The course was founded by Nigel Skelsey during his time at Holy Trinity Brompton. Having spent 30 years in photography and publishing, including 17 years as Picture Editor of The Sunday Telegraph, Nigel now works at Priory Hospital alongside those struggling with acute mental health issues. He himself has experienced the struggle with various addictions throughout his own life, but knows that it is possible to find a way out and experience freedom. He lives in Sussex with the love of his life Jan, whom he got engaged to in 1970 while both were still at school.

Having overcome an addiction to online gambling, Justyn is now an author, public speaker and advisor on the issues of problem gambling and addiction and is a member of the Royal Society For Public Health Steering Committee on problem gambling.

Susie is passionate about supporting people to, as she says, to get out of the way of themselves. Her story of addiction and recovery add depth to a robust, fearless, and relational working style.

Her passion for recovery led her to become a trustee for The Recovery Course. She is accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the European Mentoring & Coaching council (EMCC).

Bob Street is a retired United Reformed Church minister and currently an elder at Tunbridge Wells Baptist Church. Before becoming a minister he was a finance manager in Shell. He is married to Karen and together they run the prayer support for The Recovery Course

Gavin is a leader in financial services and has worked in various areas of technology, risk and trading for the last thirty years. He started his career in the Royal Artillery and is now trained both as an NED and as a Coach & Mentor. He has worked in governance in financial services and the charitable sector for much of his life and is a passionate feminist. He is married to Melinda, a prayer warrior, with whom he has two grown children and several dogs.

Karen is a retired minister in the United Reformed Church. Her passion has always been prayer and increasingly so since retiring. Prayer can bring healing, change for the better, guidance, provision and protection, all of which are needed in abundance in The Recovery Course.

Paul is a lawyer by profession and has has worked in private practice for over 45 years. He is the author of two books on charity matters and has travelled extensively in serving charities worldwide. For many years Paul served as chair of trustees for a UK charity working in Social Development in the Middle East. Paul is married to Claire and they have two grown up children and two grandchildren.

Jan is married to Nigel, the founder of the course. She worked in film animation for a decade but she gave that up so that she could spend time supporting their sons. She then worked at a national newspaper for two decades and is now a TA at a local primary school. Together Jan and Nigel ran The Recovery Course in London for 10 years, during which time she led women's groups and supported other group leaders, using her experience of being an addict's partner for over 50 years.

One of the things that excites her most is helping people to become the best version of themselves that they can possibly be, which is why she has a passion for The Recovery Course.

Melinda is a Craniosacral Therapist with over 25 years of experience in prayer ministry.

Her passion is to see people equipped to be the powerful, free, responsible men and women God created them to be. She is dedicated to working with hurting people on their road to health.

Rev Jo Davies has been passionately involved in Prison Ministry for almost 27 years. She was one of the Assistant Clergy at Holy Trinity Brompton before moving on to HMP Pentonville 15 years ago, where she is currently the Managing Chaplain. She has run The Recovery Course at the prison several times and has seen, what she says are, "remarkable results".

Steve is a grateful recovering alcoholic who spent more than 25 years working as a broker in the City of London before moving to Alpha International, where he works as the UK Development Manager for prison Alpha. Steve works closely with prison chaplaincy and local churches to establish the Alpha course throughout the UK’s prison estate, often delivering prison ministry training courses to volunteers. He is married with 1 grown-up son and is an active member of his local church where he advises on prison ministry. Steve found sobriety in 2009 thanks to the great work of AA and The Recovery Course.

Chris runs The Recovery Course across the townships in South Africa helping many find true and lasting freedom from addiction. He is a wellness Counsellor specialising in addiction and a professional speaker and educator about addiction and speaks in schools and communities. Following the guidelines of the World Health Organisation definition of the disease of addiction, his talks are designed to educate students with the truth around the disease of addiction.

Kevin’s career has been mainly in sales and marketing with extensive experience in publishing, digital media, and a background in the luxury goods market.

Kevin is a creative marketer, he uses his wits, intuition and skills but also harnesses traditional marketing techniques, strategy, tactics and best practices.

Kevin loves music, exercise, and podcasts, and reading. He is passionate about God’s purpose for our lives, hope, smart thinking, and personal and professional growth. He loves connecting people with resources that can transform lives.