The National Recovery Walk - Wolverhampton 2025
The Chris Allen Podcast
Saturday, 13 September 2025 - 1 hour 25 minutes
Wolverhampton won the right the host the National Recovery Walk for 2025. The celebration took part over two days, with the walk being on September 13th.
Here’s the story of the day told by our guests to Caroline Frost and I
Caroline walking the walk…
3.12: Christina of Turning Point (https://www.turning-point.co.uk)
5.09: Mamadou from London
8.20: Jodie and John from Wigan of Change Growth Live (CGL) https://www.changegrowlive.org
11.00: Sean from Manchester of Rehab Fitness CIC (Acorn Recovery Project - https://acornrecovery.org.uk)
14.44: Lesley and John from Knowsley Lived Experience Recovery Organisation (LERO) https://www.nihr.ac.uk/23148-lived-experience-recovery-organisations
Conversations from the show:
21.04: Pat McFadden MP for Wolverhampton South East
23.06: AnneMarie Ward Chief Executive of FAVOR - Faces and Voices of Recovery (https://www.facesandvoicesofrecoveryuk.org)
30.50: Cllr Craig Collingswood - Mayor of the City of Wolverhampton
34.15: Carl from Recovery Near You (https://www.recoverynearyou.org.uk)
36.38: Marcus and Karolina from the Wolverhampton Service User Involvement Time (SUIT - https://www.suitrecoverywolverhampton.com)
41.29: Jade Beddington of the Haven Refuge Wolverhampton (https://www.havenrefuge.org.uk / 08000 194 400)
44.43: Casey of Wolverhampton 360 (https://w360.org.uk / 0300 123 33 60)
48.54: Cllr Stephen Simkins - Leader of the City of Wolverhampton Council
54.40: Simon Remington (Liver Disease survivor) https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-remington-ab311821/
1.03.03: Paul from Aquarius (https://aquarius.org.uk/our-services/adult-services/wolverhampton/)
1.08.30: Danny from Andy’s Club Wolverhampton https://www.facebook.com/p/Andys-Man-Club-Wolverhampton-61567699597829/
1.11.40: Vijay and Kuldip from SUIT (https://www.suitrecoverywolverhampton.com/punjabi-project-1)
1.17.15: Tom Hayden - Chief Executive of Good Shepherd Services (https://www.gsmwolverhampton.org.uk)
