Category: Events

Generous donations of time, equipment and muscle were in abundance when Hilton East Midlands Airport, Hilton Nottingham and local legal firm Johnson Astills lent their support to the renovation of outdoor space at The Carpenter’s Arms. Our  Phase 1 ‘Stepping into Recovery’ centre at Wharncliffe Road, Loughborough is where men start their substance and alcohol… Continue reading Hilton East Midlands Airport and Hilton Nottingham lead the way in transforming outdoor space at The Carpenter’s Arms

A community committed to delivering hope after addiction came together for The Carpenter’s Arms annual celebration on Friday,19th September at Trent Vineyard, Nottingham. Staff, volunteers, graduating residents and their families were joined at the event by the High Sheriff of Leicestershire Mr Stephen Bryan JP, the Mayor of Charnwood Cllr David Northage, the Police and… Continue reading Triumph over addiction honoured at The Carpenter’s Arms Celebration 2025

The role of mental resilience in physical performance was the topic for discussion when World Record Swimmer Cllr Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE joined The Carpenter’s Arms’s outdoor swim and Q&A session. The event, which took place on Friday, 27th June 2025 at Swim Six Hills, Melton Mowbray, was attended by a number of supporters, former… Continue reading World Record Swimmer supports The Carpenter’s Arms outdoor swim and Q&A

The installation of our new, all-weather gym is helping men battling addiction to invest in their physical health. The new gym building, located in the garden of our Wharncliffe Road property in Loughborough, has been made possible through the support of the Screwfix Foundation which supports projects that fix, repair, maintain and improved properties and… Continue reading Residents at The Carpenter’s Arms get physical in new gym space

The Carpenter’s Arms was amongst the winners announced at East Midlands Chamber’s Leicestershire Business Awards 2024, which took place at The Venue @ DMU on 8th November. The charity won the Business Improvement Through Technology Award, sponsored by NetMonkeys and presented by ceremony host and ITV presenter Emma Jesson. A key way in which the… Continue reading Technology wins for The Carpenter’s Arms at East Midlands Chamber’s Leicestershire Business Awards 2024

The Carpenter’s Arms received a welcome boost to its plans to rear chickens when staff from local Hilton East Midlands Airport and Hilton Nottingham lent their support. The project forms part of the charity’s ambitions to turn a one-acre piece of wasteland at its Six Hills site (situated midway between Melton Mowbray and Loughborough) into… Continue reading Hilton East Midlands Airport and Hilton Nottingham help secure homes for hens at The Carpenter’s Arms

The Carpenter’s Arms is one step closer to realising its dream of turning a one-acre piece of wasteland into a purposeful meadow space to grow fruit and vegetables, rear chickens and keep bees, thanks to the generosity of local supporters. The project has been given the name ‘Malone Meadows’ in memory of Brendan, the husband… Continue reading Donor power helps transform The Carpenter’s Arms wasteland into thriving meadow

The Carpenter’s Arms Graduation event 2023 took place on 29 June, at Nottingham Trent Vineyard Church. It proved a wonderful opportunity to bring together former residents seeking to re-build their lives after drug and alcohol addiction. We have supported no fewer than 2,000 men across the UK over our 15 years of operation. Our residential… Continue reading Celebrating lives rebuilt after addiction at our 2023 Graduation event