Nelson's Trust help make change possible by helping people address the underlying issues that drive them to substance misuse and offending.
We’re a charity that brings belief, hope and long-term recovery to people whose lives have been torn apart by addiction and the multiple and complex needs that come with it.
We provide residential addiction treatment to men and women. We also support women in the community who are in contact with the criminal justice system.
The Nelson Trust’s Residential Rehabilitation Treatment and Women’s Community Services span across Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol, and Wales. Services are trauma-informed, gender responsive, and provide holistic support for those affected by addiction and their families.
Residential Rehabilitation Treatment
Our residential treatment programme is one of the longest established abstinence-based services in the UK. Since 1985 we have provided trauma-informed residential rehabilitation to clients across fifty nationwide referral pathways. Our four dedicated residential houses support up to forty-four people at any one time to achieve abstinence from substance misuse. The programme’s success in helping our clients recover from addiction and alcohol abuse has provided it with a national reputation for excellence and innovation.
Our service delivery model is based on the Recovery Capital model delivered through a trauma informed approach. What this means is that the service user identifies their strengths and needs and co-creates a care plan with their Recovery Worker. This informs a tailored, personal timetable of treatment, including structured programme of weekly 1:1 sessions, educative sessions and group work to support, encourage, motivate, and promote recovery principles and healthy-living. Our deep understanding of trauma is interwoven into all we do including the impact of adverse childhood experiences and the unhealthy management of trauma through substance misuse. We feel that emotional and physical safety is essential for clients to engage with treatment meaningfully.
In providing emotional and physical safety we prioritise welcoming environments, safe settings, enhancement of recovery capital, and development of a sense of wellbeing, belonging, and a solid framework of boundaries. Our therapeutic programme includes:
- Counselling
- Psycho-educational groups
- Volunteering opportunities
- Art therapy
- Yoga and acupuncture
- Wellness walks in nature
We have been independently evaluated by the National Addiction Centre at Kings College London, Lancaster University and John Moore’s University. We specialise in working with addiction, women with a sex working history and men and women who have experienced trauma. We offer 12 or 24 week residential treatment with 24hr staffing, individualised packages of care alongside evidence based programmes focusing on maintenance of abstinence and emotional resilience.
In the video below you will hear from some of our former clients about their experience in residential treatment with The Nelson Trust: