Recovery is hard.
You don't have to do it alone.
For over twenty years, Open Hands Coventry has provided stable, sober accommodation for men recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. It is a calm, structured place to rebuild life alongside people who understand addiction and recovery firsthand.
We are not a clinic or a short-term programme. We are a registered Coventry charity and a long-standing recovery community where men live alongside others who understand addiction firsthand because they have lived it themselves.
Established 2005 · Peer-led recovery housing · Coventry based · Real lived experience
Storm lives here too.
Why professionals refer to us
Open Hands Coventry has supported men in recovery for over 20 years through structured, peer-led sober housing. We work alongside local services while maintaining clear boundaries, expectations, and safeguarding procedures.
Structured sober 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
DBS-checked volunteers, safeguarding procedures, structured support planning, and external professional links where appropriate.
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.
Local experience
Over two decades working with addiction recovery and supported accommodation in Coventry.
Plain and simple
There is no complicated process. If you want to stop using and you are willing to put the work in, that is enough to start a conversation.
Get in touch
Call or email us. You will speak to someone who has been through it themselves.
Come and see
Visit the house. Meet the people. Ask what you need to ask. No obligation, no pressure.
Move in, get to work
Structured supported housing for up to two years. A step-based recovery programme, peer support, and people around you who understand.
"One alcoholic helping another. That is what works. That is what this place is built on."
THE HELPER PRINCIPLE · THE FOUNDATION OF OPEN HANDS COVENTRY
When a resident is ready to move on, they keep their key. The door stays open.
"I came to OHC with little hope of sobriety. A few years have passed, and I am now living an independent life free of alcohol and drugs, and studying for a degree."
NICK A.
Supported housing, not just a roof
The support is built into the community around you — from people who know what they are talking about because they have lived it. Addiction takes away dignity and self-belief. A big part of what we do is helping people rebuild both.
Peer support
Residents support each other. That is not a nice extra — it is the whole model.
A structured approach to recovery
We use a structured approach to recovery that has helped millions of people worldwide get and stay sober.
Structure and stability
A place to rebuild routine. A stable place with consistent staff who know you by name.
Internet access and digital skills
We provide internet access so you can develop digital skills, access online meetings and courses, and stay connected.
Second stage housing
Residents who complete the programme can move on to longer-term second stage supported accommodation.
Support with the practical stuff
We will support and advocate on your behalf with the things that can get in the way: benefits, family, debt, and housing.
"Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."
J.K. ROWLING
Open Hands Coventry has never claimed to fix people. What it offers is a safe place to stop — and, for those who are ready, a structure to begin again. The work of recovery belongs to the person doing it. OHC provides the conditions.
Over the years many men have moved on to rebuild their lives — careers, families, purpose. Others have found a quieter stability: a home, sobriety, a measure of peace. Both matter. OHC does not rank outcomes. It holds the door open.
If you are reading this, something has already changed.
Maybe you are exhausted. Maybe you have tried before. Maybe someone who loves you guided you to this site, or maybe you found it entirely on your own. However you got here, that took something.
We know what it is like to sit where you are right now. Every person here has been there. What we found, and what we want to share with you, is that it does not have to stay this way.
There is a place for you here.
We welcome people of all beliefs and none. Whether faith is central to your life or plays no part in it, that does not matter here. What matters is that you are willing to try.
Recovery does not depend solely on willpower. It grows through connection, through being honest with people who understand, and through shared experience with others who have been where you are. Many of the men who live and recover at Open Hands Coventry arrived feeling that they had run out of options. What they found was that they had not. They found a structure, a community, and a way forward.
Ready to talk?
Whether it is for yourself, a family member, or someone you work with — call us. If we can help, we will. If we cannot, we will tell you who can.