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It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our long-serving trustee, Rachel Atkinson.

In response to the National Audit Office report on the drug strategy, Nic Adamson, Change Grow Live’s Deputy Chief Executive releases this statement.

Simone James is our Director of Inclusion. Here, she explains why equality, diversity and inclusion should form a golden thread throughout our work.

We welcome the comprehensive and thorough report titled ‘Drugs’ by the Home Affairs Select Committee, following its extensive inquiry into the impact of drugs in England and Wales and of polices designed to tackle these.

At Change Grow Live’s Spectrum service in Hertfordshire, the innovative digital pathway offered by our telecoms team is helping to take the pressure off our frontline staff and make treatment more accessible than ever before.

Ellie Reed, our Head of Social Work and principal social worker, shares her experience of Social Work in a Changing World - a cross organisation event exploring how social workers can respond to the Government's drug strategy.

The drugs available in the UK are changing. As people services, we have come together to make a shared statement/clarification on some of the new drugs the people we support use, and the risks they present.

Volunteers Week is a chance for us to say thank you to all of the brilliant individuals who give their time for free to make a difference. Meet some of them, and find out more about our volunteering opportunities.

Chris Barnes is our National Service User Lead. He explains how listening to the voices of people with lived experience has helped us encourage more armed forces veterans into support from our services.