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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
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PROGRAMME
9.00am-10.00am: Registration and refreshments
10.00am-11.15am: Opening session, followed by audience questions
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…
Steve Dixon
from
Changes UK
, a user-led community interest company, shares 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
.
Anna Millington
adds her unique perspective to this
session on peer support and advocacy.
11.15am-11.45am: Refreshments
11.45am-1.00pm: Session two, followed by audience questions
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.
Rosanna O’Connor
from
Public Health England
gives us the state of play.
MEANINGFUL ALCOHOL SERVICES…
A personal perspective on keeping services relevant to the individual.
1.00pm-2.30pm:
LUNCH, MUSIC, MINGLING – AND OUR FAMOUS EXHIBITION
, with
service user groups from all over the country, demonstrations, and a chance to relax
in the therapy zone.
Skills-sharing
area featuring advice and
action on naloxone
,
with Coact, Release, NAG, NNEF and an inspiring group of activists.
2.30pm-3.30pm: Session three
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. Unmissable inspiration.
3.30pm-3.45pm: Closing remarks