173 - funding a film raising awareness of challenges faced by women in recovery - Sept 24

One of our members, Tracey,  is chair of Sheffield Recovery Community and told us about some of the remarkable women within the group who taken part in some international research and  joined the Global Gender Committee

 Global Gender Committee (former Gender Working Group) - World Federation Against Drugs (wfad.se) which in turn  inspired them to launch Sheffield Women's Individual Personal Experience Recovery Network(SWIPE)  - a group founded BY women with lived experience of being in recovery FOR women who are thinking about or who are in recovery.


As part of the launch and to help promote their new network they wanted to produce a short film to raise awareness about some of the challenges women face in recovery and to reduce the stigma and encourage more women to seek support.  They also hoped to submit the film into this year’s annual Recovery Street Film Festival (rsff.co.uk) - which has the theme ‘Belonging’.

 

When she came to us, Tracey had been unsuccessful in her attempts to obtain the funding needed to produce this film - which Lengsgo Media, had offered to film & edit at a reduced rate.


We were pleased to help and gave £500 to pay for the film to be made - which because of our donation has now happened and we are pleased to attach it and would urge you to take 5 minutes to watch.


‘Don’t ever Underestimate a Woman in Recovery’ is an incredibly powerful piece.  We are honoured to have been involved in helping it get made and are delighted to have recently learnt that the judges at the Film festival have shortlisted it.


We have been invited to a screening later this month and look forward to meeting some of the incredible women who helped make the film.


https://vimeo.com/1006241800/29fb8026f4

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