DaveHigham
- Founder & CEO The Well Communities, Founding member for College Lived Experience Recovery Organizations (CLERO), Third Sector Executive Board Member for Cumbria, Board member for Combating Drugs Lancashire & Cumbria
- November 24 10:50 to 12:20
About
Dave Higham Founder and CEO Of the Well Communities. Dave established The Well with his own money and driven by a passion to bring services to people differently. In the last five years, The Well has grown to become one of the leading providers of Lived Experience Recovery Organizations in the UK. The Well has now broadened its reach, establishing communities in Cumbria, Lancashire & Liverpool.
Dave, an ex-PPO (prolific offender) and trauma survivor spent 25 years in addiction and alcoholism and spent more time in prison than he did in the community. Dave achieved recovery in prison in 2005 and has been a champion of Lived Experience ever since. Dave, along with other colleagues set up the CLERO in 2020 with the aim of uniting and creating a movement, a set of standards and providing a voice for LEROs (Lived Experience Recovery Organizations) across the UK.
Dave is the author of Rat Hell to Rat Park: The Core Conditions for Recovery & a contributing author to The Bigger Book of Trauma.
