Welcome to DATUS Enabling Recovery. Based at the Birmingham Inclusive Recovery City Hub (BIRCH) in the heart of Digbeth but operating across Birmingham we are a Lived Experience Recovery Organisation (LERO)
We strengthen treatment and recovery pathways; facilitate early intervention, harm reduction and prevention and connect with communities through practical relationship-based services.
We are a peer led organisation, committed to co-design, co-production and using real-time local intelligence to inform our thinking, planning and delivery. We treat recovery from addiction and substance misuse as a collective asset that mobilises peers, residents and partners to build safer, more connected communities.
We recognise that the terms addiction and misuse are far reaching and include many things and behaviours. However, our focus is on recovery from drug and alcohol addiction and misuse.
Who are you and what are looking for?
Early in recovery? Being clean and sober may feel great, equally it may feel new, scary and uncertain. You may feel that you lack purpose and have too much time on your hands or that it is all a little overwhelming. Being part of an organisation like DATUS, being amongst like-minded people or learning about recovery can be really helpful. Have a look at our Groups, networks and meetings and our programmes pages.
Troubled by practical or emotional challenges? We have an Advocacy Service that can help sort out problems with things like debt, benefits and housing and a Counselling and Psychotherapy Service that can help you address emotional and mental health challenges, come to terms with the past or find a way forward. Have a look at our Services page.
Thinking about working, starting a placement or volunteering in the recovery field? We may be able to chat through different options with you and help you get underway. Have a look at our Work with us page.
Allied professional or organisation? We like working with other people and organisations and are always looking for different ways to support people in recovery through partnerships and informal working arrangements. Have a look at our Work with us page.
Struggling with drug or alcohol addiction or misuse? We are not an emergency or detox service but we do know where you might be able to find the help you need. Have a look at our Emergency Help page.
