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Amy Winehouse Foundation to open a house for women recovering from drug and alcohol addiction
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 2 August 2016
The Amy Winehouse Foundation will open a house for women recovering from drug and alcohol addiction later this month. Called Amy’s Place and situated in East London, it will provide space for sixteen women aged between eighteen and 30.
Dominic Ruffy of the Foundation said that the move was a reaction to a lack of women-only recovery services in the UK. “There are about six women-only rehabs, and beyond that, there’s an even greater paucity of women-specific recovery housing beds”, he told The Guardian. “There is only one other women-only recovery house in London and it’s only a four-bed with a six-month waiting list”.
Jane Winehouse, Managing Trustee of the charity and Amy’s step-mother, added: “This project will make such a profound difference to so many young women, enabling them to have a safe environment in which to rebuild their lives and put into practice all the learning they have acquired through their treatment journey. Fresh starts are difficult to make, full of challenges, but at Amy’s Place, we will give young women the tools and support to help make this a reality”.
Amy’s Place is due to open on 22 Aug, just under five years since the Amy Winehouse Foundation was launched in memory of the singer who died from alcohol poisoning in July 2011.
