Next Steps

A welcoming and vibrant place for people in recovery from substance misuse, building community, support and skills.

Next Steps, located in central Norwich, is Norfolk's first community recovery hub, providing a range of support for adults in recovery from addiction, including:

A structured Recovery Support Programme
Skills and employability training
Therapeutic group-based recovery sessions
One-to-one support

You made the first step. Let us help you take the Next Steps.

Update: Our award-winning Recovery Centre on Oak Street is now also open Saturdays and Sundays, so 7 days a week. Ideal if you, or someone you know, might benefit from structured recovery support from drug or alcohol use or simply from building community with likeminded people and can’t access services Monday to Friday, or find the weekends particularly challenging.

Give our team a call on 01603 626123 or email us at [email protected] to find out how you might take your next steps in recovery.

Contact Next Steps

Visit our contact form

01603 981 686

[email protected]

70-80 Oak Street, Norwich

NR3 3AQ

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What does Next Steps offer?

Skills, Education, Training

Qualifications, art groups, goal setting and achievement, personal challenges, digital skills, recovery champion training, volunteer training.

Leisure
Activities

Canoeing, archery, climbing wall, music workshop, visits to leisure centres, walking groups, jam sessions.

Building Social Skills/Networks

Mutual aid, peer support, connection to communities, group therapy, social events, outdoor activities, a place to belong.

Life
Skills

Recovery seminars, participating in recovery forums, event planning, practical support with forms, CV writing, creative workshops, role play/drama therapy, communication skills.

"The Matthew Project has given me the tools, patience, kindness, respect, and time I needed to create a new, functional, and genuine life.

I owe my life to the people at the Matthew Project who helped me."

An award-winning hub

In 2020, our stunning Next Steps recovery hub based in Norwich, won two prestigious awards:

Best Contemporary Commercial Refurbishment - Anglia

Best Completed Charity Architecture Project England

Designed by one of our region's up and coming contemporary studios, Cannon & Clarke Architects, this former calorie testing lab has been turned into a warm, safe and welcoming space for the community to use.

The building boasts a café, commercial kitchen, cosy mezzanine, communal space, PC suite, art room, exercise studio, woodwork studio, counselling rooms, utility area and office. The Matthew Project are incredibly proud and grateful to be able to make use of such an amazing and inspirational space.

If you'd like more information about the centre or are interested in supporting us, please email [email protected]