Recovery Capital social impact project
Unleashing potential: driving business innovation through recovery insights
In a world full of complexity, the answers we need often lie in places we overlook. At worldXchange, we believe that resilience and innovation doesn't always come from boardrooms. It comes from people who’ve rebuilt their lives. From those who’ve overcome addiction and found new purpose. People whose lived experience is rich in insight, adaptability and strength.
Imagine a future where the skills honed in adversity shape the workplaces of tomorrow. Where lived experience is recognised as a strength. Where those who’ve navigated life’s hardest challenges help solve talent shortages, bring fresh thinking and drive change that benefits us all.
The project: what it is and why it matters
Our Recovery Capital social impact project is a UK and Ireland-wide social impact initiative focused on unlocking the strengths, skills and insights of people in addiction recovery - and connecting them with business, policy and community.
We believe that people who’ve rebuilt their lives bring qualities our systems urgently need: resilience, adaptability, leadership, problem-solving and deep system insight. But too often, stigma and exclusion get in the way.
This project brings together those with lived experience and leaders from diverse sectors: university academics, corporate executives, charity leaders, entrepreneurs, and therapeutic community experts - all united to change that.
We’re building something practical:- A platform for storytelling and systems change
- Learning tools and accreditation pathways
- A space where cross-sector collaboration leads to real-world opportunity
This is not just about ideas. It’s about action. And you can be part of it.
Join the movement - help shape what comes next
Recovery Capital is about more than ideas. It's about action. Your support powers the work: platform costs, facilitation, community engagement and lived experience leadership and helps grow a movement that that unlocks the potential of people, organisations and communities too often held back by stigma.
Every member also receives the Recovery Capital recognition mark - a kitemark you can display on your website, LinkedIn or email signature to show your commitment to a movement that values lived experience as a strength.
Supporter - £100 per month
Stay informed.
Fuel the work.
For those who wish to actively show solidarity with our mission and remain engaged in the ongoing learning and momentum of our work.
What you'll receive
- Monthly updates on movement progress, reflective insights, and exclusive behind-the-scenes stories
- Early access to new content, resources, and invitations to upcoming events
- Optional recognition: your name featured on our supporter page
- Be among the first to hear about worldXchange pilot projects and collaboration opportunities
- The Recovery Capital recognition mark for use on your website or LinkedIn profile
Your impact:
- Directly nurtures the expansion of a UK and Ireland-wide movement rooted in lived experience
- Covers essential costs, including facilitation, content creation, and platform maintenance
- Ensures our learning spaces stay open and accessible to a wider community
Partner - £500 per month
Learn, connect, contribute.
Be part of the conversation.
For organisations, community leaders, learning teams or networks that want to take part in the journey, explore lived experience insights and begin applying recovery capital approaches in their own settings
What you'll receive
- All Partner benefits
- Invitations to strategy and co-creation sessions
- Recognition as a key supporter
- Opportunities to contribute to pilots, storytelling and platform development
- The Recovery Capital recognition mark, identifying your organisation as a founding co-creator of systemic change
- Directly supports the growth of a UK and Ireland-wide movement grounded in lived experience
- Enables the development of new tools, pathways and accreditation for people in recovery
- Funds meaningful, paid collaboration between sectors — recovery communities, businesses, researchers and public services
- Helps shift national narratives about addiction, recovery and inclusion
- Creates space for innovation that centres compassion, adaptability and systems change
Co-creator – from £15,000*
Shape the future.
Co-design what comes next.
For funders, aligned institutions and organisations who want to go beyond support and actively help shape the direction of Recovery Capital.
As a Co-creator, you’ll collaborate directly with worldXchange to explore how recovery insight can inform leadership, inclusion and innovation in your organisation and beyond.
What you'll receive
- All Supporter benefits
- Invitation to participate in a plenary project session
- A co-designed mini series or 2-3 workshops tailored to your context
- Access to an annual roundtable
- Discounted or priority access to paid training and events
- Your organisation’s name and logo featured on our website and key materials
- Opportunities to showcase case studies or stories on this platform
- The Recovery Capital recognition mark, identifying your organisation as an active supporter of lived experience leadership
Your impact:
- Directly fuels the expansion of a UK and Ireland-wide movement grounded in lived experience
- Enables deeper engagement and the building of meaningful partnerships
- Supports the co-design of learning tools with diverse communities
- Connects organisational expertise with lived experience insight
Proof of potential
We launched this project with a powerful first step: a day spent at Coolmine Therapeutic Community in Dublin. It brought business leaders, academics, charity directors, entrepreneurs and people in recovery together in one room — not for presentations, but for shared experience.
The aim was simple: to understand addiction recovery from the inside out. To hear stories first-hand. To see the strength it takes to rebuild a life - and the skills that emerge along the way.
What came through wasn’t just understanding. It was a sense of shared purpose — a recognition that recovery builds exactly the qualities our workplaces need:
- Resilience - the strength to keep going
- Leadership - earned through experience
- Adaptability - the ability to thrive in uncertainty
These insights have shaped the project from day one. They're already influencing how we think about accreditation, career pathways and the economic case for change. Coolmine showed us what’s possible when we listen deeply and lead together.
Where your contribution goes
We are committed to transparency. Every membership contribution directly supports:
- Lived experience facilitation and leadership
- Community storytelling and outreach
- Learning design and accreditation development
- Hosting and growing the platform
- Reinvestment into co-created projects
Donate now
Not everyone can commit to membership, but everyone can help power the work.
The worldXchange foundation is creating new paths forward across business, community and public services — not just in recovery, This work only moves if people fuel it. Without funding, the stories stay unheard, the platforms stay empty and the change stalls.
Every donation helps us build more bridges, amplify unheard voices and unlock the potential hidden in plain sight.
Simply scan the QR code and donate. Thank you!
