Kate visited Hope House, a 23-bed residential treatment centre in Clapham, south-west London, run by Action on Addiction, a charity of which she is patron.
The centre treats women recovering from substance abuse and other compulsive disorders, many of whom have a history of difficult relationships and find an all-female environment a more supportive place to tackle their issues.
Kate met staff and patients, all of whom are expected to have undergone initial detoxification, as well as learn more about the help they are given which includes daily workshops and one to one counselling sessions.
She is not expected to undertake any more public engagements, however, until March 5 when she will travel to Grimsby, the town has been in decline since the 1950s, when it was the busiest fishing port in the world, but is still one of the largest centres for fish processing in this country. Grimsby still has one of the highest levels of youth unemployment in the country, with around one in three struggling to find a job.
She will first visit the National Fishing Heritage Centre, where she will be given a personal guided tour of the museum by a local trawlerman.
She will learn more about Grimsby’s maritime and fishing heritage and have the opportunity to discuss issues around the environmental sustainability of fishing in the North Sea – one of her father-in-law’s pet projects.
The Duchess of Cambridge will then go on to Humberside Fire and Rescue Service where, as well as meeting the on-duty firemen and women, she will talk to young people taking part in personal development courses run by Prince Charles’s charity, The Prince’s Trust.
It is the first time that the Duchess has visited one of the charity’s programmes but it is understood that she has discussed its work with her father-in-law at length.
Her final engagement of the day will be to officially open Havelock Academy, established in 2007 by The David Ross Foundation, which serves more than 1,000 pupils aged between 11 and 18 in one of the most deprived areas in the country.
She will also receive a tour of the school, meet an A-level photography group – something the Duchess takes a keen personal interest in, having studied the subject herself – as well as view the sports facilities and an expressive arts display.
Kate will carry out all her newly-announced engagements without her husband, Prince William, who is concentrate on his job as an RAF Search and Rescue pilot at RAF Valley, North Wales.
Her decision to return to work suggests that she has recovered well from the severe pregnancy-related sickness that blighted the early months of her pregnancy.
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