Foundation for Change is an independent, London-based charity founded in 2014. We harness the transformative power of learning to enable people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction to create better futures for themselves and others. We run courses that embed the Foundation for Change Approach – our practice-based methodology that offers a fresh and much-needed perspective acknowledging the relationship between a person’s substance use and their experiences of social inequality and trauma. By participating in our courses, individuals develop more accurate and compassionate understandings of their life experiences, reducing the feelings of shame and stigma that keep people feeling excluded. We aim to transform how addiction and other responses to social inequality are addressed at an individual and systemic level. By developing a more nuanced and sophisticated understanding of these responses, we aim to create a society where individuals are seen as people, not their problems.