it has been for Recovery Enterprises with much to reflect on and celebrate as we head into a new era blending digital technology into our real world community work. Oasis, Cast, and Hudson and General have continued to develop and produce beautiful and nourishing vegetables, artwork and up-cycled crates and we are now also supporting a Sheffield Recovery … Continued

A Flourishing Future!

This week Recovery Enterprises hosted it’s AGM. We celebrated the past achievements and the time, effort and commitment that many different people have put into growing the foundations of Recovery Enterprises. We also looked to the future sharing our vision and plans for how we will be contributing to co-creating the conditions where people in … Continued

A Formal Notice of Recovery Enterprises AGM 2015

Recovery Enterprises are delighted to announce the formal notice of the Recovery Enterprises AGM 2015 which will be held on 15 September 2015 at The Work Station in Sheffield. Click here for full details. Our Formal Notice and Minutes of the last AGM are attached below. We look forward to welcoming our members and guests and sharing … Continued

Thinking about ‘expertise’.

This post is by Brendan Stone, one of the Trustees for Recovery Enterprises. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about ‘expertise’. What is it that makes someone an expert, and how can we support, nurture and harness expertise to facilitate and enact meaningful and positive change, especially for people who are experiencing significant disadvantage and … Continued

Art in the Gardens: a collaboration of OASIS Gardening and CAST

A story of collaboration of two of our community enterprises: Oasis Gardening and CAST, working together to create a more beautiful flourishing environment. Introduction by CAST co-ordinator Chrissie Hinde. In January 2015 CAST were asked to work alongside Oasis Gardening in improving two courtyard gardens at Longley Centre. The idea was to brighten up the … Continued

People Driven Digital Health and Well-being White Paper #PdDigital15

Recovery Enterprises is delighted to have contributed to an excellent white paper on people driven digital health and well-being which has been published today by mHabitat. The paper is the result of an excellent creative and coproduced offline and online process which was led by social innovators who have experience of accessing services exploring together the question; … Continued