As a comparison to last year, we saw some impressive improvements (+9%) in our ability to support 21 service users to find a job and support for 29 people to return to school, training or university (+24%). We also saw improvements for helping people to feel optimistic about the future (+18%), helping people to feel less vulnerable (+28%), help to feel more useful (+27%) and help to feel they can take control of their lives (+19%). This year more service users felt that they had come to understand more about themselves (+17%), more people felt connected to others (+21%) and more people felt they had improved relationships with friends and family (+16%).
Overall, +3% more service users this year felt that engaging with our activities helped to strengthen their recovery. +28% more service users had not used substances in the past 6 months, which we take as a positive sign of OETC’s impact during a year in which we retained more service users across a 12 month period and saw them engage in more activities.
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