This programme was developed by Dr Mary Ellen Copeland and her colleagues in the USA. The programme was then brought across to the UK and adapted by Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) which effort was led by Piers Allott and others.

We, as AWEF, then pioneered the adaptation and use of the CSIP WRAP programme for use in a range of different settings beyond the secondary mental healthcare services which CSIP had been targeting.

In our use of this WRAP approach our aims and objectives are;

• A systemic framework for exploring and enacting wellness, resilience, and recovery efforts for individuals particularly and by extension, their families and communities,
• A framework developed by people with lived experience who found a way to take control of their lives in the presence of difficulties,
• A values based approach to services built on 5 key principles and an 8-step process,
• An adaptable method that simultaneously addresses and is applicable to a wide range of needs and aspirations by gender, ethnicity, age group, socio-economic groups, etc in many locations; and
• Facilitated by all; ordinary people, professionals, adults, young people, faith & community leaders, and others in all sorts of locations homes, play centres, faith centres, schools, playgrounds, etc.