As woman from Hackney who used a lot of drugs there, I think this will be someone’s dream job. A fantastic opportunity to make a difference to the lives of women who use drugs 💜

The Hepatitis C Trust@hepctrust.bsky.social · 3w ago

🌟 We’re Hiring: Female Harm Reduction Peer Coordinator (Hackney)🌟 Want to make health and harm reduction services easier for women to use? In this role, you will help us develop a new service in Hackney and the City. Interested? Find out more here ⬇️⬇️ www.hepctrust.org.uk/job/female-h...

On Saturday, we are drug checking in #Hackney. How does it work? 1. Surrender a substance 2. Tell us what you think it is & about your drug use 3. We do lab tests inc. a test for synthetic opioids 4. After~1 hour, we have results & can give honest advice wearetheloop.org/drug-checking

If you are a Councillor of any party and you are interested in harm reduction, please get in touch. We are building a growing national network to improve harm reduction measures across all regions. Whilst we suffer prohibition, this work is necessary to save lives and reduce suffering.

UK folks 👇👇

The Loop@theloopuk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This Saturday, we are drug checking in #Camden How does it work? 1. Surrender a substance 2. Tell us what you think it is & about your drug use 3. We do lab tests inc. a test for synthetic opioids 4. After ~1 hour, we have results & can give honest advice wearetheloop.org/drug-checking

On Saturday our drug checking service is taking place in Hackney. Drug checking can help people understand risks and make more informed decisions. No drug use is risk free, but accurate information can reduce harm. Find out more: wearetheloop.org/drug-checking

Great to finally be able to share this. We now have drug checking in London, with Hackney & Camden launching in the last few weeks. Along with Bristol there are now three monthly UK city centre services where people can find out what’s in their drugs before they use them. This will save lives.

The Loop launches London's first drug checking service — The Loop

The Loop Drug Checking Service, the charity which introduced drug checking in the UK, has launched London’s very first drug checking services. The Loop has brought its pioneering harm reduction servic...

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My fabulous friend @heyjudey.bsky.social will be speaking at this event. Tickets are free so go along and show your support if you can.

On Saturday we are in Bristol providing a free drug checking service 🔬💊 📅25th October 🕖12-7pm 📍Bristol Drugs Project, 11 Brunswick Square, BS2 8PE Surrender a substance of concern for testing & have an open, honest, anonymous chat with us about drugs.

📣♾📣 2 deaths last weekend in London were from pills confirmed as #nitazenes & similar to pills tested by The Loop. They looked like oxys BUT it is not known what they were bought as. Take care whatever pills you take. Carry #naloxone, check in on friends & test if you can.

Click & Deliver naloxone is now available from @turningpoint-uk.bsky.social Slough. They do great work through their naloxone community champions project and C&D naloxone is an additional way for people to get a kit. In Slough? Order a free kit here 👉 www.turning-point.co.uk/services/dru...

The role of opioids, benzos and z-drugs in fatal overdoses. Accompanied by a picture of me back in my harm reduction modelling days 😜

NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science@hpruebs.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨New blog🚨Drug deaths are rising in the UK. Many of these deaths involve a combination of #opioids & #benzodiazepines or z-drugs. We set out to understand how these drugs work together & why this makes a fatal overdose more likely. More➡️ bit.ly/41V80bG

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RAISED CONCERN AFTER RISE IN SUDDEN OVERDOSES IN PEOPLE USING HEROIN IN SCOTLAND - Scottish Drugs Forum

To view and/or download the overdose alert resource – CLICK HERE There is concern about clusters of drug…

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Today we launch Click & Deliver naloxone for Rochdale & Oldham. They join @turningpoint-uk.bsky.social services in Somerset, Herefordshire, Leicestershire & Lincolnshire in offering a low threshold way to access naloxone. In those areas? Order a kit 👉 www.turning-point.co.uk/services/dru...

