The planned development of an addiction treatment centre on a remote part of the rugged Rathlin Island, off the coast of Co Antrim, will be a case of bringing it all back home to her father’s birthplace for one of Ireland’s top performers.
Frances Black is probably best known as a singer, a sister of Mary and a member of the renowned musical family whose father was a native of Rathlin Island.
But Frances is also arriving at a stage in her life where she is becoming equally well-known for her work in the field of addiction treatment, most especially with her self-founded charitable organisation, RISE (Recovery In a Safe Environment).
The organisation has deemed this week to be RISE Week, aimed at increasing awareness about the impact of addiction. Equally important for Black will be the effort to raise funds for a variety of addiction treatment programmes, residential and non-residential, along with the Rathlin Islandproject.
"And I’d really like to start paying people," says Black. "Up to now, all our people are volunteering."
Black founded RISE in 2008, and the organisation has a strong focus on the families of those in addiction — not just alcohol and drugs but also gambling, eating disorders and sex addiction.
Source: Joe McNamee, The Examiner, 12/04/2011
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