Open Hands Coventry
Charity 1115626
Overview
Summary
Open Hands Coventry appears to occupy a distinctive recovery-support role between formal addiction treatment and independent living. Its model combines stable accommodation, practical support and outreach, suggesting an emphasis on sustaining recovery after primary treatment rather than treating addiction in isolation. The organisation’s remit also extends beyond individuals in recovery to families and a wider Midlands geography, indicating that it may function as part of a broader informal recovery network.
Operational geography
Coverage: Regional
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission's current record reports that Open Hands Coventry operates in Birmingham City, but does not identify any Birmingham service venue, ward, neighbourhood, delivery partner or programme.
- The available recent accounts identify supported-accommodation premises in Coventry, not Birmingham. This does not establish that the organisation has no Birmingham activity; it means no Birmingham physical site can be evidenced from the sources consulted.
- It is unclear whether the reported Birmingham City coverage reflects direct service delivery, outreach to people from Birmingham, referrals, or another form of operational reach.
- Because no evidenced Birmingham activity can be located within a supplied ward or the recognised City Centre place, no Birmingham operational area has been recorded.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service directory, referral pathway, programme information or annual report specifying where Open Hands Coventry delivers services in Birmingham.
- Confirmation from Open Hands Coventry of any current Birmingham-based accommodation, outreach locations, commissioned services or material delivery partnerships.
- Evidence identifying the Birmingham ward or recognised place in which any current activity takes place.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Other Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Other Defined Groups
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A bridge between treatment and independent recovery
The available evidence suggests that Open Hands Coventry is designed to address the vulnerable period after primary addiction treatment, when people may need housing, support and time before they can sustain abstinence and support themselves.
Why it matters
This clarifies that the organisation may fill a continuity gap between clinical treatment and long-term independence, rather than duplicating treatment services.
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“The charity supports people who have successfully undergone primary treatment for alcohol addiction.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include sheltered accommodation for long enough to aid permanent abstinence and relief of poverty for people recovering from alcoholism.”
Source:Charity Commission
Housing appears to be part of the recovery intervention
Accommodation is likely not simply an additional service but a core mechanism through which the organisation supports rehabilitation and recovery stability.
Why it matters
This matters for understanding potential relationships with treatment providers, housing services and poverty-relief organisations: Open Hands Coventry may connect needs that are often addressed separately.
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“The charity provides stable and supportive recovery houses for people recovering from alcoholism and substance misuse.”
Source:Charity Commission“Accommodation/housing is listed among the charity's activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its recovery focus reaches beyond residents
Extended outreach to other alcoholics and their families may indicate that the organisation seeks to strengthen recovery conditions in the wider community, not only among people living in its houses.
Why it matters
This suggests possible value as a connector between people in recovery, families and local support systems, although the scale and form of that outreach are unclear.
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“The charity undertakes extended outreach to other alcoholics and their families in Coventry and the Midlands.”
Source:Charity Commission
- How many recovery houses, residents and outreach beneficiaries the organisation supports.
- Whether its work is coordinated with treatment, housing, health or family-support providers.
- How it supports recovery from substances other than alcohol in practice.
Remaining uncertainties
- Information on referral routes, partnerships and the pathway from treatment into recovery housing.
- Recent service, outcome and beneficiary data, including length of stay and routes into independent living.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The principle activities of the charity is to benefit the public by the prevention of alcohol and substance misuse; the provision of a stable and supportive recovery houses for people recovering from alcoholism and substance misuse (and the eventual rehabilitation of those people) and extended outreach to other alcoholics and their families in Coventry and the Midlands
Charity objects
(1) THE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION OF PERSONS IN COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY UNDERGONE PRIMARY TREATMENT FOR ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL BY THE PROVISION OF QUALIFIED SUPPORT, ADVICE AND TREATMENT AND BY THE PROVISION OF SHELTERED ACCOMMODATION FOR LONG ENOUGH TO AID PERMANENT ABSTINENCE FROM ALCOHOL; (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR PERSONS IN COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM ALCOHOLISM AND CANNOT YET SUPPORT THEMSELVES; AND (3) THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY BE DETERMINED.