The Programme

New Roads Ahead.

Our 12-week programme. Two hours a week. Peer-led. Workbook-driven. Designed to change patterns, not personalities.

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What New Roads Ahead is

New Roads Ahead (NRA) is a structured 12-week group programme for adults stepping out of addiction, leaving prison, on probation, or trying to rebuild in the early steady months after any of those.

It's not therapy. It's not leisure. It's not a lecture. It's a small group of people working through the same material at the same time, led by facilitators who've walked the road themselves.

Each session is two hours, once a week, for twelve weeks. The workbook and facilitator manual drive the session — everyone knows what we're doing and why.

12 Weeks

What the weeks cover.

Every week builds on the last. Same tools, new ground.

Weeks 1–3

Finding Your Footing

  • 1Orientation, Safety & Ownership
  • 2Belonging, Identity & Social Circles
  • 3Thinking Patterns, Pressure & Choice
Weeks 4–6

Handling What Comes Up

  • 4Triggers, Urges & Pause
  • 5Self-Sabotage, Restlessness & Redirection
  • 6Routine, Responsibility & Life Pressure
Weeks 7–9

Building Forward

  • 7Purpose, Direction & Contribution
  • 8Stability, Environment & Safe Bases
  • 9Relationships, Trust & Boundaries
Weeks 10–12

Staying Steady

  • 10Prevention, Drift & Staying on Track
  • 11Setbacks, Resetting & Sustainability
  • 12Review, Progress & Ownership

What a session looks like

Every week follows the same shape. That consistency is deliberate — it builds trust, makes the group feel safe, and means people always know what to expect.

Arrival check-in and room agreementSettle the room, build trust, remind boundaries.
SMART target reviewWhat you said last week, what you did, what got in the way.
Flow linkConnecting last week to this week's theme.
Topic talk and group activitiesThe heart of the session — structured around the week's theme.
BreakReset. No heavy processing.
Workbook write-upThe reflection work for this week.
Share-back round the roomPattern, cost, and upgrade.
New SMART targetOne small, specific target for the week ahead.
Positive closeLeave the group steady, hopeful, and clear.

The tools we use

Two core tools run all the way through the programme. They're simple on purpose.

Tool 1
STOP → REFLECT → CHOOSE

For the moments when life gets loud. Notice what's happening. Ask what it's going to cost. Make the next better move — a small one, a medium one, or a proper one.

Tool 2
THEN → NOW → NEXT TIME

For looking back at something that happened without shame or graphic detail. What happened. What it led to. What you'd try differently next time.

The room agreement

The same agreement runs every week. These are the ground rules that make the group a safe place to be honest.

  • No war stories. No glorifying crime, drugs, violence, or prison. No graphic detail.
  • Share the lesson, not the whole story.
  • You choose what you share. No one is forced to speak.
  • No judging, criticising, or advice-giving.
  • Respect different opinions and experiences.
  • What's shared in the room stays in the room (within safeguarding limits).
Beyond the session

Activity pathways.

Alongside the weekly sessions, participants can earn progression into structured activities. These are not rewards — they're part of how change sticks.

1

Gym membership & personal training

Building fitness, routine, and confidence in a supervised environment.

2

Group outdoor activities

Kayaking and canoeing, mountain biking, and contrast therapy (ice bath and sauna) — delivered through our partners as structured group activity.

3

Independent signposted activities

Local clubs, community groups, and activities participants can continue under their own steam. The goal isn't dependency on R2R — it's people equipped to carry on.

What NRA is not

  • Not therapy or clinical treatment. Where someone needs that, we help them find it.
  • Not a leisure programme. Activities are earned progression, not treats.
  • Not a replacement for probation or recovery services. NRA sits alongside them.
  • Not a soft touch. Participants are expected to show up, do the workbook, and keep going.

Who delivers it

Sessions are delivered by facilitators with lived experience of addiction, imprisonment, or recovery. They're trained, boundaried, and working to a clear facilitator manual for every session.

Lived experience is not a nice-to-have in our delivery model — it's the foundation of it.

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