⚽🏆 A Huge Thank You to Acute Business Advisory 🏆⚽ We’d like to say a massive thank you to Acute Business Advisory for partnering with us to deliver what promises to be an incredible Charity 5-a-Side Football Tournament at Derby Racecourse on Friday 11th September 2026. Not only are they organising and hosting the event, but they’re also helping raise vital funds to support The Living Recovery Foundation as we continue developing our new recovery centre and creating safe, supportive environments for people rebuilding their lives from addiction. This is a fantastic opportunity for local businesses, community groups, friends, and supporters to get involved. ⚽ Enter a team 🏆 Sponsor a trophy 🤝 Support a great cause 📢 Or simply share this post with your networks Every team entered, every sponsorship secured, and every share helps us move one step closer to transforming lives and creating opportunities for those in recovery. If you’re part of a business, organisation, football team, or simply know someone who might be interested, please help us spread the word. Together, we’re proving that recovery is possible and that communities really can change lives. Thank you again to Acute Business Advisory for your support, partnership, and belief in our work. We look forward to making this a fantastic event together. #LivingRecoveryFoundation #JerichoHouseDerby #AcuteBusinessAdvisory #RecoveryIsPossible #DerbyBusiness #CharityFootball #CommunityPartnership #ChangingLives #Recovery #Derbyshire #CorporateSocialResponsibility #SupportRecovery #FootballForGood #TeamJericho

I was only doing 2 months but I stayed for 2 years. It’s hard to put into words what Jericho house has done for me and my family. After 20 years of cocaine abuse there was a lot to unravel. By the time I got to Jericho house. I had burnt everything to ground. A very fractured relationship with everyone around me. The consequences were vast to many to list. I was at the point that I couldn’t handle the highs of using and the consequences after. I really think I had 2-3 months left out there. I was dying and my mind was being push to its limit. After a couple of years of trying to clean I landed at Jericho and the relief of landing in a safe place to finally get honest and finally be able to work on the route causes of why I took drugs. And what a journey. There been laughter and mean belly laughter. Tears. Fun. Joy. Happiness. But most of all I was shown love and compassion. And I still feel it now. The continued support from Jericho is overwhelming. As the title says I was only staying 2 months. But I seen the benefit of doing aftercare and it was the only thing I’ve ever completed in my life. The relationship I have with family is amazing. I can now be the Son. Dad. Brother. Uncle. I should have been long ago.

Big massive congratulations to Lee on 9 months 🎁 As an ex-serviceman, my life was once filled with identity, purpose, and direction. My role gave me a reason to get up every day and a sense of belonging that defined who I was. When that chapter of my life ended, it felt as though everything that made me who I was disappeared with it. I found myself alone, lost in darkness, and struggling to understand where I belonged. Addiction took hold of my life, and I reached a point where I no longer saw any value in living. I lost my marriage, my home, the people who loved me, and ultimately, I lost myself. Nine months ago, I walked through the doors of Jericho House completely alone. I was broken, lost, and carrying the weight of everything I had destroyed. I had no direction, no hope, and no belief that life could ever be different. Everything began to change when I was introduced to the programme. For the first time, I was forced to face myself and confront the reasons why my life had turned out the way it had. It was not easy. Rebuilding my life from the ruins of what remained required honesty, courage, and perseverance. Throughout that journey, Jericho House gave me the greatest gift I could ever have received. Jericho House is far more than a treatment centre.. it is a family. A family made up of hundreds of men who have walked the same path, faced the same battles, and fought their way back from the darkest places. We call each other brothers because that is what we are. As an ex-serviceman, I thought I had lost the camaraderie, loyalty, and sense of belonging that came with being part of something bigger than myself. Instead, I found a second family and a new army of brothers, standing shoulder to shoulder, helping one another rebuild our lives. They helped me find a love for life again. They gave me a reason to live, taught me how to love myself, and showed me that I could create a new identity.. one built on spiritual principles, kindness, love, and compassion, rather than one that was simply given to me. Today, I am a husband again. I smile again. I wake up happy. There was a time when I believed my story was over and that I had nothing left to give. Jericho House showed me that my darkest chapter was not the end of my story…it was the beginning of a new one. Nine months ago, I walked into Jericho House alone. Today, I walk forward surrounded by brothers, reunited with the people I love, and with a future I never thought I would live to see. For the first time in many years, I am not just surviving…..I am truly living. #livingrecoveryfoundation #HopeLivesHere #unityisourstrengh #unstrictly2026 Royal British Legion – Derbyshire Derby City Council Foundation Derbyshire The National Lottery Community Fund Toyota UK BBC Derby Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Cllr Jonathan Smale @