Recovery - The Solution

Simon House – Providing Safe, Responsible Recovery

Founded in the early 1980’s by Bernard Barry, a Franciscan brother and two women, Doreen Baker and Sheila Cameron, Simon House provides a three phase program that begins for a man when he accepts he has a problem and determines he wants to deal with it by changing his attitudes and behaviours.

When a man enters and completes our program, working towards becoming a productive member of society, we all benefit. The burden to our welfare, penal, health and taxation system decreases, family violence decreases, crime is reduced and the chain of dysfunction passed down through generations can be halted.

The range of positive monetary results to the community are great, but we cannot neglect to mention the

absolutely priceless treasure of seeing a fellow human being gain back or find for the first time in his life, self worth, dignity and freedom.

Our core values of loving kindness, compassion, empathy, patience, tolerance, equanimity and understanding have enabled Simon House to provide a successful program of recovery. Although based on these principles, there is no "coddling" of our residents.