Here we are in December and the darkest days approaching the winter solstice. Hope this reaches you and you're well wrapped up and with chances to be out in some of the magic that nature offers us this winter.
Our biggest news is that we are launching our new membership scheme! This has been a process of heart and mind and background graft for us for some time. We're so delighted that it has come to fruition so that we can 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.
Three payment levels, all with the same benefits, mean that those on different incomes are still able to support us and access what is on offer. We also have one-off 'bundles' where you can get some of the member benefits without a monthly commitment. See below for full details of our membership and the lovely benefits you will receive once you've signed up.
More news below on recent events including our Cornwall launch exhibition in September recorded with a blog post and a lovely film plus photos from our first Cornwall New Tribes residential that has just happened.
Do have a look also at our online shop, especially as you do your Christmas shopping, with its array of lovely archetype products, including T-shirts, cards, books and posters that all make great gifts.
Caspar, Ali and Jo x
Caspar's welcome message for our new Membership Community.
Launching our New Membership Scheme (woohoo!!)
This has been in process for quite some time as we have dreamed and visioned and discussed and grafted and planned and recorded and now we're ready to launch!!
Joining our membership community will offer Rite to Freedom valuable ongoing investment in the addiction recovery work that we do. This will help our charity and the support that we offer to our wider community become increasingly sustainable.
The range of other special benefits includes -
🌿 Access to our growing library of monthly Recovery Conversations podcasts, with experts in the three areas that we use as pillars for our addiction recovery work - nature connection, meditation and creativity. Our first few months include conversations with legendary mythologist and storyteller Michael Meade, award-winning rising star of stage and page Malaika Kegode, renowned Dartmoor photographer Chris Chapman and storyteller and lecturer in cultural diversity Sandhya Dave.
🌿 Monthly special offers on our range of merchandise and other creative offerings.
🌿 Access to our library of insightful dialogues and reflections from our Multi Addiction Recovery Meetings.
We have included three different levels of monthly payments - at £4 / £7 / £11. This allows those on different incomes to offer their support to the work that we do in an affordable way.
All the benefits of becoming a member remain the same regardless of what level of support you are able to offer.
We also have a 'bundle' package available which allows you to access some of the member benefits without committing to a monthly payment. This makes a great gift for a loved one. Our bundles change seasonally, costing £23 each time, giving you the chance to access different content every three months if you prefer this route.
Click here to join us as a member now!
Addiction Recovery Cornwall - Community Exhibition
A beautiful film record of our week's Addiction Recovery Cornwall exhibition at the Poly, Falmouth in September 2023.
Have a read of Caspar's moving blog post about this exhibition in Cornwall and his personal journey towards it.
“...48 years later I’m in this beautiful old room, exhausted, excited. We're setting up. This is our space for the next week at The Poly in Falmouth in Cornwall, curating our first exhibition of our community's work, celebrating the 8 participants from our 2023 Creative Pathways programme.
I’ve held a hidden dream to do this for longer than I realised.
Pulling together and exhibiting this inspiring, heartfelt work. Our collective healing journeys expressed through film, words, photography, illustration, music, collage and natural materials.” - excerpt from Caspar's blog post about the exhibition.
Some photos from our first New Tribe residential on the wild Cornish coastline in mid November. Photo credits - Ali Chapman and Caspar Walsh.
Rite to Freedom Merchandise
Our online shop has a range of beautiful archetypes merchandise, all directly supporting the work of the charity. All our products make lovely gifts - please do have a look as you do your Christmas shopping!
“Part alchemical map, part poetry, this slim, crystalline volume etches wisdom into the reader, offering hope, encouragement and compassion to anyone navigating the treacherous seas of self-actualisation. Caspar’s poetry beautifully embellishes and enhances this exquisite rendering of the Map of Archetypes with his own hard won, well-wrought wisdom.”
~ Freddy Weaver. Addiction Psychologist and Eco Therapist.
The latest addition to our shop is our beautiful archetypes book printed in a larger size (A4). This makes a lovely gift, and chance to see the beautiful images and words in bigger detail.
All purchases on our shop support long term addiction recovery through Rite to Freedom, with all sales going towards the running costs of the charity. We hope you enjoy these magical illustrations and insightful poetry and that they support you in your journey as much as they have us in ours. Take a look now.
Winter is the time of the Sovereign Overseer archetype. The Sovereign invites us to reflect and turn inwards through the darkest months to help create a healthy vision for our future.
