Stronger Together Around Recovery
Empowering Recovery. Transforming Systems.
Transforming Recovery Through Innovation
& Expertise
Recovery systems are under increasing pressure to demonstrate impact, value for money, and meaningful outcomes, often within complex and constrained environments.
STAR Recovery helps organisations navigate this challenge by translating research, lived experience, and innovation into practical, evidence-based solutions that work in real systems.
Our expertise sits at the intersection of:
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Recovery research and evaluation
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Commissioning and governance realities
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Frontline delivery and lived experience
This allows us to support organisations to design, improve, and evidence recovery-oriented systems that are credible, measurable, and sustainable.
We don’t offer off-the-shelf models. Instead, we work alongside partners to develop tailored approaches that respond to local need while standing up to external scrutiny.E.
Consulting and Business Development
Strategic Support That Turns Insight Into Action
We support organisations to design recovery-oriented services, strengthen their strategic offer, and build credible cases for funding and commissioning.
Our consulting combines evidence, lived experience, and system expertise to help partners move from ambition to delivery, with outcomes that matter.
Advancing Recovery Through Research & Innovation
Turning Evidence Into Insight. Turning Insight Into Impact.
Effective recovery systems depend on more than good intentions; they require robust evidence, meaningful learning, and the ability to adapt in complex and changing environments.
STAR advances recovery through applied research and innovation that directly informs policy, commissioning, and practice. We work at the intersection of research, lived experience, and system delivery, helping organisations move beyond activity towards understanding what works, why it works, and how it can be improved.
Our role is to bridge the gap between academic research and real-world delivery, translating evidence into clear insight, practical recommendations, and actionable learning. This ensures that research does not sit on a shelf, but actively supports better decisions, stronger services, and improved outcomes for individuals and communities.
For commissioners, funders, and delivery partners, this means greater confidence in decision-making, stronger cases for investment, and systems that can evidence impact and learn over time.
Training & Learning
Building Recovery-Competent People, Teams and Systems
Sustainable recovery does not happen by chance; it is built through skilled, reflective, and supported workforces who understand both evidence and lived experience.
STAR Recovery delivers training and learning programmes that strengthen practice, leadership, and culture across recovery-oriented systems. Our approach goes beyond knowledge transfer, supporting people to apply learning confidently in complex, real-world settings.
Our Communities & Partnerships
Building a Stronger Recovery Community
Recovery is stronger when we work together. We collaborate with a broad range of service providers to improve client outcomes, researchers to develop evidence-based solutions and communities to create recovery-friendly environments. Some of our partners include...
Stoke on Trent City Council
"An amazing presentation from David, me and a few colleagues went straight to his website to download some papers to understand how we could apply his theory to our own strategy. We left the webinar feeling really motivated!"
Northamptonshire Council
"Very informative and gave food for thought for our upcoming recommissioning of all drug and alcohol services."
London Borough of Richmond & Wandsworth
"Very Insightful! David was an excellent speaker, the topic was really useful and can be applied to local authority strategy."
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