DDN Conference 2025: programme

DDN Conference programme

8.30 am Exhibitors set up

9 - 10 am Registration

10 - 11.20 am Session one

Changing Futures

Levelling the field: How lived experience is proving a lifeline to those affected by multiple disadvantage.

Zak Haider, Intuitive Thinking Skills

New prospects: Changing the course of your future through the individual placement and support (IPS) employment programme.

Jon Roberts, Dear Albert

LEROs at large! How do you work in partnership with providers while maintaining your independence?

Andrew, Social Interest Group

From the outside in: A personal journey from homelessness, showing how the right support is crucial.

 

DDN Conference programme Tea coffee networking

11.50 am - 1.00 pm Session two

Grahame Morris, MP Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Drugs, Alcohol and Justice

Power in our hands: Politics starts with you – how we can all be agents for change.

Delphi Medical

The ketamine challenge: How can we tackle the rise in ketamine use and provide appropriate support – with young people’s insights.

Kim Moore, Blossome

The ripple effect: Looking at how families can use self-compassion and self-care for their own recovery – a story told from a very personal perspective.

 

DDN Conference programme Lunch networking

2.00 - 2.30pm Session three

Jim Duffy, Smoke Works, Boston

Feel the need, be the change: An exciting and innovative peer-led harm reduction initiative from across the pond!

2.30 - 3.45pm Pitch to Your Peers

Peer-led initiatives compete for your vote – which will catch your eye as being the most compelling, creative, or just a little bit different? A dynamic, interactive – and unmissable – session!

Conference close

DDN Conference programme National Motorcycle Museum

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