Winehouse famously struggled with drug and alcohol addiction herself, and the cause of her July 23, 2011 death was ruled to be alcohol poisoning.
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The Amy Winehouse Foundation has chosen to honor the singer’s memory on the fifth anniversary of her death by opening a recovery home.
Amy’s Place will open in east London on August 22 and aim to bridge the gap between women leaving addiction treatment and finding accommodation independently.
Dominic Ruffy, the special project director at the Amy Winehouse Foundation, said Amy’s Place was set up partly in response to the lack of female-only recovery homes in the United Kingdom, as well as being a place for addicts to focus on sober life.
He said: “There are about six women-only rehabs, and beyond that, there’s an even greater paucity of women-specific recovery housing beds”.
The recovery house will be named after the six-time Grammy award victor – Amy’s Place – and will help women who have suffered with alcohol or drug addiction to reintegrate into society after quitting.
The home will be made up of 12 self-contained flats with the opportunity to house up to 16 women and has been funded in part by Centra Care and Support, a subsidiary of the not-for-profit organisation Circle Housing.
The foundation came up with the programme after consulting several women at the women-only rehab centre Hope House in south London, who described what their ideal recovery house would look like in terms of activities, workshops, personal development pathways and length of stay.
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“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”, said Jane Winehouse of the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
