Recovery Conversation Café
This toolkit supports you to run your own recovery conversation café. It helps you to engage with people in a meaningful way to find out what is important to them. Use and adapt the toolkit to suit your needs and let us know how you get on!
You can order hard copy versions of the toolkit by contacting 0300 323 9956 or info@scottishrecovery.net (Scotland only). Or download each element of the toolkit below.
Recovery Conversation Café guide
This guide supports you to plan and facilitate a recovery conversation café(s). It helps you to create an environment (off or online) that facilitates discussion and works towards identifying key priorities. This can make it a valuable part of a wider co-production process.
Download .PDF document (2 MB)What is a recovery conversations café?
A short animation explaining the recovery conversation café approach to making engagement meaningful. The link takes you to the Scottish Recovery Network YouTube channel where you can watch/download the animation.
Taking recovery conversation cafés online
Top tips for running your recovery conversation café online. Works best used alongside the main guide.
Download .PDF document (162 KB)Recovery conversation café etiquette
Hints and tips for participants taking part in a recovery conversation café. Usually placed on each table or sent out before an online event.
Download .PDF document (165 KB)Planning checklist
This checklist is based on experience of facilitating recovery conversation cafés and is a guide for the planning group / person to consider.
Download .PDF document (369 KB)Participation table
Use this table to help you identify who you need to involve and how you intend to ensure they are able to participate.
Download .PDF document (181 KB)Guide for table hosts
Table hosts play an important part in making the recovery conversation café successful. This resource helps you take your conversations from good to great. Details can be typed in before printing if you have access to Adobe.
Download .PDF document (531 KB)Wellbeing tea connecting exercise
A connecting exercise is a good way to start a recovery conversation café.
Download .PDF document (549 KB)Wellbeing teacup template
Our wellbeing teacups are a great way to start conversations about mental health and wellbeing whether as part of a recovery conversation café or as stand alone discussion prompts.
Download .PDF document (123 KB)Group reflection
A worksheet to help you reflect as a group on your event and the next steps. We advise printing out in A3. Details can be typed in before printing if you have access to Adobe.
Download .PDF document (292 KB)Individual evaluation
A short evaluation form to capture feedback from participants at your recovery conversation café. Details can be typed in before printing if you have access to Adobe.
Download .PDF document (160 KB)