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Shopping with dignity – for free
A free boutique in an unused office space at Change Grow Live Nottinghamshire is transforming the lives of those who shop there – and...
Break the Silence, Not the Family: How Service Design Can Help...
This year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is a stark reminder that violence against women and girls remains a crisis and that...
Judgement Kills: End the Stigma Against Women in Crisis
Every year, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence calls on people around the world to stand together to end violence against women...
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Exponential increase in cocaine trafficking an ‘unprecedented phenomenon’, says outgoing EUDA...
The exponential increase in cocaine production and trafficking has developed into ‘an unprecedented phenomenon’, according to the final statement of outgoing EUDA executive director...
DHSC sets out new service delivery framework for co-occurring substance and...
A new Co-occurring mental health and substance use delivery framework has been published by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS...
Government pledges to halve rough sleeping
The government has announced that it intends to halve rough sleeping and ‘prevent homelessness before it occurs’, as part of its new National Plan...
Sowing seeds
Despite its long track record in aiding recovery, auriculotherapy has fallen out of favour in recent years – the victim of restrictive byelaws and...
LGA calls for patient brokering crackdown
The Local Government Association (LGA) has issued a call for ‘urgent action’ to tackle patient brokering in the treatment sector. Patient brokering is the...
Deadly Serious – Review of 2025
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A ‘people’s panel’ set up to look into the ‘public health emergency’ of drug harms in Scotland recommends ring-fenced funding and a focus on...
Your Story
‘I had a massive problem with alcohol. It nearly killed me’
A 46-year-old man from Ludlow whose struggle with alcohol nearly killed him has shared his life-saving story for Recovery Month, observed throughout September to...
‘I nearly died. I wish I’d known that there is a...
A 26-year-old man from Scunthorpe whose struggle with ketamine left him hospitalised with liver and kidney failure has shared his life-saving story for Recovery...
‘Alcohol is a silent killer. It can just take your life...
This Alcohol Awareness Week, Zoe, a previous client of Rotherham Alcohol and Drug Service (ROADS), provided by the charity WithYou, is speaking out about...
Rehab Spotlights
Acorn: compassionate care for recovery
Located in Stockport and Burnley, Acorn Residential Rehab Services provides a safe, welcoming, and CQC-regulated environment designed to help individuals and families overcome addiction.
With...
ESH Community addiction treatment centre
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ESH Community is a fully residential detox and rehab treatment facility for people aged 18 and over who have issues with alcohol and...
Ark House Rehab: “A Bridge To Recovery”
For over three decades, Ark House Rehab Ltd in Scarborough has been a beacon of hope for individuals seeking to overcome addiction and reclaim...