Developing Health and Independence

Developing Health and Independence We're Developing Health and Independence, the charity that has been Turning Lives Around for 25 Years.
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This Volunteers’ Week, we’re celebrating our brilliant South Glos Peers – pictured here receiving the Contribution to th...
03/06/2026

This Volunteers’ Week, we’re celebrating our brilliant South Glos Peers – pictured here receiving the Contribution to the Community Award at last year’s Developing Health and Independence Annual Event.

Some of those pictured have since moved into paid roles within DHI, showing the real opportunities that volunteering can open up.

We’re now looking for new volunteers. If you’re interested in using your experiences to support others across criminal justice, housing, mental health, and drug and alcohol services, we’d love to hear from you.

These are rewarding and varied roles that offer meaningful, hands-on experience.

👉 More here: https://www.dhi-online.org.uk/about-us/jobs/volunteer-peer---treatment-services

💬 Supporting someone with problematic drug or alcohol use? You’re not alone.Join us for Reach Out – a free event for fam...
02/06/2026

💬 Supporting someone with problematic drug or alcohol use? You’re not alone.

Join us for Reach Out – a free event for families and carers:
📅 Thursday 18 June
🕐 1-3pm
📍 Somerdale Pavilion, Keynsham

A safe, welcoming space to connect with others, hear from support services and get practical advice – without judgement.

👉 Please email [email protected] to reserve your place.

South Gloucestershire Council Adfam

What’s on at our Warmley, Yate & Coniston hubs this week? (1-5 June) 📆Monday 1 June📍Yate:- Acupuncture: 9.30-10.30am- W...
31/05/2026

What’s on at our Warmley, Yate & Coniston hubs this week? (1-5 June)

📆Monday 1 June
📍Yate:
- Acupuncture: 9.30-10.30am
- Wellbeing Workshop: 12-2pm
- SMART Group: 6-7.30pm

📍Coniston:
- Recovery Café: 11.30am-1pm

📆Tuesday 2 June
📍Warmley:
- Yoga: 11.15am-12.15pm
- SMART: 12.30-2pm

📍Yate:
- Families & Carers group: 6-7.30pm

📆Wednesday 3 June
📍Warmley:
- Next Link drop-in: 10am-4pm

📆Thursday 4 June
📍Warmley:
- Bacon Roll Morning: 10.30-11.30am
- IPS drop-in: 10.30
- Gardening group: 11am-2pm

📍Yate:
- Yoga: 12.45-1.45pm

📍Coniston:
- Acupuncture 1-2pm

📆Friday 5 June
📍Warmley:
- Acupuncture: 11am-12pm
- IPS drop-in: 12pm
- Abstinent group: 12.30-2pm
- Prep for the Weekend group: 6-7.30pm

📍Yate:
- Prep for the Weekend group: 11am-12.30pm
- AA: 7.30-9pm

South Gloucestershire Council Southern Brooks Community Partnerships Hanham Health Ridgewood Community Centre

“The Families & Carers Group gives me strength.”Having a child who’s got a problem with drugs can feel isolating.Rachael...
29/05/2026

“The Families & Carers Group gives me strength.”

Having a child who’s got a problem with drugs can feel isolating.

Rachael joined Developing Health and Independence's Families & Carers Group in January this year, after hoping things would improve on their own. But instead, they became more difficult.

"I thought, I need somebody to talk to about this; someone who knows what I’m going through," she says.

Through the group, Rachael found exactly that. A space where people share similar experiences, support each other and explore ways to cope – both for themselves and their loved ones.

“It can be hard reaching out for help," she says. "If you think about it for too long, you probably wouldn't do it. But once I'd made the decision that something was going to have to change, I realised I had to start speaking out about the situation.”

With the support of the Families & Carers Group, Rachael says there is now something that once felt out of reach: hope.

If you’re supporting someone with drug or alcohol issues, you don’t have to go through it on your own. Our Families & Carers Service can help.

👉More here: https://www.dhi-online.org.uk/get-help/families-carers-services

👉If you’d like to attend Reach Out, DHI’s annual event for Families & Carers, taking place on Thursday 18 June, email: [email protected]

South Gloucestershire Council Hanham Health Southern Brooks Community Partnerships Adfam

28/05/2026

🎥We're filming something very special to share at Developing Health and Independence's Reach Out event!

