Month: October 2025

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NHS APA calls for urgent action to support people living with co-occurring conditions, this World Mental Health Day

The NHS Addictions Provider Alliance highlights lived experience voices and promotes its Co-occurring Conditions campaign, with updated training resources to support the reduction of stigma in mental health and addiction services. This World Mental...
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The Women’s Treatment Working Group launches its Womanifesto

Adfam and Collective Voice are excited to announce the launch of a brand-new group, bringing together organisations supporting families affected by substance use and individuals with lived experience, to work together to improve support...
Collective Voice to hold webinar to share challenges and promising practice in supporting people who use ketamine

Collective Voice to hold webinar to share challenges and promising practice in supporting people who use ketamine

Adfam and Collective Voice are excited to announce the launch of a brand-new group, bringing together organisations supporting families affected by substance use and individuals with lived experience, to work together to improve support...
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Gambling Harms language paper released

Language shapes how we understand and respond to gambling harms. We’ve released a new Gambling Harms paper which outlines best practice guidelines for using non-stigmatising language. This has been developed to support thoughtful and...
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Redefining family and connection in communities

International Overdose Awareness Day takes place every year on 31 August. The day aims to bring the world together to stop drug-related overdose, as well as tackling the stigma that stops people from gaining...
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Work with Collective Voice to review our approach to lived and living experience

This page should give you all the information you need to get involved in our review of how we engage with people with lived and living experience – but if you’d prefer to watch...