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PROGRAMME
9.00am-10.00am: Registration and refreshments
10.00am-11.15am: Opening session
WORKINGWITH SERVICE USERS AT ALL LEVELS…
Linda Chan
from
Build on Belief
(BoB) uses her own life, treatment, recovery and
work experiences, including managing a drop-in, to look at how we can involve
service users in every stage of support and recovery.
BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL…
Changes UK
, a user-led community interest company, share their innovative ways of
integrating care pathways and supporting independent and healthy living.
MEANINGFUL ACTIVISM…
Tony Lee
draws on 30 years’ experience with addiction and homelessness to share how
he set up the support group
REPS
to give peer support, education and advocacy.
11.15am-11.45am: Refreshments
11.45am-1.00pm: Session two
NALOXONE – KEEPING UP THE CAMPAIGN...
Kevin Jaffray
looks at how people power – including essential service user voices – is
being harnessed to galvanise distribution of this life-saving intervention.
WHERE DOWE FIT WITH PUBLIC HEALTH?...
The change from NTA to PHE has removed the ring fence on treatment funding.
Public Health England
give us the state of play and answer questions.
MEANINGFUL ALCOHOL SERVICES…
A personal perspective on keeping services relevant to the individual.
1.00pm-2.15pm:
LUNCH, BAND, MINGLING – AND OUR FAMOUS EXHIBITION
,
featuring service user groups from all over the country, skills-sharing displays and
demonstrations, and a chance to relax in the therapy zone.
2.15pm-3.45pm: Session three
A robust debate on the state of the sector and the right to health. What are the
challenges and opportunities? How can we get it right for everybody?
CLOSING SPEAKER…
Richard McCann
offers his remarkable life story to show how he met the challenge of
tackling what life threw at him to explore his full potential.
An unmissable slice of inspiration.
THE CHALLENGE:
GETTING IT RIGHT FOR EVERYBODY
8th DDN national service user involvement conference
19 FEBRUARY 2015, BIRMINGHAM
Programme and online bookings at www.drinkanddrugsnews.com
For exhibition and sponsorship packages email ian@cjwellings.com