Reach Out is our annual event for families and carers affected by someone’s drug and alcohol use. It takes place on Thursday 18 June, 1-4.30pm, at Somerdale Pavilion, Tiberius Road, Keynsham.

If you’d like to join us, please email [email protected] to reserve your place.

Next stop for filming: The Forum, Bath (Official)!

Ridgewood Community Centre

❓What do Simon Roche and Heidi Louise Whittington have in common? They both started as DHI Peer volunteers – and now the...
26/05/2026

❓What do Simon Roche and Heidi Louise Whittington have in common?

They both started as DHI Peer volunteers – and now they work with us supporting communities with housing, mental health and drug & alcohol services.

DHI Peers are trained to use their own lived experience to support others.

We’re now recruiting Peers across Bristol, BANES, Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire, to work across our Young People’s, Criminal Justice, Mental Health, Drug & Alcohol Support, Smoking Cessation and Families & Carers Services.

✨What you’ll gain as a DHI Peer:

• Access to the DHI Peer Academy (receive tailored learning and accredited qualifications)
• Hands-on experience across our services
• Great opportunities for students needing placements
• Valuable experience to help you progress your career
• Work alongside passionate teams and community partners
• Make a real impact through compassionate, evidence-based support

“Becoming a Peer changes lives,” says Heidi. “Both the people you support and your own. It gave me a sense of purpose at a difficult time and, ultimately, was a route back into paid work that suits me, my family and my recovery.”

Simon adds: "Peer work led me to paid work at DHI. I'm now both the Peer Lead and a Mental Health Treatment Practitioner for the Criminal Justice service. I get an incredible amount of satisfaction from my roles and would implore anyone else with lived experience to put it to good use as a Peer."

👉Find out more and apply: https://www.dhi-online.org.uk/about-us/jobs/volunteer-peer---treatment-services



South Gloucestershire Council Bath & North East Somerset Council Southern Brooks Community Partnerships Hanham Health

What’s on at our Warmley & Yate hubs this week? (26–29 May) 👇📆Tuesday 26 May📍Warmley:• Yoga: 11.15am-12.15pm• SMART: 12....
26/05/2026

What’s on at our Warmley & Yate hubs this week? (26–29 May) 👇

📆Tuesday 26 May

📍Warmley:
• Yoga: 11.15am-12.15pm
• SMART: 12.30-2pm

📍Yate:
• Families & Carers group: 6-7.30pm

📆Thursday 28 May

📍Warmley:
• ⚠️ No Recovery Café
• Gardening group: 11am-2pm

📍Yate:
• Yoga: 12.45-13.45pm

📆Friday 29 May

📍Warmley:
• Acupuncture: 11am-12pm
• IPS drop-in: 12pm
• Abstinent group: 12.30-2pm
• Prep for the Weekend group: 6-7.30pm

📍Yate:
• Prep for the Weekend group: 11am-12.30pm
• IPS drop-in: 11am
• AA: 7.30-9pm

South Gloucestershire Council Southern Brooks Community Partnerships Hanham Health

Please note that our Warmley and Yate hubs will be closed for the bank holiday on 25 May. We’ll be open as usual on Tues...
22/05/2026

Please note that our Warmley and Yate hubs will be closed for the bank holiday on 25 May. We’ll be open as usual on Tuesday 26 May.

🌿 Free Relaxation and Breathwork Workshop 🌿Join this inclusive, free workshop to explore simple techniques that can make...
21/05/2026

🌿 Free Relaxation and Breathwork Workshop 🌿

Join this inclusive, free workshop to explore simple techniques that can make a real difference to how you feel.

✨ The session will cover:
• The connection between mind and body
• Tips to improve sleep
• Posture and movement
• Relaxation techniques
• De-stress strategies
• Guided relaxation and breathwork

🗓 Monday 1 June
⏰ 12-2pm
📍 Ridgewood Community Centre, 244 Station Road, Yate, Bristol, BS37 4AF

📞 To book or ask questions, contact Eva on 07796 910746
✅ Free to attend – everyone welcome

Take some time for yourself and come along 💛

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