SUIT - Service User Involvement Team

SUIT - Service User Involvement Team We are a lived experience recovery organisation working with the treatment provider Recovery Near You, offering diverse peer-led drug and alcohol support.

We are an award winning charity, working closely with Recovery Near You, supporting vulnerable adults in Wolverhampton and the local community. Our staff and volunteers all have a lived experience of addiction and can offer support to people struggling with drug/alcohol related issues, who are working towards recovery or already maintaining successful recovery.

Now, that’s how you open a festival! Welcome to Wolverhampton Fringe Arts Wolves! SUIT were out & about in the city last...
29/11/2025

Now, that’s how you open a festival! Welcome to Wolverhampton Fringe Arts Wolves!

SUIT were out & about in the city last night celebrating culture, creativity, and collaboration. Fringe is now open for a weekend of events and the beginning of an annual creative offer that will shape Wolverhampton’s cultural future.

Developed by Asylum Art Gallery & Studios Ltd, Gatis Community Space , Wolverhampton Today , and Wolverhampton Bid , and supported by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund with branding by Luke Reader, the festival brings together partners committed to building a stronger cultural identity for the city.

Last night saw an incredible parade led by Kupid through the city centre with lanterns, glowing mushrooms, folk beasts, and performances from Hit The Dhol, Jodi Dancers, Flexus Dance, & Ozara Nigeran folk gods. Kupid performed his powerful spoken word 'Man on the Horse' & students from West Park Primary showcased a communal patchwork banner made in workshops with Gatis community, exploring diverse ancestral cultural stories and themes of 'home'. There was a beautiful and empowering performance from Sterran Dance’s Legacy & Flexus Dance Collective, and the stunning lantern parade was supplied by Gatis Community & productions.

The parade ended in St Peter’s Square with mesmerising light projections by Illuminos. Inside St Peter’s is an art exhibition featuring SUIT & Asylum’s Wayne Taft, which you can visit this weekend. The setting is phenomenal.

Our service offers a unique range of support for people with drug & alcohol problems, and our Punjabi-Speaking staff & v...
27/11/2025

Our service offers a unique range of support for people with drug & alcohol problems, and our Punjabi-Speaking staff & volunteers have a mission to reduce barriers in communities where people are directly affected by addiction due to cultural norms, stigma and embarrassment, and where drinking is seen as both traditionally acceptable or forbidden.

Our Cultural Engagement Team have been busy visiting diverse communities in Wolverhampton, with events for International Men’s Day, fibro scans with Recovery Near You at gurdwaras, mosques, and community hubs, delivering health and wellbeing interventions.

We’ve also enjoyed delicious food from Kiran & Sukhwant at our George Street office last week, where they kindly offered food service (langar) for all, encouraging compassion to our vulnerable clients, and for people experiencing hardship they brought clothing, shoes, and other essential items as a show of gratitude & love for our community.

There will be a monthly Peer Support Group starting on Thursday 5th December, 10am–12pm at Rethink's ’s Train Station Hu...
26/11/2025

There will be a monthly Peer Support Group starting on Thursday 5th December, 10am–12pm at Rethink's ’s Train Station Hub, providing a safe space to share support & signposting towards issues of mental health, homelessness, recovery, and other related issues.

This space is designed to empower peer mentors by:
Providing a regular check-in space
Sharing insights from what’s happening on the ground
Highlighting education, employment, and training opportunities to cascade to colleagues, friends, and communities

It’s all about connection, learning, and amplifying the voices of those making a difference every day.

If you’re a peer mentor (or know someone who is), we’d love for you to join us and be part of shaping this journey.

Poster by Christiane, with street art by the late Jack 'Wack' Wallbank, whose memory we honour with safe, creative, and accessible spaces to share our feelings.

Wolverhampton Today , OneWolverhampton , Rethink Mental Illness , The Hub - Wolverhampton Train Station Good Shepherd Services Wolverhampton Sanctuary Hub

Our men's group ‘WV Men Matter’ runs every Friday from The Recovery Hub, 1 Connaught Road and is open to anyone register...
25/11/2025

Our men's group ‘WV Men Matter’ runs every Friday from The Recovery Hub, 1 Connaught Road and is open to anyone registered with SUIT or Recovery Near You (No referral necessary).

Group connection is an essential part of SUIT’s work, and our lived experience team are dedicated to building strength, resilience, & trust for people struggling.

Our facilitators Warren, Matt, Mark, & Jas have all experienced addiction and its complexities, and have bravely learnt to turn those difficulties into knowledge, to help others.
Our SUIT men are role models, with no judgment, who start the right conversations.
Join WV Men Matter and enjoy a range of activities & opportunities at Connaught Road Hub & Bob Jones Community Hub.

* Badminton
* Table Tennis
* Padded Tennis
* Dominoes
* Gym
* Recovery Support
* Wellbeing

Don't forget that Women's Peer Support Group is now on in it's new slot on a Monday lunchtime.Come along tomorrow to get...
23/11/2025

Don't forget that Women's Peer Support Group is now on in it's new slot on a Monday lunchtime.
Come along tomorrow to get together with likeminded women, supporting each other in all things recovery. Held weekly at The Recovery Hub, 1 Connaught Road at 12:30pm.

