The Residential
30 days in the house, with nine others
A full-time programme with your own room, three meals a day, a personal mentor, daily training and sessions from 08:00 to 21:00.
From free to £1,000 a day, depending on means.
Residential and live online programmes
Change direction. Build better futures.
Intervention London is a unique hybrid of charitable support and privately funded personal development. For 30 days, ten people at a time live, learn and train together, guided by people who have turned their own lives around.
Voluntary, always
Means-tested places
A network for life
10Places in each cohort, so nobody gets lost
30Days living in: four weeks, plus arrival and graduation
13 hrsOf structure every day, from 08:00 breakfast to the 21:00 close
3Live online sessions a day for people joining remotely
Two ways in
Live in, or join live.
The Live Room
Three live sessions a day, from home
Join the residents on a screen in the room for three hours a day. You talk, ask and work with the cohort in real time, not through recordings.
£200 a day.
Who it’s for
Anyone ready to change.
Some people come on their own. Some come because their family asked them to. Everyone chooses to be here. This is not punishment or judgement. It is the environment, support and motivation to choose a better path.
Ages 16 and over. Anyone with a severe physical dependence needs medical detox first; we will help you find it. See our standards.
What it covers
Eight areas. One plan.
Every participant leaves with a written plan across the eight programme areas, agreed with their mentor.
Built on what works
We studied the best, then built on it.
Clinics, retreats and charities in the UK and abroad have shown what changes lives. We took their strongest ideas and put them in one place.
One mentor, start to finish
Like Switchback in London, every participant has one named mentor from application to a year after graduation.
A year of support
Like Priory’s 12-month aftercare, graduates join weekly online groups for a year, and families get their own sessions.
Funding to start up
Like The King’s Trust, enterprise comes with training, a mentor after launch and bursaries towards a first business.
The network
Your card opens doors.
Every graduate gets an Intervention London card loaded with credits. One credit books one hour with a founder, a coach or someone who has walked the same road. Many of those hours turn into regular mentoring.
Coming soon
INTERVENTION
SOUTH AFRICA
The same turning point, in a second home. One network across two countries.
Better people.
Stronger communities.
Bigger futures.
Get involved
Where do you fit?
I want to change
Apply for the Residential or the Live Room. It starts with a conversation.
Apply →I’ve been there, or built something
Join the network and give between 1 and 10 hours a month.
Join the network →I want to fund a place
Sponsor a funded place or a start-up bursary for a graduate.
Fund a place →Programmes
Two ways in. One turning point.
Both programmes follow the same 30-day plan, the same eight areas and the same people. The Residential lives it full-time in the house. The Live Room joins three live sessions a day from wherever you are.
The Residential
30 days. Ten people. Full-time.
You move into the house for four weeks plus an arrival day and a graduation day. Phones go away during sessions. Days are full, structured and shared.
| Length | 30 days, living in |
|---|---|
| Cohort | Up to 10 people at a time |
| Every day | 08:00 to 21:00: workshops, talks, one-to-ones, group sessions, training and practical learning |
| Included | Your own room, three meals a day, a personal mentor, family sessions, 12 months of aftercare and your Intervention London card |
| Price | From free to £1,000 a day, by means. See places and funding |
The 30 days
Four weeks, stepping up.
Week 1
Reset
Arrive, settle, sleep and eat well. Health check, routine and your personal plan with your mentor.
Week 2
Rebuild
Mind and body. Group work, one-to-ones, daily training and the first family session.
Week 3
Build
Money, work and technology. Skills labs, CVs, budgets, AI tools and work tasters with network businesses.
Week 4
Launch
Enterprise and the network. Your plan for day 31, graduation and your card.
A typical weekday
From breakfast to the close.
Weekends swap skills labs for an outdoor challenge day, visits and time with family.
Live online Live Room participants join on screen
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:00 | Breakfast together |
| 09:00 | Training: fitness, health and routine |
| 10:30 | Morning workshop on one of the eight areas Live online |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Group session Live online, then one-to-ones with mentors and therapists |
| 16:30 | Skills lab: money, work, enterprise or AI |
| 18:30 | Dinner, cooked together |
| 19:30 | Evening talk from someone who has lived it Live online |
| 21:00 | Final session: reflect, and set tomorrow’s goal |
The Live Room
In the room, from anywhere.
Three live, interactive sessions every day, about an hour each. Online participants appear on a large screen in the room, so residents and remote members talk, work and challenge each other as one cohort.
- Morning workshop, afternoon group session and evening talk, all live
- The same 30-day plan, mentor check-ins and your Intervention London card
- Suits people who can’t leave work, family or caring responsibilities
£200 a day · £6,000 for the full 30 days
Side by side
Which is right for you?
| The Residential | The Live Room | |
|---|---|---|
| Where | Living in the house | From home, on screen in the room |
| Time each day | 08:00 to 21:00 | 3 live hours |
| Length | 30 days | 30 days |
| Personal mentor | Yes, daily | Yes, weekly check-ins |
| Room and meals | Included | Not included |
| Family sessions | Weekly, then 12 months | Weekly, then 12 months |
| Aftercare | 12 months of weekly groups | 12 months of weekly groups |
| Card credits included | 10 hours Proposed | 4 hours Proposed |
| Price | Free to £1,000 a day, by means | £200 a day |
Places and funding
Ten places. Nobody priced out.
