Why We Are Different
STaR works alongside people who may struggle to engage with traditional drug and alcohol services due to homelessness, trauma, poor mental health or multiple disadvantage. We recognise that addiction and recovery can be difficult to address when somebody is experiencing instability across multiple areas of their life, and that meaningful recovery rarely happens in isolation.
Rather than expecting people to fit neatly into systems, our approach focuses on outreach, relationship building and reducing barriers to engagement.
Through a collaborative alliance of housing, healthcare, recovery and community organisations, STaR helps make treatment, healthcare, housing and wider support services more accessible for the people who need them. We work alongside people, helping them navigate systems, sustain engagement and build the stability needed for long term recovery and meaningful change.
How This Looks In Practice
In practice, this can look like a worker meeting somebody at a hostel before accompanying them to a healthcare appointment they may otherwise miss. It can mean supporting communication between housing, treatment and mental health services so that support feels coordinated rather than fragmented. It might involve helping somebody maintain contact during periods of relapse, crisis or disengagement, rather than closing support when things become difficult.
For some people, it means helping create enough stability for recovery work to become possible for the first time. For others, it means helping them remain engaged with services long enough to sustain progress already being made.
