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Supporting learners towards sustainable employment
Forward’s employment team recently welcomed back past learners who continue to face challenges in securing sustainable employment. This follow-up programme was designed to provide...
Culture shock
I’m Carly Wright, Phoenix’s health and justice strategic lead. Today I’m at HMP Wayland to find out more about its anti-stigma committee. Most importantly,...
Government announces addiction research funding
More than £10m in funding will be made available for addiction research, the government has announced, to tackle the UK’s ‘critical shortage’ of world-class...
‘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...
Authorities missing opportunities to safeguard child criminal exploitation victims
Crucial opportunities to safeguard the victims of child criminal exploitation are being missed, warns a new report from the Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ)...
New research project on substance dependency in care homes launched
A new research project looking at how people with drug and alcohol problems are supported in care homes has been launched by the University...
Reece Storr – I am a…
Reece Storr is a service manager at ROADS (Rotherham Alcohol and Drug Service), provided by WithYou. We asked him about his career path and...
Introduce mandatory alcohol labelling to protect against FASD, Balance urges
The government should introduce mandatory alcohol health labelling that includes warnings about drinking during pregnancy, says the North East alcohol programme Balance. The call...
Helping to heal
‘We lost my husband aged 50 to chronic alcoholism,’ Kim Moore of Blossome told the conference. ‘We also lost his dad, his mum, and...
Hundreds of women to take to Dartmoor in powerful fundraising challenge
This October, hundreds of women will step out in solidarity for Warrior Women Walk 2025 – a bold outdoor challenge organised by local charity...
Kenward Trust launches EMDR therapy in trauma-informed substance misuse recovery programme
Kenward Trust, Kent’s leading residential rehabilitation provider for addiction, will introduce Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy across its treatment programmes from September...
The role of rehab in today’s recovery landscape
Since the Dame Carol Black review in 2021, we’ve witnessed a long-overdue shift in how residential rehabilitation is perceived and funded. For the first...