Every cohort mixes people who can pay with people who can’t. Full-rate places help fund free ones, so the room reflects real life, not just bank balances.
01Funded
02Funded
03Reduced
04Reduced
05Standard
06Standard
07Standard
08Standard
09Full rate
10Full rate
Funded: free
Reduced: means-tested
Standard: rate to be confirmed
Full rate: £1,000 a day
| Place | Per cohort | Per day | 30 days | Who it’s for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funded | 2 | Free | £0 | People who could not otherwise come, where a free place is right for them. Includes access to start-up bursaries. |
| Reduced | 2 | [TBC] | [TBC] | People who can contribute, but not the full cost. Set by a means assessment. |
| Standard | 4 | [TBC] | [TBC] | Self-funded and family-funded places. |
| Full rate | 2 | £1,000 | £30,000 | Those who can pay the full cost, where the programme is right for them. |
| Live Room | Online | £200 | £6,000 | Three live sessions a day, joining the cohort on screen. |
Residential prices include accommodation, three meals a day, mentoring, family sessions and 12 months of aftercare.
How places are decided
A conversation, not a form.
Every application starts with a conversation. Places are offered on two tests: is the programme right for this person now, and what can they fairly pay?
- Apply. You, or someone who cares about you, gets in touch. Nobody can be booked in without their own agreement.
- Talk. A call with our admissions team about where you are and what you want to change.
- Assess. A health and safeguarding check, and a confidential means assessment for funded and reduced places.
- Offer. We offer a place, a date and a price, and introduce you to your mentor before you arrive.
Start-up bursaries
Funding to start a business
Graduates with a viable idea can apply for a bursary towards their first business, alongside a business mentor from the network for two years after launch. Bursary amounts are to be confirmed.
Fund a place
Sponsor someone’s turning point
Individuals, companies and foundations can fund a free place, a reduced place or a start-up bursary, and hear how it went.
The House
A world away from the old routine.
A restored windmill and brick barn set in open countryside, with space for ten people to live, learn, cook and train together. [Location to be confirmed]
Designed for ten
Every space has a job.
The long room
Workshops by day, the shared table at night.
The kitchen
Everyone cooks. Food, budgets and teamwork, every evening.
Quiet rooms
One-to-ones, therapy and calls home, away from the group.
The grounds
Morning training, walks and outdoor challenge days.
Our approach
Built on what works.
We looked at residential clinics, retreats and charities in the UK and abroad. Each does something brilliantly. Intervention London brings those strengths into one programme, for people from every background.
Our standards
Safe first.
Change only happens where people feel safe. These standards come before everything else.
- A health and safeguarding assessment before anyone arrives.
- We are not a detox or emergency service. Anyone with a severe physical dependence completes medical detox first, and we help arrange it.
- Background-checked staff, mentors and network members, with trained therapists for one-to-ones and groups.
- A safeguarding lead on site, and a written policy for participants aged 16 and 17.
- Registration and accreditation details: [to be confirmed].
Sources
The network
The people who’ve done it.
Founders, coaches, professionals and people who have turned their own lives around. Every member pledges between 1 and 10 hours a month. Your card guarantees you an hour with anyone who has a slot free.
Step 1
Graduate and get your card, loaded with credits.
Step 2
Choose someone below and pick a free slot.
Step 3
Meet for an hour. One credit, one hour.
Sample profiles. These are illustrative examples of the kinds of people in the network. Real members will appear here as they join.
Join the network
Give an hour. Change a life.
If you have built something, or turned your own life around, your story is worth an hour a month to someone starting out.
My Card
Your card. Your hours.
Every graduate gets a unique Intervention London card with credits. One credit books one hour with someone in the network. Top up whenever you need more.
Demo. This preview keeps your card on this device only. No payment is taken and no bookings are sent.
Apply and get involved
Start with a conversation.
Tell us a little about yourself and what you want to change. We aim to reply within two working days.
Prefer to talk? Email [hello@intervention.london] or call [phone number].
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999. For urgent medical help, call NHS 111. Samaritans are free to call any time on 116 123.
INTERVENTION
SOUTH AFRICA
Coming soon
The same turning point. A new home.
Intervention South Africa will bring the Residential, the Live Room and the network to a second house, with one community spanning both countries.
A second house
The Residential, in South Africa
The same 30-day plan, the same eight areas and the same ten-place cohorts, with funded places from day one.
One Live Room
Two houses, one screen
Live sessions link London and South Africa, so residents learn from each other with only an hour or two of time difference.
One network
Your card works in both
Graduates in either country book hours with network members in both.
Why South Africa
A place people already travel to heal.
South Africa, and the Western Cape in particular, already welcomes people from overseas for rehabilitation and recovery. It also has deep need at home, and a strong tradition of community-led change.
The road to opening
Now
Partners
Building local partners, mentors and funders.
Next
The house
Choosing the home for the first cohort.
Then
Opening
First cohort: date to be confirmed.
Waiting list
Be first to hear.
Participants, families, mentors, partners and investors: join the list and we will be in touch as plans firm up.