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keep going. We networked with loads
of people – various service user group
members as well as Public Health
England reps and training providers.
Our tips for other groups would be
keep it fun, keep it real and keep it positive!
coacT
Mat Southwell, of CoAct, who co-
chaired the lunchtime
Naloxone –
keeping up the campaign
session, urged
service user groups to lobby their local
areas for naloxone provision.
‘It was great to see a better balance
between active drug users and people in
recovery, and to see these two groups
mixing together and creating a dialogue.
The strong stream of naloxone issues
was a valuable focus that led to a multi-
agency peer and professional, recovery
and active drug user working group.’
spITalfIelds
commUnITy TRUsT
The most important part of the event
was getting our clients out there to
meet people and realise their own
value – and making a connection with a
RAPt apprenticeship coordinator.
UK RecoveRy WalK
We think it’s the best networking event
of the year. There were lots of
conversations being had after the
conference because it gave everyone
that opportunity to connect.
We were really impressed with the
balance this year between harm
reduction and recovery, and it was great
to see Public Health England
responding to the NAG group.
RETHINKING
OVERDOSE
INTERVENTION
Jamie Bridge discusses
the potential that
rethinking product and
service design might
have in the
administration of
overdose medication
and the effort to save
SOMEONE’S
DAUGHTER,
SOMEONE’S SON
A video created by the
European Harm
Reduction Network
advocating the
distribution of
naloxone. It features
interviews with service
users from Belfast,
Swansea, Scotland and Nottingham.
DEAR ALBERT
A feature documentary
about the life of Jon
Roberts, a recovery
consultant who is also in
recovery himself. The film
follows Roberts over
three years, as he works
with service users from
the very beginning of
their rehabilitation.
FILM YOUR STORY!
Phoenix Futures announced the launch of this year’s
Recovery Street Film Festival, which will invite
amateur filmmakers to try their hand at making a
short film about recovery. Films will be shortlisted
by an expert panel of judges and showcased at
festivals throughout the country in September,
to coincide with Recovery Month.
Details at
on The bIg scReen
DURING LUNCH, DELEGATES WERE
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT
BACK AND VIEW A SELECTION OF
INSPIRATIONAL FILMS
USer coNfereNce
Read the reports, see the pictures:
