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Via celebrates new Trustee appointments during Volunteers’ Week

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Via is marking this year’s Volunteers’ Week by welcoming five newest Trustees to the Board and celebrating the contribution of all Board members who...

The Anti-Stigma Network: Three Years of Challenging Stigma

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The Anti-Stigma Network recently marked three years since their launch. What started as a conversation about the harm caused by stigma has grown into a...

Access Denied: Why is treatment still so hard to reach for...

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For people experiencing homelessness, accessing substance use treatment is rarely straightforward. Fragmented systems, strict criteria and the limitations of borough-based boundaries often leave people...

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Drugs the ‘single most destabilising factor’ across prison estate

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Illicit drugs are the single most destabilising factor across the entire adult prison estate, according to the annual report from the Independent Monitoring Boards...

Ten times more women sleeping rough than official government figures show

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There are still as many as ten times more women sleeping rough in some areas than are identified in the government’s official snapshot figures,...

Changing the dynamic

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Here comes a new approach to finally giving people on OST a genuine voice in their own care, says Professor Adam Winstock.Let me start...

NPS still being detected in Europe at a rate of one...

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New psychoactive substances (NPS) are still being detected in Europe at a rate of ‘around one a week’, according to EUDA’s European drug report...

One in five alcohol products fail to meet labelling guidelines

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One in five alcohol products sold in the UK fail to meet the voluntary labelling guidelines set out by industry regulator the Portman Group,...

Out in the cold

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On the rare occasions when chemsex is covered in the mainstream media, mental health issues don’t tend to figure. A recent report, however, offers...

Your Story

‘I had a massive problem with alcohol. It nearly killed me’

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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...

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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...

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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

Park House: supporting recovery in Birmingham

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Located in Birmingham and operated by Change Grow Live, Park House offers an inpatient drug and alcohol detox. With a focus on collaborative working,...

Phoenix Futures residential services

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With over 50 years of experience delivering residential rehabilitation in the UK, Phoenix Futures are dedicated to helping people, families and communities overcome substance...

The Wellbourne Clinic: a holistic approach to recovery

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Recovery can sometimes seem an intimidating challenge, however it is really one of the most meaningful and heroic decisions you can make. This vital...