Exploring the role of 'enabling places' in promoting recovery from mental illness: A qualitative test of a relational model

► Explores the role of “enabling places” in promoting recovery among 24 adults living with a mental illness in Melbourne. ► The enabling places identified by participants facilitated access to varied social, material and affective resources. ► These 'enabling resources' support activities, practices and relationships central to participants' experience of recovery. ► Novel peer support efforts may help individuals in recovery access a wider array of high quality enabling places.