The Service User Involvement Team (SUIT), are a unique Lived Experience Recovery Organisation (LERO) in Wolverhampton, offering people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction the opportunity to connect positively with their recovery.
The SUIT team all have the gift of lived experience from drug and alcohol addiction, whether that be a personal journey or family related. SUIT also offer volunteer and client-led activities including the arts, writing, creativity, and wellbeing. SUIT believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to change, and champion people struggling with substance use towards fair treatment.
SUIT is dedicated to offering opportunities to individuals facing multiple disadvantages, vulnerabilities, limited experience, and low self-confidence. Staff and volunteers leverage their lived experiences for leadership and serve as role models for others facing similar challenges.
Wozza (pictured with Bones at Wolverhampton Art Gallery during Wolverhampton Literature Festival) is a talented spoken word artist known for his powerful social commentary on addiction and its far-reaching impacts.
He has shared his thought-provoking work at prestigious events such as the Wolverhampton Literature Festival 2024, alongside the Geese Theatre at the NAC, and with Arts and Homelessness International and Wolverhampton Council. With thirteen months of sobriety from crack cocaine under his belt after 35 years of addiction, Warren channels his experiences into advocacy and artistry as a dedicated volunteer with SUIT.
