Attended Izzat: South Asian Women and Substance Misuse—such an enlightening conversation and insightful findings shared by SUAB PhD Network @Dr_sarah_fox SUABManMetUni Portraits of Recovery Aunee Bhogaita SAFIR* Truly inspiring work! Hosted at the beautiful Manchester Museum

Thank you to Portraits of Recovery for inviting me to @MCRMuseums to share the stage with Aunee Bhogaita to share my journey of addiction & recovery a how SAFIR* was born to provide a safe space for SA women in addictions to connect. The findings by @Dr_sarah_fox really resinated!

September is international recovery month & so it was a real privilege to partner with Jit Chauhan today as he shared his award winning documentary of overcoming alcohol addiction with those in recovery in prison.The discussion that followed was what real impact is all about

We have to keep asking the questions and challenging the current recovery landscape otherwise nothing changes 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 BAC-IN 2life recovery: Sohan Sahota SAFIR* Dr David Patton College of Lived Experience Recovery Organisations

Creating the table👏

We have to keep asking the questions and challenge the current treatment providers, commissioners and the rest of the decision makers who sit at the tables thinking they know best too! Fantastic work FIR👏

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🚨 🌟 A Change is Gonna Come 🌟 🚨 The report highlights challenges different communities face with addiction, #cultural barriers, and the limitations treatment services. #LERO #ImJIt #WeDoRecover #SouthAsian 🔗 7events.org/wp-content/upl… 📢 Share your thoughts!

A successful day for everyone who attended our friends BAC-IN 2life recovery: Sohan Sahota conference celebrating 21 years of service and the launch of their book #AHRYZEN

If you missed our co-founder Kim's journey of addiction and recovery a few month ago on BBC Breakfast, you can watch it here👇🏽 Please share! #hiddenaddiction #southasianwomen #drugs #domesticabuse #BBCBreakfast Anna Crossley BAC-IN 2life recovery: Sohan Sahota Jit Chauhan youtu.be/xl5UUrjv5MY?si…

#AAW24 who are most underserved communities in treatment? Is the current #drug & #alcohol system working for everyone? #AddictionAwarenessWeek #TakingActionOnAddiction Free in Recovery CIC Jit Chauhan Alcohol Health Alliance UK SAFIR* Dr David Patton Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Recovery Group UK

Registered attendees will have received the days itinerary and person bios for all our speakers. This conference has been sold out since September but if anyone still wishes to attend please keep checking our EventBrite for last minute cancellations.

SAFIR* will be attending and speaking at the Sikh Womens Aid conference on Friday amongst other great guest speakers.

Finally after delayed trains we are En Route to Sikh Womens Aid conference in Birmingham. Poonums travelling from London and Kim from Yorkshire. See you there.

Thank you 🙏🏾 to Sikh Womens Aid for enlightening many individuals with important yet sensitive insights. Significant changes must begin within the Sikh community. Your work is both powerful and inspiring! I look forward to working with you! SAFIR*

Struggling with alcohol use or someone you know? You’re not alone. Join our free, no-pressure drop-in for support + connection. Open to anyone. Just show up. 🗓 Starting Saturday 2nd August 2025 🕒 11.00am to 1.00pm #support #WeDoRecovery #imjit The National Lottery Community Fund

Karma Nirvana is proud to announce that our founder, Dame Jasvinder Sanghera Dame Jasvinder Sanghera DBE, has been appointed as one of three new public office holders to the Quality Assurance (QA) Board for Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs), approved by the Minister for Safeguarding and

Has anything changed? There is slow progress in raising awareness in our communities. People are working hard to have difficult conversations. Thank you to you for starting ....we must go on!

Contact us for a chat. A safe place to open up and have them conversations communities shy away from because of the shame. If you or your family member is struggling with substance use then reach out to us. Email [email protected] Thanks to those who have already contacted!