In Feb 2020 we were awarded another grant by the Achieve recovery fund.

This has allowed us to provide access to arts and celebrate the achievements of those living with/in recovery from substance misuse and mental illness across Greater Manchester.

The project was postponed due to the pandemic, however, it is now back in full swing and has consisted of digital photography workshops (A big thank you to Dave McNabb for being our guest photographer www.dmcphotographic.co.uk), mixed medium art workshops, film commissions and more.

There was an exhibition at our gallery space between 16th -18th June 2021 and participants will also have the chance to contribute towards our anthology based on the Breakdown Bolton annual theme of Reawakening.

As part of this project, we also commissioned a film by an artist with lived experience of mental illness/substance misuse issues to highlight the dangers and journey of a person experiencing problems with substances. The film ‘Then the drink takes you’ by Manchester based artist Wesley Charles, will be shown at our Film premiere and birthday celebration event in August 2021.

A special thanks to Salford CVS, GM10, & Achieve for making this project possible. Please feel free to view the work created in this project via our online exhibition.