How will we make a difference as we build the UK Recovery Federation? In good times and bad, in our communication & in our reflection, in our theory and in our action, we will always strive to live by our Values & Principles. This is how we will make a difference. The UKRF Beliefs & Values: Respect: We believe everyone should be treated with dignity and respect and valued in their community. Embracing social justice values we respect all differences of faith, opinion, culture, appearance and ways of life and will always strive to use open person-first, strength-based language. Hope & Optimism: We value everyone’s capacity to improve their well-being and believe that everyone can (& should) have the power to make their recovery a reality. Genuine & Equal Human Relationships: We believe that we are all more alike as human beings than different and all people have equal value. All UKRF activity is grounded in our ‘humanness’, honesty and the importance of connections with others. Shared Learning & Support: We believe in the strength, wisdom and courage of people and communities & bring people together as co-producers; in recognition of family, neighbourhood and community as the central source of learning, love and caring. Self-Determination & Personal/Community Strengths: We believe that everyone has strengths and value self-determination, and the support of community strengths, as central to the realisation of full potential and wellbeing. Reciprocity: We believe we all have a basic need to give and take and everyone has gifts they can share. We promote and support all forms of mutual aid where people feel needed and valued by others and facilitate the development of reciprocal relationships within the UKRF and beyond. Our Recovery Principles: 1. Recovery lies within individuals, families and communities and is self-directed and empowering. 2. Recovery lies within our ‘connectedness’ to others, is holistic and has many cultural dimensions. 3. Recovery is supported by peers, families and allies within communities. 4. Recovery involves the personal, cultural and structural recognition of the need for participative change, transformation and the building of recovery capital. 5. Recovery involves a continual process of change and self-redefinition for individuals, families, organisations and communities. 6. Recovery challenges all discrimination and transcends shame and stigma. 7. Recovery emerges from hope, gratitude, love and gifts to others. 8. There are many pathways to Recovery and no individual, community or organisation has the right to claim ownership of the ‘right pathway.’ 9. Recovery exists on a continuum of improved health and well-being. 10. Recovery transcends, whilst embracing, a wide variety of approaches and does not seek to be prescriptive. 11. Honesty, self-awareness and openness lie at the heart of Recovery. 12. Recovery is a reality and contagious.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:39:38 +0000