What's On
Something is happening every day across the Scottish Borders. Find a group, drop in, and discover your community.
Featured Activities
A closer look at some of our regular groups — click any poster to view it full size.
Free Muay Thai Fitness & Wellbeing
Free for everyone — beginners welcome. No experience needed, no sparring, no pressure. Just movement, confidence and support. Perfect if you're new to exercise, struggling with mental health, addiction or isolation, or new to recovery.
Find Your Recovery Rhythm
Free music group for the recovery community. Share your love of music, enjoy a relaxed sing-along, get peer support, guitar lessons for beginners, and develop recovery-themed playlists. No musical experience needed — newcomers welcome!
Empower Her
Women's SMART Recovery & Wellbeing Group. A safe, welcoming space for women to build recovery, confidence and connection. Weekly SMART Recovery group, guest speakers, holistic wellbeing activities, and space to talk, listen and support each other. Free to attend.
Strong Roots Men's Group
A space for men to connect, talk, share and grow together. Peer-led and free to attend — covering men's wellbeing, mental and emotional health, and meaningful activities in a safe, confidential space. Run by men, for men.
Breakfast Club
Start your day with good food and great company. A welcoming space to connect with others in recovery over a free breakfast. No referral needed — everyone is welcome.
Lived Experience Forum
A space for people with lived experience of addiction and recovery to come together, share their voices and shape the services that support them. Your experience matters — come and be heard.
Monthly Recovery Roast
Good food, great company and a warm welcome — join us for our monthly community roast dinner.
Recovery Roast
Good food. Great company. Stronger together.
Every last Sunday of the month we gather for a free community roast dinner. It's a chance to connect, share a meal and feel part of something bigger. Everyone is welcome — no referral, no fuss, just good people and great food.
- 2:00pm – 4:00pm
- Last Sunday of every month
- Focus Centre, Galashiels
Recovery Training Courses
Structured courses designed to build skills, confidence and practical tools for lasting recovery.
Self-Coaching for Recovery
Build Your Own Recovery Toolkit
A structured programme helping you develop practical self-coaching skills for recovery. Learn tools and techniques to manage challenges, build resilience and take ownership of your recovery journey. Peer-led and trauma-informed.
- Open to anyone in or around recovery
- Scottish Borders — contact us for locations
- Free to attend
Creative Arts for Recovery
Birchwood is Borders in Recovery's creative arts programme — using writing, art and music as powerful tools in the recovery journey.
Re:Create — Mindfulness Drawing
Creative Art Workshops for Recovery & Wellbeing
A creative art workshop exploring mindfulness through drawing — a calming, accessible session for anyone in recovery or looking to improve their wellbeing. All materials and lunch provided. No art experience needed.
- Monthly — Fridays
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm
- Focus Centre, Galashiels
For more info email [email protected]
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Not Sure Where to Start?
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