“A LERO is an organisation of lived experience committed to recovery with a focus on autonomy”

Mission:
The aim is to develop a Recovery Strategy that is signed up to by key leadership figures and organisations for (addiction) recovery in the UK. The focus will be on Lived Experience Recovery Organisations (LEROs), that has the idea of active citizenship at its core. We want to build coherence, trust, credibility and consensus for recovery groups and communities based on a model that promotes an evidence-based approach predicated on Lived Experience. This model will have at its heart:
- A human rights framework
- Core values and principles based on Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC)
- An underlying set of standards
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Underlying principles:
Principle 1: Informed by a primary relationship with their community and who act in response to the needs and aspirations of their community, recognising and employing the assets and competencies that already exist
Principle 2: Everything done in and by a LERO is driven through co-production
Principle 3: All activities will be informed by a rights-based approach, including the right to live healthy

Values:
Community
Inclusivity & Equality
Honesty & Transparency
People Centred & Strengths Based
Promote & Champion Lived Experience

Thank you for your initial expression of interest in Lived Experience Recovery Organisation (LERO) Connectors group.