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Addiction Recovery Agency (Ara Recovery 4 All)

Impact Report 2026

Ara (Addiction Recovery Agency) is a Bristol-based charity offering free, confidential treatment for gambling harms across Wales and South West England, alongside homelessness and prison resettlement services. Its Impact Report 2026 covers a year in which Ara reached 43,481 people.

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Ara helps people affected by gambling harms through CBT and strength-based counselling across Wales and South West England, and works to prevent harm in the first place through its Ahead of the Game youth education programme and Bet You Can Help training for professionals. In Bristol it runs Pathway 4 staged recovery accommodation, a Housing First service and specialist housing support, while its resettlement teams work across 25 prisons to help people find a home on release. The Ara Peer Academy builds on lived experience, which 30% of Ara's own staff share.

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Ara reached 43,481 people last year, and has helped more than 45,000 adults through gambling harms treatment and prevention across Wales and South West England.
Key Metric 2 20,000 young people took part in the Ahead of the Game education programme and 3,000 education professionals and parents were trained.
Key Metric 3 More than 280 people were accommodated through homelessness support in Bristol, including 28 Housing First flats, and 99 prisoners secured accommodation on release.

Key Outcomes

  • 99% of clients would recommend Ara's gambling treatment service and 72% completed treatment as planned.
  • 100% of homelessness service users reported satisfaction and 98% would recommend the service to others.
  • 99 people leaving prison secured accommodation on release through Ara's resettlement work; 30% of Ara's employees have lived experience.

Geography

South West

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