Recovery Coaching Scotland

Recovery Coaching Scotland Lived Experience Recovery Organisation, delivering Recovery training in prisons. We are the hosts of Borders in Recovery.

We also work in the community supporting returning citizens and providing training for organisations and recovery communities.

A huge thank you to Mallatite LTD  for their incredibly generous £500 donation 💙Your support will go directly into Borde...
20/04/2026

A huge thank you to Mallatite LTD for their incredibly generous £500 donation 💙

Your support will go directly into Borders in Recovery, helping us continue to create safe, welcoming spaces where people can connect, build confidence, and move forward in their recovery journeys.

It’s support like this that keeps the doors open, the kettle on, and the community growing. We’re genuinely grateful you’ve chosen to stand alongside us—it makes a real difference.

Thank you from all of us at Borders in Recovery 🙏

17/04/2026

🔥SAVE THE DATE – RECOVERY CONNECTS 2026 🔥

Apologies for the delay in getting this out, and thank you for your patience. Its been a while but.....

We’re really pleased to finally be able to share that Recovery Connects is back for 2026✊️

📍 Queens Park Arena, Glasgow
📅 Sunday 5th July 2026
🕛 12pm–6.30pm

Recovery Connects is always a special day — bringing people together to celebrate recovery, build connections, enjoy great music, and show the strength of Recovery Communities across Scotland

This event means a lot to so many people, and it’s really important that you continue to show up and support it. Every person who attends helps demonstrate just how much days like this matter and helps us build a strong future for events like Recovery Connects year after year.

Please save the date, share the poster, and come along to be part of it.

We can’t wait to see you there. 💚

❤️ Stay tuned as we start to tease this years line up😬💚

Massive thanks as always to our funders and sponsors Abbeycare WithYou and Corra Foundation

15/04/2026

Why work for Community Justice Scotland? At Community Justice Scotland (CJS) we understand that our colleagues are the most important asset we have.  We use a values based approach in […]

Absolutely buzzing to be at the National Traineeship Graduation and even prouder to see Leah graduate from the programme...
15/04/2026

Absolutely buzzing to be at the National Traineeship Graduation and even prouder to see Leah graduate from the programme with Scottish Drugs Forum 👏

Watching her journey through Borders in Recovery has been something special — the growth, the confidence, and the way she’s stepped into herself has been incredible to see.

She delivered a brilliant speech on the day, a real reflection of how far she’s come and the strength she carries.

This is what it’s all about — people developing, believing in themselves, and creating new pathways forward. Proper proud moment 💙

We’re incredibly proud to share that Recovery Coaching Scotland CIC has been recognised as:Lived Experience Recovery Org...
15/04/2026

We’re incredibly proud to share that Recovery Coaching Scotland CIC has been recognised as:

Lived Experience Recovery Organisation of the Year 2026 - Scotland

This National award highlights the work happening every day across our communities and within the justice system — supporting people to rebuild their lives through lived experience, connection, and recovery.

From prisons to communities, this recognition belongs to every peer, every learner, every partner, and every person who has walked through the door and chosen change.

We don’t do this work for awards — but it means a lot to see the impact recognised.

Onwards and upwards 💙

Recovery Coaching Scotland CIC is one of the 2026 winners of GHP Mental Health Awards.

13/04/2026

View details and apply for this Communications Officer vacancy in Scottish Prison Service Headquarters - Edinburgh. Working in a small but busy team, the role holder will work within the Scottish Prison Service's Office of the Chief Executive . The role requires a high level of collaboration with .....

13/04/2026

I think anyone that knows us knows how hard we work at Sisco to create a real community environment inside every residential establishment we’re in. The root of our work is relationships.

That means building relationships with the men, with prison officers, governors, Heads of Offender Outcomes… building links with new partners and organisations, and more importantly, staying connected with families on the outside.

Our Kevin has worked tirelessly over the last year in his role as Prison Manager, creating new partnerships and real opportunities for the men both inside and when they leave. Honestly mate, it doesn’t go unnoticed 👏

We’re also delighted that Cha Cairns is coming up to Barlinnie to speak to some of the residents. His story, how he turned his life around, became an author, and now strives to be the best version of himself, is exactly the kind of message we want the men to hear.

Because that’s what it’s all about for us, helping people unlock their potential and transform their lives. Not just for them, but for their families and the wider community too.

Well done Kevin Coyne, proud of the work you’re doing pal ⚖️

Scottish Prison Service

This is our colleague Scott Happer, he’s a Navigator in Borders General Hospital and also works for our partners WithYou...
13/04/2026

This is our colleague Scott Happer, he’s a Navigator in Borders General Hospital and also works for our partners WithYou in the Borders.

He personifies using lived experience to support people:

“Being given the opportunity to work helping people in addiction, not only gives me a chance to support people in their healing journey, but is a reciprocating, cathartic journey where every client I support I see as myself at one time. Transmuting the harsh lessons of my past and using my lived experience and emotional intelligence to help others, also rarely feels like work but a pleasure helping others into recovery. It has also helped me in my recovery, hugely!

The chaos of my past was a barrier to many good things in life many people take as granted. This week marks another milestone which seems small to some but given my criminal, substance use past, is huge for me….. On Wednesday I go my first holiday abroad as an adult. My fiancee and I travel to Tenerife for sun, sea and sobriety 🙃. Life is good again…. We do recover! ❤️”

Proud to work alongside him and the rest of our outstanding team!

11/04/2026
09/04/2026

We genuinely believe that the continued success we have at Sisco would not be possible without our commitment to collaborative working with multiple organisations and statutory services. We fully understand the importance of people being supported by a range of services throughout their recovery journey.

For those coming from backgrounds of complex trauma, adversity, homelessness, and poverty, the journey can be one of the most isolating experiences they ever face. That's why, at Sisco, we don’t do it alone, we do it together. Recovery is a shared journey. It is a “we” thing.

Mick Stoney took a massive leap of faith, and we will always give praise to HMP Barlinnie, because it was that environment that gave us the key to unlock the potential in so many of the residents we have worked with over the past 10 years.

Massive congratulations to Bobby. Bobby has done incredibly well throughout his time in Barlinnie, then in going on to residential rehab, completing it successfully, and now living a fulfilling life in the community, knowing that he deserves to be seen and valued by society.

Well done to the Scottish Prison Service. That is what unlocking potential and transforming lives looks like. But it is only possible when we work together collectively to achieve the same outcome ⚖️

09/04/2026

Help James Nichol raise money to support We Are With You

09/04/2026

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