Dear All,

Welcome to Genie in the Gutter - where Recovery & Creativity meet.

Genie In The Gutter is a non profit organization offering creative opportunities and training to active substance misusers. Established in 2008, we are a fast growing organization, rapidly responding to the needs of our clients. We provide two types of classes: artistic and recovery.

Artistic Classes

These creativity-based classes (including creative writing, music, art, drama, guitar and meditation) are delivered at levels appropriate to clients’ initial skills with an aim being to reach performance levels. We have developed links with local theatres and art venues, allowing clients to enjoy public performances.

Recovery Classes

These offer a more structured route to recovery such as SMART (Self Management and Recovery Training), fellowship meetings, or rehab options i.e. Park View Project. Our team believes in an informative choice of Recovery. We don’t favour any approaches, only support our clients’ choice.

Genie In The Gutter provides a gentle structured and supportive daily routine that helps with a naturally chaotic lifestyle. Our staff come from a variety of backgrounds. We strongly rely on an experience and a power of positive example, hence, our staff represent both academics and recovered addicts. We work through classes and on one-to-one basis with clients and we always tailor our support to their needs.

Additionally, our Service Users Group meets once a month where clients and staff jointly discuss our service needs and how we can improve the its delivery.

Clients who recover from addiction may become mentors to others who are still using the substances, encouraging responsibility and enthusiasm for a drug-free future.

We also regularly organise Outreach Sessions where clients and staff spread the Recovery message.

We accept referrals from both organizations and individuals, our only requirement being that client is actively using or on substitute prescription and willing to explore recovery options.

Genie In The Gutter co-operates with a variety of organizations including Probation, Addaction and Community Voice, all of whom encourage and support recovery.

Thank you and we are looking forward to hearing from you!

Carolyn Edwards
Managing Director