A Division of ssafa Glasgow Branch Charity Nos SC038056, 210760

Glasgow’s Helping Heroes15/17 Duke Street

Glasgow G4 0UL

Phone: 0141 276 7199Fax: 0141 276 9759

Mr Gerry Murphy - Recommendation

To Whom This May Concern.

"I am writing this with relation to the incredible work and effort that Mr Murphy has carried out on Behalf of Glasgow’s Helping Heroes and the support he has provided to our client base. Glasgow’s Helping Heroes have been working in partnership with the NHS and has devised a 16 week Pilot programme to deliver a package that would benefit the ongoing issues with our clients. The programme was a 16 week course for 16 individuals who were experiencing issues with alcohol or drug dependency and struggling with various areas of their life. Due that our client group can be very difficult to engage with it was remarkable that the numbers for completion of the course was 80% which far exceeds the estimated numbers provided by most addiction services .The intensive work that Mr Murphy did within his workshops around our client groups , thoughts , ideas and behaviours had dramatic results ,where some of our clients took the appropriate steps to address their dependency on alcohol or substances , and due to the skills they learned in relation to their confidence and self-esteem individuals on the group have now sought employment , or are in discussions to go back in relation to further training but all have reposted back that they have seen the benefits to the workshops and the teachings by Mr Murphy improve their personal and home lives , although the programme was based around football 75% reported that they preferred the workshops ran by Mr Murphy and felt they achieved more by what they had learned by participating in the workshops. Due to the success of the pilot it was nominated for 2 national awards and was the finalist in one category for Care of Veterans and won the award for Mental Health also due to its success the pilot has now been awarded further funding to be ran as a programme and we will be using the services and workshops provided by Mr Murphy in all future work in relation to supporting our client group to address their alcohol and substance dependency and to address their beliefs and attitudes due to the positive impact already demonstrated".

Johanna McGhee.Senior Peer Support Worker.

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