Individuals and families
Thinking about recovery housing?
Find out what living at OHC is like, how residents are supported and how to ask about a place.
Open Hands Coventry · Peer-led Recovery since 2005
Recovery is hard.
You don't have to do it alone.
Open Hands Coventry is an independent, peer-led recovery charity providing structured recovery housing for men affected by alcohol and drug dependency.
Accommodation provides a stable base, but it is not the whole of what we do. Every resident follows an individual recovery programme with practical support, peer support and increasing responsibility.
For men aged 18 and over with alcohol or drug dependency. Accommodation charges are generally met through Housing Benefit for eligible residents. Full eligibility is confirmed during an initial conversation.
Established 2005 · Peer-led recovery housing · Coventry based · Real lived experience
Professionals and referrers
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Check suitability, placement boundaries and support arrangements before completing our confidential referral form.
21
Years supporting recovery in Coventry
Independent, local and shaped by lived experience. Open Hands Coventry has provided a stable recovery community since 2005.
Professional confidence
Why professionals refer to us
For 21 years, OHC has provided abstinent, peer-led supported housing while working alongside local services.
Abstinent supported housing
Alcohol- and drug-free accommodation with clear house expectations and ongoing tenancy supervision.
Peer-led support
Support from people with lived experience of addiction recovery, backed by long-term sobriety and practical understanding.
Safeguarding and oversight
All support staff and volunteers have Enhanced DBS checks and Level 2 Safeguarding training, supported by safeguarding procedures and structured support planning.
Recovery-focused environment
A stable environment designed to reduce chaos, isolation, relapse risk, and tenancy breakdown.
Long-term stability
Many residents remain with us long term while rebuilding health, confidence, relationships, and routine.
Practical advocacy
Support with benefits, forms, correspondence, debt and communication with creditors or other agencies.
How it works
Plain and simple
If you want to stop using and are willing to put the work in, that is enough to start a conversation.
Step 1
Get in touch
Call or email us. You will speak to someone who has been through it themselves.
Step 2
Come and see
Visit the house. Meet the people. Ask what you need to ask. No obligation, no pressure.
Step 3
Move in, get to work
The main-house stage usually lasts up to two years. Those who are ready may then move into longer-term second-stage supported accommodation.
Our approach to recovery
Recovery means building a life worth protecting
Every resident follows an individual recovery programme shaped around his needs, circumstances and progress. It brings together abstinence, daily structure, practical support, peer support and increasing responsibility.
Residents choose their own route through recovery — Twelve Step mutual-aid meetings, SMART Recovery, or counselling. No method is imposed, and no particular religious or spiritual belief is required. The one thing that is not negotiable is staying clean and sober. OHC does not claim to fix people. We provide the stable conditions, support and community in which recovery can develop.
Free recovery resources
Practical guidance, written from experience
Recovery First is a short guide to the first 30 days. Recovery Is Possible is our fuller handbook for alcohol and drug recovery. Both are free.
"Went to Open Hands a drunk. Recovered from my obsession with alcohol. Completed a university counselling qualification. Now a practising counsellor."
M.S.T. · FORMER RESIDENT
Ready to talk?
Whether it is for yourself, a family member, or someone you work with — call us.
Mobile07834 281151
Emailadmin@openhands.charity
Phone02476 630621
LocationCoventry, West Midlands