Our community offers opportunities for creativity, nature connection and meditation, supporting people in addiction recovery to live with meaning, purpose and joy.

See Our Mission page for more details.

Rite to Freedom have become like family, I have made new friendships and am able to participate in many activities with them. The retreat was really just the jumping off point for deepening my involvement, my growth, my compassion, my pursuit of healing and having a meaningful life. I have been invited and welcomed into a tribe and I feel supported and loved by it, and also feel I may have a worthwhile contribution to make myself. I never felt like that before I started this journey with Rite to Freedom.
— Sarah, 2018 participant and ongoing volunteer staff member

Our next Dartmoor Residential

New Pathways - April 27-28th - self funded and aimed predominantly at the Devon recovery community but all welcome. Minimum clean time of 3 months required.

We can offer support to apply for small bursaries from local organizations. Each place costs £450.


Trailer for our February Recovery Conversation with Sandhya Dave.

Trailer for our March Recovery Conversation with Gavin Blench.

We’re delighted to have our membership scheme fully up and running! This has been a process of heart and mind and background graft for us for some time and we're so glad to share this with you and invite you to support us in keeping the work that we do as sustainable and long term as we possibly can.


 

A beautiful film record of our week's Addiction Recovery Cornwall exhibition at the Poly, Falmouth in September 2023.

You can also have a read of Caspar’s blog post about the event.

 

The book is beautiful! It really took me on a journey, beyond the mind. The images, and in particular, the poetry, offer gateways to realms beyond the intellect - realms of imagination, feeling, intuition and inspiration. The writing of the meanings and interpretations is concise and specific, and helpful to guide the way or answer questions.
— Jackie Juno - writer, performer, tarot consultant and workshop facilitator

Latest in our online shop is this beautiful Archetypes mini-book, perfect for gifts, alongside our range of T-shirts, greetings cards and posters.


Evaluations and Evidence for the Impact of our Work

100% of participants interviewed state that being part of Rite to Freedom has supported them to make more positive choices and choose healthier directions in their lives.

This artwork below of a Dartmoor landscape was created by Gill Thompson for our ongoing impact evaluation. It is an interactive, multimedia celebration of the work of the charity with click through elements highlighting aspects of our delivery - supporting long term trauma and addiction recovery through nature connection, meditation and creative practice.

Click on the interactive icons to reveal:

  • The boulders at the base of the image contain key elements of our 2023 external impact evaluation.

  • The landscape above the boulders includes film, sound, image and illustration created through our programmes.

Concept and design Caspar Walsh. Editing and layout Boris Hallvig.


The Archetypes

Illustrations from our Creative Pathways to Healing and Meaning Programme.

Click an archetype to see their overview and poem. Click here to see more resources on these archetypes.
Original artwork by Philip Harris. Concept and design by Caspar Walsh

Available to buy in our online shop!


Ongoing Journeys

Attending one of our retreats can be just the beginning of your time with Rite to Freedom.

Meet Us

Meet our team of facilitators, volunteers, trustees and background staff.

Latest

Have a read of our latest news of what we’ve been up to, usually with some lovely photos too!

 
Thank you for allowing me to re-member who I am. I go from broken to open and to be a part of a kinder, gentler world that I believe we all deserve and is coming into fruition one person at a time! So much joy, so much love, namaste.
— Sequoia, 2023 participant
 
 
Rite to Freedom offers a reliable and highly effective service; that upholds its vision and values, and delivers a vibrant, pioneering model for change. Its leadership offers the strength of team working, reflectivity, and pioneering approaches. It is a vibrant, radical, social-initiatory intervention which effectively utilises the ‘shoulders-of-giants’; and from that robust position, enables a growing community towards positive role modelling, active leadership, and resilient citizens.
— Independent Evaluation
 
 

Stories are what connect us, they always have and they always will.

A short film from award winning filmmaker Caspar Walsh and the Rite to Freedom crew...

To Know the Difference is the second film from Rite to Freedom’s (R2F) creative recovery team. It is about the choices we make and the paths we take and was produced by a mixture of industry professionals and individuals in established addiction recovery. Following on from the award winning, ‘We Seek the Teeth’, To Know the Difference explores the inspiring recovery journey of R2F previous participant Laura Hamlyn. Following Laura's own words as she moves through the landscape of Dartmoor, this compelling, intimate, short film explores the three pillars of Rite to Freedom's recovery ethos - nature connection, creative expression and the mindful life.