Open to anyone registered with SUIT or Recovery Near You , no referral necessary.
For more info about this, or any of our other excellent groups, call SUIT on 01902 328 983

23/11/2025

Congratulationsto poet Saida Chowdhury who has recently published her debut poetry anthology, "Broken Minds", with beautiful cover art by SUIT's Creative Arts Lead, Christiane.

The powerful work contains reflections of mental health struggles, and pushing forward through a system that marginalises Muslim females. Saida is a warrior, and has supported our organisation through shared values and a mission to raise the voices of people on the sharp edge of society.

Filmmaker and photographer Graham Stubbs has made a short film about her journey to becoming a published writer, and the film will premiere at the Midlands Arts Centre - MAC on 27th November in an event celebrating Bangla Month 2025.

She is also appearing this Saturday evening (22nd November), in an event called ‘Poetry After Chai’, an immersive celebration of poetry and storytelling
Tickets available: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/book/instance/1979549

On Saturday, Kiran & Jas attended Wolverhampton’s Royal School, a beautiful Victorian building from 1850, originally con...
18/11/2025

On Saturday, Kiran & Jas attended Wolverhampton’s Royal School, a beautiful Victorian building from 1850, originally constructed as an orphanage and given the prefix ‘Royal’ in 1891 by Queen Victoria.

They were invited to the school for the annual Interfaith Wolverhampton gathering and were representing SUIT’s Cultural Engagement Team at the event.

Thank you to all involved and for the continued support of Warinder Juss MP who champions our valued work that reaches across diverse communities in the City to raise awareness surrounding addiction and related issues.

Thanks to the team at Chase Recovery  Detox Factor  for inviting us over to the Electric Daisy on Saturday for an intera...
17/11/2025

Thanks to the team at Chase Recovery Detox Factor for inviting us over to the Electric Daisy on Saturday for an interactive creative community event.

We randomly starred in a Western film & created some stop motion animation, and it was ace to catch up with the Chase Recovery and Jericho House drug treatment project Derby guys.

It was a fantastic venue for a creative celebration. There's a beautiful community garden, colourful wall art, and a connected vibe. A huge thanks to Cara JP Alex & Laura for organising.

Our Cultural Engagement Team have been out in the community at weekends, delivering valuable health & wellbeing checks w...
10/11/2025

Our Cultural Engagement Team have been out in the community at weekends, delivering valuable health & wellbeing checks with the clinical team at Recovery Near You .
Thank you to the Tabernacle Baptist Church , who welcomed our team last weekend. It was a lovely vibe, with a diverse mix of cultures & faiths joining together in the Wolverhampton community, and thanks to the Guru Teg Bahadur Gurdwara, where on Sunday our teams completed liver wellness checks using the fibro scan, which identifies problems with the liver, often caused by excessive drinking.

Our Cultural Engagement Team will be at the Ramgarhia Sabha Gurdwara, New Hampton Rd East, on Sunday 23rd November, from 10:00am until 2:00pm.

🔥Women's Peer Support Group🔥Our fabulous Women's Peer Support Group has moved. It will now be every Monday at the Recove...
07/11/2025

🔥Women's Peer Support Group🔥
Our fabulous Women's Peer Support Group has moved. It will now be every Monday at the Recovery Hub on Connaught Road. 12:30pm -2:30pm
Come along and meet like-minded people while enjoying fun crafts and activities.
The group is available to client's who are registered with Recovery Near You or SUIT. No referral necessary.
For more information about this or any of our other groups, call us at SUIT on 01902 328983

Join Chase Recovery  Detox Factor  and creatives from all over the midlands on Saturday 15th November at Electric Daisy ...
06/11/2025

Join Chase Recovery Detox Factor and creatives from all over the midlands on Saturday 15th November at Electric Daisy Derby Skatepark!

The collaborative event promises art, animation, music, DJing, & filmmaking, with the Detox Factor gang helping you learn new creative skills throughout the day.

SUIT are excited to be involved, and a huge thank you to the Chase Recovery crew for supporting our work in the Wolverhampton community.

We had an incredible time at the Htb Halloweentattoobash  on Sunday! It was an incredible event to be part of and so cre...
03/11/2025

We had an incredible time at the Htb Halloweentattoobash on Sunday!
It was an incredible event to be part of and so creatively inspiring. There were vibrant and engaging stalls, wonderful conversations and connections, and the art & tattoos were exceptional.

Thank you to everyone who came to see us and dropped some art & stickers on our plastic body parts!

An enormous thank you to Mac McCarthy and everyone involved in the weekend. This year’s Halloween Tattoo Bash have kindly picked SUIT as their donation organisation this year and we are humbled by the sincere and genuine support for our lived experience service.



*All donations go through WVCA - Wolverhampton Voluntary & Community Action (our host charity) and are ring-fenced for SUIT's work as a in Wolverhampton's recovery community.

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Paycare House, George Street
Wolverhampton
WV24DX

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 4:30pm

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