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Safe on the Streets: Supporting Sex Workers in Northampton

27th March 2023

Alesha Watkins from Northampton's Substance to Solution explains how the service street outreach team is meeting the needs of local sex workers.

What works for drug-experienced young people? Building the evidence.

23rd March 2023

Raj Ubhi, our Director of Children and Young People Services, responds to our recent research funding award from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)

From Harm to Hope, one year on: Drug strategy at a crossroads?

6th December 2022

One year ago, the publication of the Government’s 10-year Drug Strategy, From Harm to Hope, promised a bold new direction for UK drug policy.

Supporting our UK Armed Forces veterans

7th November 2022

Read the pledges we have made to support veterans that use our services.

Remembering our former Chief Executive, David Biddle

23rd September 2022

With great sadness, I am sharing the news that our former colleague, David Biddle, has recently died.

A painful, powerful reminder: 2021 drug-related death statistics

3rd August 2022

The Office of National Statistics today released their report on the number of people who lost their life as a result of drug misuse in England and Wales during 2021.

Ground-breaking approach to tackling hepatitis C achieves major milestone

22nd July 2022

This is the first time that anyone in England has received treatment for hepatitis C directly as a result of substance misuse service participation in the treatment element of their pathway.

Sharing our volunteer's stories for Volunteer's Week 2022

1st June 2022

It’s Volunteers' Week, which means from 1–7 June we will be celebrating the contribution of our amazing volunteers across the country.

Working together to deliver life-changing detox services in the West Midlands

27th May 2022

The West Midlands Framework is a new, joined-up way of working that brings detox providers together and prioritises the needs of the people we are here to support.