Individuals and families
Thinking about recovery housing?
Find out what living at OHC is like, how our individual recovery programmes work and how to ask about a place.
Open Hands Coventry · Peer-led Recovery since 2005
Recovery is hard.
You don't have to do it alone.
Open Hands Coventry is an independent, peer-led recovery charity providing structured recovery housing for men affected by alcohol and drug dependency.
Accommodation provides a stable base, but it is not the whole of what we do. Every resident follows an individual recovery programme with practical support, peer support and increasing responsibility.
Established 2005 · Peer-led recovery housing · Coventry based · Real lived experience
Professionals and referrers
Considering a referral?
Check suitability, placement boundaries and support arrangements before completing our confidential referral form.
Recovery First — our short guide to putting recovery first: the first 30 days, practical tools, and support for families and friends.
Recovery Is Possible — our free handbook for alcohol and drug recovery, written by Open Hands Coventry.
20+
Years supporting recovery in Coventry
Independent, local and shaped by lived experience. Open Hands Coventry has provided a stable recovery community since 2005.
Professional confidence
Why professionals refer to us
For over 20 years, OHC has provided abstinent, peer-led supported housing while working alongside local services.
Abstinent supported housing
Alcohol- and drug-free accommodation with clear house expectations and ongoing tenancy supervision.
Peer-led support
Support from people with lived experience of addiction recovery, backed by long-term sobriety and practical understanding.
Safeguarding and oversight
All support staff and volunteers have Enhanced DBS checks and Level 2 Safeguarding training, supported by safeguarding procedures and structured support planning.
Recovery-focused environment
A stable environment designed to reduce chaos, isolation, relapse risk, and tenancy breakdown.
Long-term stability
Many residents remain with us long term while rebuilding health, confidence, relationships, and routine.
Local experience
Over two decades working with addiction recovery and supported accommodation in Coventry.
How it works
Plain and simple
If you want to stop using and are willing to put the work in, that is enough to start a conversation.
Step 1
Get in touch
Call or email us. You will speak to someone who has been through it themselves.
Step 2
Come and see
Visit the house. Meet the people. Ask what you need to ask. No obligation, no pressure.
Step 3
Move in, get to work
The main-house stage usually lasts up to two years. Those who are ready may then move into longer-term second-stage supported accommodation.
"One person in recovery helping another. That is what works. That is what this place is built on."
THE HELPER PRINCIPLE · THE FOUNDATION OF OPEN HANDS COVENTRY
When a resident is ready to move on, they keep their key. The door stays open.
"Went to Open Hands a drunk. Recovered from my obsession with alcohol. Completed a university counselling qualification. Now a practising counsellor."
M.S.T.
Our approach to recovery
Recovery means building a life worth protecting
Every resident follows an individual recovery programme shaped around his needs, circumstances and progress. It brings together abstinence, daily structure, practical support, peer support and increasing responsibility.
Twelve Step mutual-aid meetings are strongly encouraged, but attendance is not compulsory and no particular religious or spiritual belief is required. OHC does not claim to fix people. We provide the stable conditions, support and community in which recovery can develop.
Ready to talk?
Whether it is for yourself, a family member, or someone you work with — call us.
Phone02476 630621
Mobile07834 281151
Emailadmin@openhands.charity
LocationCoventry, West Midlands