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Since August last year I’ve visited many charities around the country hard at work supporting local (and in a few cases not so local) people struggling with their drug or

Dee Cunniffe, Policy Lead, London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C I first became fully aware of how devastating hepatitis C could be through someone who was very

A few weeks ago I attended the National Substance Misuse Conference in Birmingham and ran a workshop looking at our sector’s current response to the use of drugs and alcohol

The human lives behind the numbers On the long view, last month’s ONS report on drug-related deaths show that people continue to die in record numbers from the use of

19 July 2018 On the 4 July I took part in a panel at Homeless Link’s annual conference. Although I don’t start as Director for another month or so, I

13 July 2018 Last summer, as I stepped into the new policy role at Collective Voice, the Government seemed to have left itself in an odd position. It had just

22 June 2018 In June, Collective Voice was asked to give both oral and written evidence to the Custody-Community Transitions working group of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of

24 May 2018 In April, Collective Voice was asked to give written evidence to the Justice Select Committee’s Inquiry into the Prison Population 2022. Here are the main points of

17 May 2018 The alcohol treatment system is in crisis. The recent report from Alcohol Concern/Alcohol Research UK reveals that the pressures services are under largely reflect those seen in

10 May 2018 On International Women’s Day, the Home Office and Ministry of Justice launched its consultation into the Government’s proposals for transforming the response to domestic abuse. A range