Carving out hope - Recovery Sculpture unveiled in Newcastle January 2026
A meaningful new addition to Newcastle has been unveiled at Ouseburn Farm: the Recovery Sculpture, an 8ft hand-carved wooden installation has been created by around 40 people from the local recovery community. Developed over four months through weekly woodwork sessions, residents supported by Tyne Housing and Changing Lives carved their own words, symbols and stories into the piece, making it a powerful symbol of hope, encouragement and visible recovery.
This exciting and creative project was led by Tyne Housing in partnership with Revival Newcastle and Newcastle City Council, combining creative arts with trauma-informed wellbeing support. Now on display in the orchard at Ouseburn Farm in Byker, the sculpture challenges stigma, celebrates positive recovery stories and invites reflection on the question: what does recovery mean to you? We encourage people to go and have a look and learn more.
Thanks to all who took part in this project, attended on the day and to Tyne Housing and Newcastle City Council for supporting such and important project.
To find out more about this project click on the links below as there was quite a lot of press interest.