Great to see #HarmReduction messages front and centre in Hackney . These posters were a collaboration between @turningpoint-uk.bsky.social @changegrowlive.bsky.social @cranstoun.org @waythrough-uk.bsky.social and HIT. Different organisations but a shared message 💛

Zoë Garbett@zoegarbett.bsky.social · 2y ago

Harm reduction saves lives. Grateful to Hackney @turningpoint-uk.bsky.social for showing me around the service including needle exchange, clinical spaces & chats with the roguh sleeper team. So much compassion & care for people who use drugs.

On the way to London to deliver a Train the Trainer session for a young person’s specific overdose response & naloxone training that we’ve developed. Look forward to sharing more details as we roll it out across all @turningpoint-uk.bsky.social substance use services & hopefully wider.

@janmayor.bsky.social is here 😁 To paraphrase Bob Dylan, Jan has forgotten more about #HarmReduction than I’ll ever know! Give her a follow 😊

6 years ago today I made one of my worst wardrobe decisions ever, and we launched the Low Dead Space campaign. This was a collaboration with people currently using drugs to promote the benefits of LDS syringes. Still one of my proudest achievements. 👇 www.exchangesupplies.org/product/P121

I want to say a massive thank you to my lovely friend @steelewez.bsky.social at @scottishdrugsforum.bsky.social for sending me this bag of goodies. It’s not just the message on the shirt that reminds me we’re all in this together ♥️ #TogetherWeCan #StopTheDeaths

Congratulations to all the amazing people whose hard work & commitment to save lives made this happen. Although the pessimist in me can’t see an OPC opening in England any time soon, the optimist in me hopes this will be the first of many across the UK.

Kirsten Horsburgh@kirstensdf.bsky.social · 2y ago

UK’s first official Safer Drug Consumption Facility, ‘The Thistle’, to finally open in Glasgow on 13th January www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nice to see @turningpoint-uk.bsky.social new Click & Deliver Naloxone service in Leicester covered by local media. www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicest...

Overdose reversal kits now available for delivery in Leicester

Charity Turning Point launched the service this week

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UK #harmreduction was once globally recognised for its excellence We make the case for a return to stand alone HR services. 👇👇👇

@chrisrintoul.bsky.social · 2y ago

viewer.joomag.com/ddn-dec-2024... 6 lovely people I know and I make the case for separating treatment/recovery and #harmreduction in all of the UK. @furlongp.bsky.social @hussey-deb.bsky.social @maddieohare.bsky.social Buff, Jon Findlay & Lucy O’Hare

Continuing roll out of Click & Deliver naloxone across Turning Point services, from today anyone in Leicester/Leicestershire & Rutland can order a kit online to be delivered discreetly. Already available in Somerset, Hereford & Lincolnshire. More to come soon. www.turning-point.co.uk/services/dru...

And just like that it was over. I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who came to our #saferlives2024 conference. I especially want to thank all of our speakers who made it such a truly thought provoking, emotional and inspiring event. Too many highlights to pick just one ♥️

Almost ready to go for #SaferLives24 In just over an hour we’ll be welcoming 200 delegates for a day focussed on what we can do to address the year on year rise of avoidable drug deaths.

Despite lots of train cancellations thanks to Storm Bert battering the West Country, the harm reduction gods are with me & Dev is on her way to Birmingham for #SaferLives24

As this year’s Safer Lives Conference is almost upon us I thought I’d share some moments from last year’s event, including ending the day in a government sanctioned consumption room with some harm reduction legends ♥️

I love the intersection of harm reduction and punk. For me it’s a no brainer although sadly something we don’t really see in the UK. This event is for a really important cause, but based on the band descriptions alone I’d be there. 🧷🧷🧷

Euan Thomson@drugdatadecoded.ca · 2y ago

Victoria people - go support DULF this Friday and catch some punk bands!

I’ve spent most of today overthinking my introductory speech for Safer Lives 2024. Really excited to be returning to Birmingham for our sold out 3rd conference. This year’s theme - Harm Reduction in a Time of Change. For anyone on here who’s coming, I look forward to catching up with you next week.

And just like that, I went. Bye bye X. Haven’t got a clue what I’m doing here though so bear with me while I work it out.